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Gene, I had a tick bite once in my navel (over 15 years 
ago), but fortunately I was able to get it out with 
tweezers. However, since then every time I get bitten by 
another tick my navel gets swollen! None of my other past 
tick bites behave this way. Sometimes my navel swells, and 
only then I realize I must have a tick, and after 
exploration find and remove it.

If it is dead and you can't reach it, I'd just pour 
hydrogen peroxide in your naval cavity a couple times a 
day to boil it and any infection out. I know a lot of 
folks like to use antibiotic ointment, which you could get 
in there with a swab, but it is my belief the goo only 
attracts more dirt and I would probably opt for making 
sure it's really dry in there after each hp application 
with a blow dryer.

I am a tick magnet. Fortunately, we don't have many here 
on the edge of the desert.

--Sage
Way Out in Texas


On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:18:59 -0500
 Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:
> I have a small tick at the back end of my deep navel 
> cavity. The area  
> is too small for tweezers. Having poured alcohol in 
> there repeatedly I  
> am sure it is dead. Internet searches are inconclusive. 
> Being loathe  
> to pay the local doctor unnecessarily I ask if any of 
> you have  
> experience.
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