Where I fish there is a very good chance of coming home with some ticks.
In some areas around here 60% of the deer ticks
are carrying Lyme disease. Supposedly they need to be attached
between 24 to 48 hours to infect a person. So if you don't find them
before they bite you, removal as quickly as possible is advised.
TICK REMOVAL
A School Nurse has written the info below -- good enough to share --
"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 swab it
for a few seconds (15-20), 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 in KY, 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!" "
