Hi.
This is gross. Sorry in advance...
I found an engorged tick on my 'lady bits' (😮) two days ago. I didn't realise what it was at first. But had felt something during the night and touched it a few times to try and figure out what it was. I was half asleep and didn't do anything til the morning. I still couldn't really see it but felt it again in the shower and I thought it may be a skin tag or something. Then I pulled at it and it came out and I saw the wriggling legs etc... I was horrified. It was a deer tick and by the size of it had been on at least 4 days. I actually now have a course of precautionary antibiotics to try and prevent Lyme disease (which feel a bit weird about because they are powerful antibiotics with bad side effects). But I am totally freaking out about the tick bite. Everything I read says never touch them with bare hands, never agitate them or squeeze then or pull them out with your fingers. Says it can regurgitate all the disease back inside you and it's really really dangerous.
Rationally, I hope the antibiotics will help stave anything bad off but I cannot stop thinking about how I got it off all wrong and touched it etc and it's driving me insane.
Anyone know just how bad it is to squeeze/touch them?? It was still alive when it came out.