[South Florida DX Association] Fw: How To Remove a Tick . . . Really!!!

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Not amateur radio related, but Important info.

 
             

       


               

               

                   How  To Remove a Tick
                   Bet  it would work on dogs too. Spring is here and the ticks will soon be  showing up. Here is a good way to get them off you, your children, or  your pets. Give it a try. Please forward to anyone with children,  hunters with dogs or anyone who even steps outside in summer!   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 some times 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 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 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!"
                    
                    Please  pass on. Everyone needs this helpful  info!