Question

• Do you know anyone who has had malaria?
• How did they find out that they had malaria?
• What problems did they have on having malaria?
• What other diseases can be caused by mosquito bites?
• In which season is malaria more common? Why do you think this happens?
• What do you do in your house to protect yourself from mosquitoes? Also find out from your friends about what they do?

Look at the report of the blood test given here. Which words in the report help us to know that the person has malaria?

Answer 1

• Disclaimer: The purpose of this question is to make the students interact actively with the people in their surroundings. This process calls for critical observance based upon which the students can draw certain conclusions. Considering the sustenance of this process of interaction the answer to this question has not been provided.

• They might have found out that they had malaria by the following observations:

  (i) Fever with chills and rigors

  (ii) Body ache and vomiting

  (iii) Blood test (this is the diagnostic test for malaria)

• While they suffered from malaria, they started facing problems such as fever, body ache, vomiting and weakness.

• Diseases such as dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya can be caused by mosquito bites.

• Malaria is more common in rainy seasons.

  This is because mosquitoes (carrier of malaria)need water to breed. They breed in the stagnant waters found in pools during the rainy season.

• We adopt the following measures to protect ourselves from mosquitoes in our house:

  (i) We keep our surroundings neat and clean.

  (ii) We don’t allow water to get collected for long time in our surroundings.

  (iii) We usually spray a layer of kerosene over open ditches and pools.

  (iv) We use mosquito repellents and mosquito nets.

• The words “Malarial Parasite Found in Blood Sample” help us to know that the person has malaria.