Just had a patient present with a sheep tick. Folk remedies such as
Vaseline or alcohol are out of favour as they may cause regurgitation of
infected material into the patient , and standard advice was to grasp with
forceps and pull, which we know often leaves the jaws behind. A German
doctor here said that back home they remove them by grasping with fine
forceps and rotating anticlockwise. It worked a treat. Any other
experience? Must it be anticlockwise?
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