EASY TICK REMOVAL
A School Nurse has written the info below -- good enough to
share -- And it really works!! I had a pediatrician tell me what
she believes is the best way to remove a tick. This is great, because
it works in those places where it's some times difficult to get with
tweezers:
between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair, etc.
Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball.
Cover the tick with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it
for a few seconds (15-20), the tick will come out on its
own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you
lift it away.
This technique has worked every time I've used it (and that was
frequently), and it's much less traumatic for the patient and easier
for me.
Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this would be
damaging in any way. I even had my doctor's wife call
me for advice because she had one stuck to her back and
he couldn't reach it with tweezers.
She used this method and immediately called me back to
say, "It worked!"
Please pass on - everyone needs this helpful hint.
A School Nurse has written the info below -- good enough to
share -- And it really works!! I had a pediatrician tell me what
she believes is the best way to remove a tick. This is great, because
it works in those places where it's some times difficult to get with
tweezers:
between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair, etc.
Apply a glob of liquid soap to a cotton ball.
Cover the tick with the soap-soaked cotton ball and swab it
for a few seconds (15-20), the tick will come out on its
own and be stuck to the cotton ball when you
lift it away.
This technique has worked every time I've used it (and that was
frequently), and it's much less traumatic for the patient and easier
for me.
Unless someone is allergic to soap, I can't see that this would be
damaging in any way. I even had my doctor's wife call
me for advice because she had one stuck to her back and
he couldn't reach it with tweezers.
She used this method and immediately called me back to
say, "It worked!"
Please pass on - everyone needs this helpful hint.



