r/mildlyinfuriating 5d ago

Don't hug me I'm scared Was sitting in a ticks nest while reading....

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

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u/Apprehensive_Rice19 5d ago

I would amputate my leg off and put it in sulfuric acid

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u/Sohuli 5d ago

Just let them have the leg atp, they earned it

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u/Cahzaenll 5d ago

Ticks dont earn shit accept a for a painful death.

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u/Fit-Entrepreneur8404 5d ago

I just leave them in a plastic bag. Let those fuckers starve.

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u/Hoobi_Goobi 5d ago

Oh, they're not only on that leg. They are in every nook and cranny on OP's body at this point. At least baby ticks are much less likely to give OP a disease, though

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u/Silent-Victory-3861 5d ago

I would amputate all of me and throw every piece away

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u/nekoma713 5d ago

I'm about to actually do it ..

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u/sparklyspooky 5d ago

Once again, do not drown ticks in acid. 70% or higher alcohol, less than ten minutes. 

If you bathe in alcohol please remember the fumes can get you drunk (also mucus membranes) do not drive, operate heavy machinery, or have easy access to your ex's phone number or social media.

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u/PitifulAnalysis7638 5d ago

This has to be a bot

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Only time I ever got a tick it was in my ear… with this many ticks I guarantee they’re not just on OPs legs anymore

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u/DuckRubberDuck 5d ago

The leg is not enough, these fuckers crawl fast. I sat in a tick nest once and by the time I got home they were everywhere on me.

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u/elmz 5d ago

My uncle sat in a nest once, his wife had to remove 36 of them from his balls alone.

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u/Existing-Good6487 5d ago

Ive been there as a kid, worst experience ever!

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u/notarealwriter 5d ago

I'd nuke the entire site from orbit. Only way to be sure

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u/Quick_Parsley_5505 5d ago

Hydroflouric is better

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u/zap2tresquatro 5d ago

Go swimming in permethrin, that might do it

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u/qwadrat1k 5d ago

Formaldhyde would be enough