NCERT Class 5 EVS A Treat for Mosquitoes

8. A Treat for Mosquitoes

Blood test

Rajat is back at school today. He had been absent for many days. “How are you now?” asked Aarti. “I’m alright,” Rajat replied softy.

Jaskirat: You must have played a lot while you were at home.

Rajat: Who wants to play when you have fever! On top of it I had to take a bitter medicine! I even had a blood test.

Jaskirat: A blood test? Why? It must have been very painful.

Rajat: Actually, when the needle pricked my finger, it felt like an ant bite. They took 2-3 drops of blood, and sent it for testing. That’s how we came to know that I had malaria.

Nancy: But you get malaria when a mosquito bites you.

Rajat: Yes, but we find out by the blood test.

Jaskirat: There are a lot of mosquitoes in my house these days, but I did not get malaria.

Nancy: Who says that every mosquito bite causes malaria? Malaria spreads only by the disease carrying mosquitoes.

Aarti: All mosquitoes look the same to me.

Rajat: There must be some difference. 

Nancy: Did they take the blood from the place where the mosquito had bitten you?

Find out

• 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.

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