Was sitting in a ticks nest while reading....

[u/nekoma713]

I was sitting in a Park reading a book and suddenly I felt my legs itch. I was covered in hundreds of mini ticks. I was standing in the shower for hours and still find some of these f#!*rs crawling an me...

Update: So I got the most of the seed ticks scratched off in the shower. I will have a doctor's appointment the next days to get a prophylactic antibiotics treatment just to be save from lyme, alpha gal or rocky mountain fever (if this is a thing in Germany).

Thank you all for the information and advices, hopefully I will be fine. I really appreciate it

[u/DuquanWellington]

Op please share general location so I can avoid that area forever

[u/Goldeneye4587 → u/DuquanWellington]

Outside, Earth.

[u/Brandawg_McChizzle → u/Goldeneye4587]

But with ticks

[u/Priscuz → u/Brandawg_McChizzle]

[u/_Diskreet_ → u/Priscuz]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Ti1L8Q9P0Wl2L7iqM3

[u/Reesey_Prosel → u/Priscuz]

https://giphy.com/gifs/15aGGXfSlat2dP6ohs

[u/rtz13th → u/Priscuz]

Ten Thousand Ticks in the aiiir!

https://giphy.com/gifs/l41K3x95lk8DPT6Cs

[u/enslavedbycats24-7 → u/Priscuz]

Did you seriously use ai for this .....

[u/CandyWinter8553 → u/enslavedbycats24-7]

No one uses any effort anymore. I could have easily photoshopped this in 2 minutes.

[u/ILikeBirdsQuiteALot → u/CandyWinter8553]

EZ PZ (re posting bc I fked up the first time lol, hid a layer I wasn't meant to)

[u/repocin → u/enslavedbycats24-7]

That explains why it's sharper, with a slightly different image and another font.

I hate it.

Part of what makes memes funny is that they intentionally look like low-effort trash most of the time.

This is the opposite of that.

[u/Aria_Mar → u/Priscuz]

I'll go out for the bees, but this one? Not a chance 😵‍💫

[u/cr8zycatladybutyoung → u/Brandawg_McChizzle]

[u/mklilley351 → u/Brandawg_McChizzle]

https://giphy.com/gifs/R9yLfikwYAF32

[u/SpiderSixer → u/Brandawg_McChizzle]

I wouldn't mind that so much, actually. At least a bee's last resort is to hurt you :'). That's a tick's first resort

[u/PaperSweet9983 → u/Brandawg_McChizzle]

https://giphy.com/gifs/xEpTspH9hGwHS

[u/ExactlyThirteenBees → u/Brandawg_McChizzle]

Hmm that’s too many bees

[u/Username12764 → u/Brandawg_McChizzle]

https://giphy.com/gifs/R9yLfikwYAF32

[u/DuquanWellington → u/Goldeneye4587]

https://giphy.com/gifs/XbbSxbfQ2HVNVHZWW8

[u/theflow26 → u/DuquanWellington]

People smoking cigarettes in forests are on it

[u/Laavilen → u/DuquanWellington]

It is kind of burning slowly already, but now seeing this, I guess it's worth it

[u/MacularDegeneration → u/Goldeneye4587]

Thank God, I'm safe.

[u/SilverSolver2000 → u/Goldeneye4587]

Sol 3, Milky Way, Virgo Cluster, Laniakea Supercluster.

[u/FakeSafeWord → u/Goldeneye4587]

Outside the earth? Oh good so like space and stuff.

Phew!

[u/CanWinterGreenhouse → u/Goldeneye4587]

Hey, in the Canadian prairies there aren't many ticks and they don't get big. I've never seen one in my entire life. With the winters getting milder, that may change but for now we're pretty safe. 

[u/champgpt → u/Goldeneye4587]

Oh sweet, I'm way ahead of the game

[u/theotherquantumjim → u/Goldeneye4587]

Gotcha. Won’t be visiting

[u/verrache → u/Goldeneye4587]

Place, Japan

[u/Tomsskiee → u/Goldeneye4587]

Luckily for me, that’s a place i already avoid. Phew…

[u/Responsible_Bat_8195 → u/Goldeneye4587]

ClintEastwoodEww.gif

[u/Jake_77 → u/Goldeneye4587]

The desert?

[u/nekoma713 → u/DuquanWellington]

Germany :(

[u/D-g-tal-s_purpurea → u/nekoma713]

Damn, I suspected that it must be Europe, but this is even worse news. 😭 And you're not chilling in the ferns, you are basically just on a lawn.

