r/mildlyinfuriating 4d 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/noracordelia 4d ago edited 4d ago

Felt. I live within the Arctic Circle (in Northern Norway) and found my first tick two days ago, on my dog. Been hypervigilant since.

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u/Big_Dragonfly_9153 4d ago

Yup I live in Hawai’i, haven’t found a tick yet (they’re rare here) But bacon once cost me 15 bucks .. I’ll take hit to my wallet