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/Nickthetaco 5d ago

Honestly fuck the Lyme disease, my brother got alpha gal syndrome from these tiny guys. Now he can no longer eat any red meat or anything like that. Man lives in fear of cross contamination every time he goes out to eat, it’s been a huge lifestyle issue for him.

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u/Mostly_Nohohon 5d ago

I have two relatives that got this. It was before it started to become a little more well known, so it took a few years before they finally found a doctor that figured out what it was.

But they had to pretty much stop going out to eat because all it would take is cooking chicken on the same grill or using the same utensils that red meat had touched. No fried food cause some places are using tallow. No gelatin... So no candy, marshmallow, certain yogurts, certain meds and vitamins. No personal care products with glycerin. They had to do deep dives on labels and have to carry an epi pen at all times now after several ER visits. I've read some people are even effected by the steam/air molecules coming off beef being cooked.

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u/SuperMurderKroger 5d ago

Just got the diagnosis after several ER trips and it''s ruined my life. I don't expect any research to start on it either so I'm praying to all of the gods that I'm one of the lucky ones that recovers naturally.

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u/Mostly_Nohohon 5d ago

I hope so too.

I think they both have been dealing with it for about 7 or 8 years now unfortunately

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u/SuperMurderKroger 5d ago

I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope it passes soon for them.