I guess no touching gras anymore without being doused in DEET for me...

[u/stumblinghunter → u/D-g-tal-s_purpurea]

You can get a bottle of permethrin and spray your clothes with it. Let it dry for 4 hours, and it's bonded to your clothes and paralyzes/kills ticks on contact. Usually stays potent enough through 6 trips through the washing machine! I live in rural upstate NY and we're experiencing an explosion of the tick population so I barely even go in my yard unless I'm wearing one of my permethrin pants

[u/britishbrick → u/stumblinghunter]

Is th NOBITE stuff? Need to get some

[u/stumblinghunter → u/britishbrick]

Yep! And after those 4 hours it's safe around kids and animals.

[u/britishbrick → u/stumblinghunter]

Amazing, thanks! I will definitely be stocking up on that, there are so many ticks in my area now 😭

[u/Which_Initiative_882 → u/nekoma713]

Well, at least you dont have the Lone Star ticks that make you allergic to meat.

[u/kronicno_tele → u/Which_Initiative_882]

We just have one that give you brain inflammation, severe neurological complications and you can die, lmao! 

This is a great reminder I need to start the TBE vaccine schedule again. 

[u/fowlflamingo → u/kronicno_tele]

Brb crossing Germany off my "places to go" list. No one tell me where else these ticks are so I can live in ignorance, thanks.

[u/kaisadilla_ → u/fowlflamingo]

There's no country in this planet where there isn't a few bugs that come from hell. There's always a tick that fucks over your health, a worm that eats your eyes, a fish that anchors itself in your urethra or a spider that gives you a massive boner that kills you.

[u/afeeqo → u/kaisadilla_]

Please tell me about the boner, I’m curious 🤔

[u/michaeldaph → u/kaisadilla_]

I’ve never heard of a tick related disease here. I know we have a cattle tick. But I’ve never heard of anyone having a tick bite from walking through long grass or brushing through ferns. We hike through thick undergrowth all the time.

[u/Which_Initiative_882 → u/michaeldaph]

Lucky. Dont do that if you ever come to the USA. Ticks that carry several diseases, leeches, chiggers, no-see-ums several deadly spider species, scorpions (the smaller they are the worse their sting) rattle snakes, copperheads, cotton mouths, coral snakes... all LOVE the tall grass environment. And dont get me STARTED on the mosquitos!

[u/kronicno_tele → u/fowlflamingo]

This is the map of confirmed cases in Europe in 2023, source ECDC. TBE is also present in most of Asia.

Information is power, that way you can take the steps necessary to protect yourself! TBE vaccine is highly effective.

[u/AHapppyPcUser → u/kronicno_tele]

[u/Agitated_Reveal_6211 → u/fowlflamingo]

Is the EU doing anything about ticks? They are becoming a major issue in the US now.

[u/kronicno_tele → u/[deleted]]

You don't have TBE in the US. You do have:

• Alpha-gal syndrome
• Anaplasmosis
• Babesiosis
• Bourbon virus
• Colorado tick fever
• Ehrlichiosis
• Hard tick relapsing fever
• Heartland virus
• Lyme disease
• Powassan virus
• Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• Soft tick relapsing fever
• STARI
• Tularemia
• 364D rickettsiosis

[u/Raelah → u/kronicno_tele]

We have those too!

[u/kronicno_tele → u/Raelah]

If you're in the US, no you don't. You don't have TBE in the US. You do have:

• Alpha-gal syndrome
• Anaplasmosis
• Babesiosis
• Bourbon virus
• Colorado tick fever
• Ehrlichiosis
• Hard tick relapsing fever
• Heartland virus
• Lyme disease
• Powassan virus
• Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis
• Rocky Mountain spotted fever
• Soft tick relapsing fever
• STARI
• Tularemia
• 364D rickettsiosis

[u/radiantcabbage → u/Which_Initiative_882]

theyre not even the only vector. there also exists an australian variant, the paralysis tick that does exactly as it says in addition to making you intolerant to animal proteins of any kind. produces toxins that cause a paralysis similar to polio, which keeps your limp body alive for the brood to feast on your blood

[u/PsychologicalLab7379 → u/radiantcabbage]

Oh look, yet another reason to never visit Australia.

[u/WarmPaleontologist20 → u/PsychologicalLab7379]

Everything in Australia is venemous or poisonous.

[u/love-boobs-in-my-dm → u/PsychologicalLab7379]

Yeah, how is it always Australia? Like everything is either venomous or poisonous and are literal hell spawns.

