Parasite or Seaweed salad? Looked like a roundworm but was the same length of the salad.

Two days ago I passed a stool and when I wiped I say a long thing that resembled a worm and freaked out. I told my mother who is a Nurse practitioner and she told me to go to the doctor. I was freaking out and had a few panic attacks. I had to go to work after not sleeping the whole night (my anus was itching). It didn’t occur to me until after scheduling an appointment the next day that I had eaten seaweed salad and that could be it. I didn’t have symptoms until the night before I had that bowel movement.

I hate parasites they are my biggest fear. I eat a lot of sushi, I petsit and pick up accidents (I recently petsit a 20 week old puppy), I eat homegrown veggies, I live on a farm and often walk barefoot outside. I also babysit and change poopy diapers, and I work at a restaurant and clean tables and bathrooms. I am at risk.

I went to the nurse practitioner (dr my mom recommended) she told me because I have no symptoms like fever, stomach pain, nausea, and diarrhea. I am most likely fine and overreacted. This calmed me down. She prescribed some tablets just in case but I haven’t taken them because my pharmacy didn’t have them and I am going out of town. I opted for taking Reese’s pinworm medication. I didn’t tell my primary nurse practitioner about this. Since I took it last night itching has stopped and I have yet to take another poop.

Am I fine or overreacting…will it be ok if I still take the tablets when I get home after taking Reese’s?

FYI I have had pinworms about a year before this but they went away after I ate garlic and coconut oil.