My Tick Bite

[Tilly2]

...still hasn't popped. The infection has gone after taking the antibiotics but the tick head is still in there. I am bathing it with hot salty water and have had a go at squeezing it but all that happens is that the skin abrades and a clear fluid comes out. Yesterday, I resorted to a needle and tweezers but made a right mess and it's now very very sore sore.

Any suggestions as to how it can be drawn out?

[Tilly2]

That Bearded Vulture may have helped but I see he's gone back to France.

[gness]

Don't know about sultanas, Tilly. I know something in a raisin draws stuff up as a poultice would but never tried a sultana.

[jourdain2]

Mum used to apply a hot kaolin poultice to draw boils etc. I used to watch it boiling in a pan with great fear and apprehension. It hurt, but it worked.

[Tilly2]

Do you have to soak the raisin, Gness?

[gness]

No. I just cut it in half.

[Tilly2]

Jourdain, my mum and grandma were happy slappers-on of kaolin poultices.

I love the smell to this day.

[Tilly2]

Actually, I do have a bag of mixed fruit. I feel a bara brith coming on when the packet's opened. :-)

[MartinMillar]

Bread poultice

[Tilly2]

Any particular type of bread, Martin? I have some sourdough.

[Bazile]

How did we get from tick bite , to a bag of mixed fruit ?

Save me the trouble of reading all these posts Tilly2

So , what's the prognosis on this tick bite ?

[Tilly2]

The prognosis is good, Bazile.

Come hell or high water, using a variety of 'drawing out' things or surgical instruments, this tick bite/head/mouthparts is going to be flushed out!

Fingers crossed.

[MartinMillar]

Lol I don’t think the tick would mind a bit of sour dough! Lol it doesn’t matter what bread.
The other thing I just thought of is duct tape

[Bazile]

So Tilly ,the little
b u gger is still firmly ensconced inside

Time to call on the services of Dr Pimple Popper ?

[237SJ]

If I were you, I would go down to my local walk in centre. I had a tick embedded in my back and went to the chemist (mistake) The Pharmacist made a right hash of getting it out and left the mouth parts behind so I went down to the walk in centre and the nurse there sorted it out.

[Tilly2]

If the mag. sulphate doesn't work, 237, I shall do that.

[Tilly2]

Duct tape Martin?

[Tilly2]

Bazile, you should read all the post. You never know when you might need lots of suggestions for removing bits of tick from your body. Ticks are everywhere!

[alavahalf]

Were you make up the poultice's with the raisins and the sultanas .... should it not work. Dont worry, it wont go to waste .. you are half way to making a chutney ?

[Tilly2]

Recipe please, Alava.

[gness]

Have I mentioned the credit card method. If not look at that.