Fwd: [touring] Tick Remover. You folks can review the pro's and con's.

[Fred Lonas]

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From: Chris Bujak <cbu...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 11:01:42 -0400
Subject: Re: [touring] Tick Remover
To: "<hpvluve...@aol.com>" <hpvluve...@aol.com>
Cc: "bicycle...@googlegroups.com" <bicycle...@googlegroups.com>

I don't want to be a wet blanket but this is not recommended.

From the lyme disease blog
(http://lymeblog.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1230)
"The reason one should NEVER employ ANY of these "annoying" types of
tick removal methods is because the aggrieved tick may express his
displeasure by releasing its salivary or gut contents into the wound."
Which seems to be a direct copy from the snopes sites on this (
http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/tick.asp)

The CDC recommends tweezers and against smothering.
http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/removing_a_tick.html

-Chris...


On May 22, 2012, at 21:56 , <hpvluve...@aol.com>
<hpvluve...@aol.com> wrote:

> Perhaps this will help with tick removal after they have settled for dinner. Fran
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> Easy 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... or 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 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.20 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.
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