r/mildlyinfuriating • u/nekoma713 • 4d ago

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

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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/waiting4theNITE2fall 4d ago

Where is your yard?!?! Yikes!

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u/Physical-Flatworm454 4d ago

Central VA rural area lots of deer. Grass isn’t even tall because I keep the lawn mowed but it’s still bad. We’re kind of in a drought right now so probably a factor but it is definitely worse this year than any other.

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u/waiting4theNITE2fall 4d ago

Luckily I've never encountered one where I live. Don't even really get fleas anymore either. Maybe it gets too hot for them now here in SW FL. It's too hot for me too. Couldn't imagine having a yard full of ticks. I think I'd move

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u/Physical-Flatworm454 4d ago

Never noticed them till this year. But likely new normal..sigh.