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Here’s great information for the summer months!





EASY TICK REMOVAL
A nurse discovered a safe, easy way to remove ticks where they
automatically withdraw themselves when you follow her simple
instructions.
Read this one as it could save you from some major problems.
Tick Removal: Spring is here and the ticks will soon be showing
their heads. 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 or
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 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 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!" Please pass on. Everyone needs this
helpful hint.