A Little Tick Trick

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 to 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 she couldn't reach it with tweezers. She used this 
method and immediately called me back to say, "It worked!"

Insects breath through their skin. This acts to suffocate them.

Big Mike Hobo

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