r/CampingandHiking • u/CartoonistNo3755 • 22h ago

Tick on me

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Hello everyone. I found a tick on me I presume it latched onto me over 24 hours ago when I was hiking.

I felt it on my side and yanked it off before knowing what it is and pulled this guy off. It was still alive and moving when I pulled it off.

I don’t have rubbing alcohol and am freaaaaking out because the area he latched onto is a bit swollen. About the size of a small mosquito bite.

Any advice would be appreciated

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u/Addapost 9h ago

I don’t fuck with those things at all anymore. Whenever I pull one off that has bitten, I automatically go to urgent care and get antibiotics. 100% full stop. Tick bite = antibiotics every single time.