I know that tick season is soon to be over but I recieved this email from my aunt awhile ago and thought it was worth passing on if you have animals or children, well if you are like me you occasionally get one too.
Please forward to anyone with children... or hunters or dogs, etc. 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 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 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 t! his method and immediately called me back to say, "It worked!
"Please pass on; everyone needs this helpful hint.
I actually tested this idea when on a routine tick check of the kids I saw that my daughter had two of them in her head side by side. For the most part it worked, I still have to pull a little to get them out but they came out easily.
try it!
