Table 1 Knowledge questions with correct and incorrect answers
Statements | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
A tick is always bigger than a lady bug | incorrect | |
A tick usually falls out of a tree to bite | incorrect | |
A tick can be removed by pulling it straight up with a pointed tweezers | correct | |
You will always get sick from a tick bite | incorrect | |
If you are bitten, it is advisable to remove a tick within 48 h | incorrect | |
Ticks always bite on so called ‘hot spots’, such as arm pits, groins, knee cavity | incorrect | |
Lyme disease usually starts with a red circle on the skin | correct | |
What can you do best? | Situation 1: You will discover a bitten tick on your body, within 24 h after you have been in the green | Situation 2: You will discover a bitten tick on your body, more than 24 h after you have been in the green |
Remove tick | correct | correct |
Visit general practitioner | incorrect | correct |
Note the date and the site of the bite | correct | correct |
Monitor your health | ||
I don’t know | - | - |
Questions | Correct answers | Incorrect answers |
Imagine you have removed a tick. How long after the bite you should monitor your health? | Up to 3 months after the bite | Up to 3 weeks after the bite Up to 1 year after the bite |
Imagine you have removed a tick. On what symptoms you should look? | Red circle on the skin, flu-like, symptoms, painful joints | Bloody nose, diarrhea, hair loss |
Imagine you have removed a tick. Which of the symptoms should you watch out for to see if you have got Lyme disease? | Flu-like symptoms | Nose bleed |
Red ring on the skin around the tick bite | Diarrhoea | |
Painful joints | Hair loss |