Malaria is usually caused during the monsoon season but it may spread anytime. It is caused by the Parasites which are very minute. They enter the human body through the bite of the mosquito.
Incubation Period : 9 to 12 days
Spread of Malaria : Malaria is spread by the parasites which enter the human body through the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito, which feeds on human blood. Within 10 to 12 days they spread in the whole body and symptoms of Malaria appear.
Symptoms of Malaria:
1. Headache, Nausea, Vomitting and fever.
2. High fever, fast respiration and palpitation.
3. ‘Feeling very cold and shivering.
4. Fever comes down with perspiration.
5. Fever drops down and then rises again.
Prevention of Malaria:
1. All efforts should be made to destroy mosquitoes.
2. The ditches, pits etc. in the school surroundings should be drained and filled with mud or concrete because the mosquitoes breed in filthy water.
3. Kerosene oil should be sprinkled in the ponds or big water bodies near the schools.
4. Insecticides like D.D.T powder should be sprayed in the class rooms and comers of the house.
5. Quinine and an other anti-malaria as Palodrine can be taken to prevent Malaria.
