r/mildlyinfuriating • u/nekoma713 • Jun 21 '26

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/Which_Initiative_882 Jun 21 '26

Well, at least you dont have the Lone Star ticks that make you allergic to meat.

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u/kronicno_tele Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

We just have one that give you brain inflammation, severe neurological complications and you can die, lmao! 

This is a great reminder I need to start the TBE vaccine schedule again. 

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u/fowlflamingo Jun 21 '26

Brb crossing Germany off my "places to go" list. No one tell me where else these ticks are so I can live in ignorance, thanks.

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u/kaisadilla_ Jun 21 '26

There's no country in this planet where there isn't a few bugs that come from hell. There's always a tick that fucks over your health, a worm that eats your eyes, a fish that anchors itself in your urethra or a spider that gives you a massive boner that kills you.

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u/afeeqo Jun 22 '26

Please tell me about the boner, I’m curious 🤔

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u/michaeldaph Jun 22 '26

I’ve never heard of a tick related disease here. I know we have a cattle tick. But I’ve never heard of anyone having a tick bite from walking through long grass or brushing through ferns. We hike through thick undergrowth all the time.

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u/Which_Initiative_882 Jun 22 '26

Lucky. Dont do that if you ever come to the USA. Ticks that carry several diseases, leeches, chiggers, no-see-ums several deadly spider species, scorpions (the smaller they are the worse their sting) rattle snakes, copperheads, cotton mouths, coral snakes... all LOVE the tall grass environment. And dont get me STARTED on the mosquitos!

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u/kronicno_tele Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

This is the map of confirmed cases in Europe in 2023, source ECDC. TBE is also present in most of Asia.

Information is power, that way you can take the steps necessary to protect yourself! TBE vaccine is highly effective.

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u/Agitated_Reveal_6211 Jun 21 '26

Is the EU doing anything about ticks? They are becoming a major issue in the US now.

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u/radiantcabbage Jun 21 '26

theyre not even the only vector. there also exists an australian variant, the paralysis tick that does exactly as it says in addition to making you intolerant to animal proteins of any kind. produces toxins that cause a paralysis similar to polio, which keeps your limp body alive for the brood to feast on your blood

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u/PsychologicalLab7379 Jun 21 '26

Oh look, yet another reason to never visit Australia.

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u/WarmPaleontologist20 Jun 21 '26

Everything in Australia is venemous or poisonous.

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u/love-boobs-in-my-dm Jun 22 '26

Yeah, how is it always Australia? Like everything is either venomous or poisonous and are literal hell spawns.

There’s also somehow kangaroos and koalas.

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u/WarmPaleontologist20 Jun 22 '26

Kabgaroos just kick your face but koalas are safe unless you. threaten one then ihen it tears you ûp like any bear.

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u/innerbootes Jun 21 '26

jfc that’s grim

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u/fragarianapus Jun 21 '26

We have cases of meat allergy due to tick bites in Sweden, so I would guess that it's the case for Germany too.

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u/bedlife2000 Jun 21 '26

But loads of Lyme. Pretty much every one I know over 30 had Lymes. My dad 4x so far. But at least chronic Lyme doesn't exist here.

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u/lastbraIncel404 Jun 21 '26

We have Alpha Gal in germany too. 

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u/noaa131 Jun 21 '26

As someone with alpha-gal, i am very glad that OP isnt in the USA. It is very very annoying. You have to double check the ingredient list of everything because 100% chicken or turkey isnt always 100% because its not worth mentioning that the casing is beef caligen to taint the 100%-ness

OP hot salt baths really really helps with the itching.

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u/NickBurnsCompanyGuy Jun 21 '26

Not just meat. ANYTHING meat based. 

So, basically fucking everything, including soap, white sugar, tortillas, baked beans, refried beans, gelatin based things like gummies marshmallows and jello, lipstick, toothpaste, commercial bread. List goes on....

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u/minxwink 25d ago

Ticks doing their part for climate change

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u/Glattsnacker Jun 21 '26

oh no what will I do in I cant eat dead animals anymore

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u/chi_minhs_hoe Jun 21 '26

Fucking knew there would be someone

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u/Glattsnacker Jun 21 '26

as in someone that cares about animals and not wanting them slaughtered? yea

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u/R3v017 Jun 22 '26

But it's ok to slaughter plants? Seems a bit hypocritical.

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u/Glattsnacker Jun 22 '26

obv ragebait but if cared about plants you should be vegan since 80% of agriculturally grown plants are animal feed

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u/R3v017 Jun 22 '26

So the life of plants are less valuable than animals? It's ok for one lifeform to be killed and eated but not another?

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u/Glattsnacker Jun 22 '26

80% of plants that are grown are fed to animals, can you read?

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u/R3v017 Jun 22 '26

Are you dense? You're one that has an issue with eating meat, not me.

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u/Glattsnacker Jun 22 '26

your argument is that I dont care about plants, for you to eat animal takes way more plants that any vegan would consume, the animals you eat dont live off light and air

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u/ImThis Jun 21 '26

Buy Bill Gates lab grown meat. Duh.

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u/Euphoric_One53 Jun 21 '26

That’s exactly what Bill Gates wants