[TowerTalk] Antenna/Tower work safety - Lyme Disease safety

[mike at n1ta.com]

>From: "Marlon K. Schafer \(509-982-2181\)" <ooe at odessaoffice.com>
>Date: Thu, April 26, 2012 10:26 am
>To: towertalk at contesting.com
>
>Seems to me that the tweezers would be far more likely to squish stuff back 
>out of the tick.
>

I had thought that also. But if you grab it with the tweezers at the
very surface of the skin, you actually prevent stuff from coming back
out (see the CDC diagram).

I was just outside looking at the vertical feeds (about 5min ago),
noticed two dog ticks on my leg. Caught them before they bit. Welcome to
antenna work in W1.

Mike N1TA


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Antenna/Tower work safety - Lyme Disease
safety
From: "Marlon K. Schafer \(509-982-2181\)" <ooe at odessaoffice.com>
Date: Thu, April 26, 2012 10:26 am
To: towertalk at contesting.com

Seems to me that the tweezers would be far more likely to squish stuff
back 
out of the tick.

The official line is:
http://www.cdc.gov/ticks/removing_a_tick.html

Quite a bit more info here:
http://firstaid.webmd.com/tc/how-to-remove-a-tick-overview

marlon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mike at n1ta.com>
To: <towertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Antenna/Tower work safety - Lyme Disease safety


> Yes, while the match, jelly, contact cement, etc. may work, they have an
> awful side effect. The tick will regurgitate toxins back into you when
> it is unable to breath or under stress. So, with these methods, you
> might be able to get the tick out. But what it leaves behind will be far
> worse. Get a pair of narrow-tip tweezers, squeeze as close to the head
> as you can, and pull out in one swift motion -- don't twist.
>
> I had one in my shin about three weeks ago (and I might get 2 or 3 every
> summer it seems); the tweezers work best and I don't mess around with
> the matches or jelly anymore -- it's not worth the risk. Ticks can carry
> diseases far worse than lyme.
>
> Locally (WMass), there seems to be more than normal. Might be due to the
> early spring (or lack of winter). So be careful when doing tower and
> antenna work this year.
>
> Mike N1TA
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Antenna/Tower work safety - Lyme Disease
> safety
> From: Bill <bmarx at bellsouth.net>
> Date: Thu, April 26, 2012 7:37 am
> To: Rick Stealey <rstealey at hotmail.com>
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
>
> Might rubber cement or contact cement work? Put it on and peel off when
> dry?
>
>
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