I like the soap idea better than the one I was taught as a kid. You
were supposed to hold the flame from a match or cigarette lighter
close to the tick's rear end. When it got hot, it theoretically
would let go and back out to run from the flame. HA! I ended up
with fried ticks still stuck. And red welts from where I burned
myself.
I'll try the soap idea the next time I get a tick on me.
Allan
You run the risk of pulling the head from the body and then having
it become infected. Smothering them is a much safer way of removing
them.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Duran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 9:55 PM
Subject: RE: [VFB] TICK REMOVAL METHOD
I don't think you're supposed to smother them. You risk them infecting you
when you do that. You're supposed to pull them gently out with tweezers.
Then I clean it out immediately with an antiseptic.
I finally found a natural tick remedy for my back yard. I just put in more
bird feeders and I haven't seen a single tick yet this year. :) Last year
I had to remove at least five of them just from gardening in my back yard.
I thought the birds would bring more ticks but I guess they're eating them
instead. My neighbor has had a big problem with them in her yard this year.
We have a lot LYME disease here and my town has the highest numbers. It's a
real problem.
Regards,
Deb
www.uftri.org
www.linesend.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Chapman, Chris
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:17 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [VFB] TICK REMOVAL METHOD
I have heard vaseline works also. The key is to cover their breathing
tube which sticks out of the skin while they are under it.
Thanks,
Chris
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 10:04 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [VFB] TICK REMOVAL METHOD
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!" "
--
Allan Fish
Greenwood, IN
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