Bob Terry
05-14-2007, 07:28 PM
> > To Remove the entire TICK safely..........
> >
> > Tick Removal
> >
> > Please forward to anyone with children . or hunters, etc!!
> >thanks!
> >
> > 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
> >sometimes 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 let it stay on the repulsive insect
> >for a few seconds (15-20), after which the tick will come out on it's 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!"
> >
> > Please pass on; everyone needs this helpful hint.
> >
> >
> >
> > Tick Removal
> >
> > Please forward to anyone with children . or hunters, etc!!
> >thanks!
> >
> > 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
> >sometimes 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 let it stay on the repulsive insect
> >for a few seconds (15-20), after which the tick will come out on it's 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!"
> >
> > Please pass on; everyone needs this helpful hint.
> >
> >