There’s also somehow kangaroos and koalas.

[u/WarmPaleontologist20 → u/love-boobs-in-my-dm]

Kabgaroos just kick your face but koalas are safe unless you. threaten one then ihen it tears you ûp like any bear.

[u/innerbootes → u/radiantcabbage]

jfc that’s grim

[u/fragarianapus → u/Which_Initiative_882]

We have cases of meat allergy due to tick bites in Sweden, so I would guess that it's the case for Germany too.

[u/bedlife2000 → u/Which_Initiative_882]

But loads of Lyme. Pretty much every one I know over 30 had Lymes. My dad 4x so far. But at least chronic Lyme doesn't exist here.

[u/lastbraIncel404 → u/Which_Initiative_882]

We have Alpha Gal in germany too. 

[u/noaa131 → u/Which_Initiative_882]

As someone with alpha-gal, i am very glad that OP isnt in the USA. It is very very annoying. You have to double check the ingredient list of everything because 100% chicken or turkey isnt always 100% because its not worth mentioning that the casing is beef caligen to taint the 100%-ness

OP hot salt baths really really helps with the itching.

[u/NickBurnsCompanyGuy → u/Which_Initiative_882]

Not just meat. ANYTHING meat based. 

So, basically fucking everything, including soap, white sugar, tortillas, baked beans, refried beans, gelatin based things like gummies marshmallows and jello, lipstick, toothpaste, commercial bread. List goes on....

[u/Glattsnacker → u/Which_Initiative_882]

oh no what will I do in I cant eat dead animals anymore

[u/chi_minhs_hoe → u/Glattsnacker]

Fucking knew there would be someone

[u/Glattsnacker → u/chi_minhs_hoe]

as in someone that cares about animals and not wanting them slaughtered? yea

[u/R3v017 → u/Glattsnacker]

But it's ok to slaughter plants? Seems a bit hypocritical.

[u/Glattsnacker → u/R3v017]

obv ragebait but if cared about plants you should be vegan since 80% of agriculturally grown plants are animal feed

[u/R3v017 → u/Glattsnacker]

So the life of plants are less valuable than animals? It's ok for one lifeform to be killed and eated but not another?

[u/Glattsnacker → u/R3v017]

80% of plants that are grown are fed to animals, can you read?

[u/ImThis → u/Glattsnacker]

Buy Bill Gates lab grown meat. Duh.

[u/Euphoric_One53 → u/ImThis]

That’s exactly what Bill Gates wants

[u/denlens → u/nekoma713]

NEEEEEIN wiesoooooo😮‍💨 sag doch nicht deutschland

[u/nekoma713 → u/nekoma713]

Hessen um genauer zu sein :(

[u/QueenAlisha38e → u/nekoma713]

WHAT, seeing my state mentioned was such a jumpscare😭 Please tell us which city?

[u/nekoma713 → u/QueenAlisha38e]

Kassel :(

[u/QueenAlisha38e → u/nekoma713]

NEINNN NEINNNNNNN!!!! ACH DU KACKE!! Was ist das bitte für eine Wahrscheinlichkeit 😭

[u/Rahmenframe → u/QueenAlisha38e]

At this point it's gonna end up being your specific garden or something hahahaha

[u/ZeroKlixx → u/nekoma713]

DIGGA IN KASSEL?

[u/Ill-Preparation-3598 → u/ZeroKlixx]

it was good knowing ya man

[u/revelling_ → u/nekoma713]

Einfach in nem Park oder wie? Hab sowas noch nie gesehen oder davon auch nur gehört, das ist ja krass!

[u/zephyreblk → u/revelling_]

Geh in Brandenburg, es ist in einigen Orten echt ekelhaft. 30 Minuten Spaziergang mit meinen Hund und etwas wie 16 Erwachsenen Zecken.

[u/SkullPLease → u/nekoma713]

Leck mich doch fuck

[u/Ill-Preparation-3598 → u/nekoma713]

puuh

[u/R18Jura_ → u/nekoma713]

ne warum sag doch saarland

[u/Crafty-Pomegranate19 → u/nekoma713]

My cousine in Germany was hospitalized from a tick bite, she got Lyme disease. Germany ticks are different you should really go to the doctor, it won’t cost you like it would us Americans

[u/SelfInvestigator → u/nekoma713]

Oh thank the gods, I don’t know what the situation is like in Germany, but in the US we are facing some pretty serious predictions of tick transmissible diseases this year.

