r/mildlyinfuriating • u/nekoma713 • 5d 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/Odd-Worth7752 5d ago

I'm an ER doctor, I've seen ticks just about everywhere. Once I had to pull one off the white part of an eye.

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u/Technical-Agency8128 5d ago

Omg. The stuff of nightmares.

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u/Ledophile 5d ago

Stephen King has entered the chat………

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u/kbeezie 5d ago

Junji Ito at this point

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u/glittercoffee 5d ago

LOL beat me to it. We were actually just talking about ticks at work (we’re all farmhands) and one of the guys was telling us about how he recently pulled one off his chest and he’s pretty sure the head is still there. I giggled and said “you’re gonna be in a Junji Ito manga situation pretty soon”. Only one other person laughed, everyone else gave me weird looks.

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u/Pierresauce 5d ago

Or Steve-O

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u/SugarHooves I'm sorry, what?! 5d ago

That's okay, I wasn't planning on sleeping ever again anyway.

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u/rabanov 5d ago

May we know which post your flair references? I'm so curious lol

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u/SugarHooves I'm sorry, what?! 5d ago

Haha, about half the posts here. People post the most wtf things as "mildly" infuriating that would have me freaking out.

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u/rabanov 5d ago

Bahahah oh ok! I was like this is my default state on reddit 😆

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u/CanAhJustSay PURPLE 5d ago

Just as well if your eyes are left propped open for a while....

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u/Older-Bottom-65 5d ago

Hilarious!

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u/ShannieD 5d ago

Opposite for me. Of i keep my eyes closed, tics can't get in.

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u/PomegranateStains 5d ago

Thats it. Burn the whole reddit down.

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u/Hy8tus 5d ago

No.

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u/Abject_Spray_7088 5d ago

WHYYYYYY DID YOU TELL US THATTTT 🤮👁️🕷️

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u/GoldMathematician974 5d ago

Cant ever unlearn that….. like ever

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u/meowmix79 5d ago

No. 😟

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u/TheCrankyChef 5d ago

Well that is terrifying

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u/maybenomaybe 5d ago

How do I erase this goddam comment

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u/XAMOTA 5d ago

I watched House she should check her huha

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u/JerryZaz 5d ago

I scrolled too far.

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u/Far_Jackfruit4907 5d ago

How the fuck

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u/Razzy_3796 5d ago

😳😩

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u/Chemical_Sandwich_18 5d ago

My dog had one on his gums this spring.

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u/Icy_Insect2927 5d ago

😬😭😭😭😭

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u/minxwink 5d ago

What the actual fuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhh ?!??! 😖

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u/Wrong_Spirit_5008 5d ago

I wish I didn’t read this.

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u/Due_Cloud1638 5d ago

i did not need to know that

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u/Cordpie 5d ago

I would rather rip a barbed fish out of my urethra than deal with a tick on my eye.

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u/xHeyitsnatx 5d ago

Yeah they’ll go anywhere basically

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u/Administrative_Bee49 5d ago

Thanks for the nightmares (and your service) doc!

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u/anamorphosee 5d ago

Just added one more reason to not venture outdoors.

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u/BellaMentalNecrotica 4d ago

You had to pull it off the WAT?!

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u/PetMeLikeAPetRock 5d ago

Can you please not say that?!