Summer is here and ticks have been
showing their heads since Spring.
Here is a good way to get all of them
off you, your children or your pets. Just try for yourself.
PLEASE READ and please pass it on to anyone with children or dogs, to hunters and
indeed to everybody who takes a step outside in the summer.
This advice could save a lot of
problems. This safe and easy way to remove ticks was written by a school nurse
and put on the web to share with everyone. With this technique all you have to
do is follow these simple instructions. It really works. She writes :-
"I had a pediatrician who told me
what way she believed, was the best way to remove a tick.
This is really great because it actually
works on those spots that are hard to reach with tweezers – such as in between
your toes, in the middle of a head filled with dark hair, and so on."
1. Put a good dollop of liquid soap onto
a pad of cotton wool.
2. Cover the tick with the soaked cotton
wool and pat it for 15-20 seconds
3. The tick will retract automatically.
It will loosen by itself and hold onto the cotton wool when you remove the pad.
This technique has worked over and over
again; I have used it lots of times. It’s less traumatic for the patient and
easier for me. Even my doctor’s wife called me for advice because she had a
tick on her back which she couldn't reach with tweezers. She used this method
and called me back immediately to tell me that it had worked!”
Unless someone is allergic to soap, I
can't image this technique to be harmful in anyway.
