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Old 06-07-2007, 07:59 AM   #13
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Coolbreeze
Use the hot match carefully.
From http://www.peacehealth.org/kbase/top...5spec/sec1.htm

" What to avoid

Do not try to:

* Smother a tick that is stuck to your skin with petroleum jelly, nail polish, gasoline, or rubbing alcohol.
* Burn the tick while it is stuck to your skin.

Smothering or burning a tick could make it release infected fluid into your body and increase your chance of infection."
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