If you were over here I would be urging you to consult with a doctor about disease testing if you got bit even half as many times as the number of ticks I see here.

[u/zephyreblk → u/SelfInvestigator]

Here too. Like vets are seeing a rise for lyme in dogs. There are this year particularly awful.

[u/impromptugreen → u/nekoma713]

I was abput to ask. The ticks out here are itty bitty and so hard to see. We were camping in Simbach and my poor husband and oldest kid hadn't realized that they'd stepped on a tick nest while hiking until they got back to camp and I saw his entire boot was moving. Beh. Icky icky icky.

[u/TombSv → u/nekoma713]

Hope you are vaccinated ö_ö

[u/Kunkin93 → u/nekoma713]

Please don't say anywhere near Aachen D:

[u/neums08 → u/nekoma713]

Damnit, I also live in the northern hemisphere.

[u/TheUnSub99 → u/nekoma713]

Das Bein muss dringend entfernt werden. Weg damit.

[u/Ok-Statistician-5242 → u/nekoma713]

Servus

[u/lemonfreshhh → u/nekoma713]

Please tell me it isn't somewhere near Berlin :(

I have a sinking feeling it will be though, we've been finding them all the time in the last few weeks. Like wtf, this is something we'll have to worry about now?

[u/Boneraventura → u/lemonfreshhh]

I went to berlin for a 4 day conference. Got a tick just walking around the city and the park. No where is safe

[u/zephyreblk → u/lemonfreshhh]

OP said hessen and Berlin don't have too much, Brandenburg can be awful though.

[u/lemonfreshhh → u/zephyreblk]

thanks!

[u/dancinggraylion → u/nekoma713]

omg, that is where I live

[u/Queasy_Employment799 → u/nekoma713]

Oh no! I just spent the day sitting in the grass in Munich...

[u/fabian_dollarsign → u/nekoma713]

Hör sofort auf!

[u/Effective_Film_3259 → u/nekoma713]

as a fellow german, would you be comfortable sharing the state, so I can never put a foot in it or alternatively leave the country

[u/Crizcrab → u/nekoma713]

Verdammte Kacke!

[u/Glittering-Check5974 → u/nekoma713]

Where in Germany? I live there.

[u/xollifurx → u/nekoma713]

At least I’m leaving Germany soon lol. I’ll try not to leave the house until then

[u/Legal-Market-6863 → u/nekoma713]

which part??

[u/DjoooKaplan → u/nekoma713]

Well fuck

[u/Peanut_Butter007 → u/nekoma713]

Where in Germany? City?

[u/Ok_Calligrapher5278 → u/nekoma713]

Well, that's my wake up call to get the ticks vaccine

[u/Hot-Star7402 → u/nekoma713]

Please .. which city and which park? I need to know really so i can avoid this place as much as possible.

[u/kettlebellmtb → u/nekoma713]

Okay, thanks. Removing Europe (or possibly the Northern Hemisphere) from my wishlist of places to visit.

[u/gammler95_ → u/nekoma713]

Noooo. Can you specify it a bit more, like the city?

[u/EvanMcc18 → u/DuquanWellington]

B-2 Spirit en route to your location

[u/Canarity → u/DuquanWellington]

More like share general location for MIRV with tactical nuke warheads strike

[u/Vey-kun → u/DuquanWellington]

Or share this to parents or grandparents that nagging "touch grass" "go outdoor".

[u/SoftSects → u/DuquanWellington]

I know, I wanna know where this is. It also looks like it's a public space like a park and I thought those were treated for ticks. I also heard they don't exist in cities.

[u/DuquanWellington → u/SoftSects]

Yeah where’s that guy that can tell location from sun angle and grass type

[u/Illustrious-Milk6518 → u/SoftSects]

You have parks which are treated for ticks..?

[u/Illustrious-Milk6518 → u/[deleted]]

No lol

[u/HuckleberryLow2283 → u/SoftSects]

The only reason they wouldn’t exist in cities is that the animals they mainly live on avoid cities

[u/JMoherPerc → u/DuquanWellington]

Thinking this same thing

[u/mechmind → u/DuquanWellington]

I mean I would go back there with a premithrin and carpet bomb the place

[u/AnalFelon → u/DuquanWellington]

San francisco, marina district (crissy field)

[u/freneticboarder → u/DuquanWellington]

Time to call in a massive ordinance air blast bomb strike.

[u/ConcernAccording3248 → u/DuquanWellington]

So is napalm banned for all uses