I just got this email the other day so I am posting it here since I saw this about the ticks.
This is not a joke & it works.......
A little trick for all you hunters/fisherman/woods walkers etc......
A School Nurse has written the info below -- good enough to share -- And it reaally 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 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!" |