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Over 1,000 People Tested Positive For Malaria In Mewat; 5 Basic Tips To Prevent Malaria
Listed here are few tips to prevent malaria. Check them out.
Come monsoon and there are hordes of water-borne and vector-borne diseases. Malaria, typhoid, dengue, chikungunya and other viral cold and cough are very common.
The hospitals and even the smaller clinics are flooded with patients with these infections.
Despite several steps taken up by the authorities to control the diseases, Mewat one of the districts of Haryana alone have reported 1,138 confirmed cases from January 2017 till July 31, 2017.
Malaria is caused by the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito. Through this bite the parasite enters your bloodstream and affects the blood cells.
The symptoms tends to develop after about 10 days. High fever, chills, headache, nausea, sweating, muscle pain, diarrhea and abdomen pain are few of the major symptoms that one might get in case of malaria.
As it is said that prevention is better than cure, so even in case of malaria, one needs to take up certain precautionary measures to keep off from this deadly infection called malaria.
Check out these few quick steps to prevent malaria.
1.
Wearing
Light
Colour
Clothes:
Dark
coloured
clothes
attracts
mosquitoes.
It
is
preferable
to
wear
light
coloured
clothes
and
these
helps
in
repelling
mosquitoes.
Also
make
it
a
point
to
wear
full
sleeve
clothes
in
order
to
prevent
mosquito
bites.
2.
Using
Mosquito
Nets:
Since
mosquitoes
are
the
major
carriers
for
malaria,
it
is
essentail
to
prevent
mosquito
bites.
Using
mosquito
nets
when
you
sleep
in
the
night
is
a
must
in
order
to
prevent
the
disease.
3.
Limiting
Outdoor
Activities:
Mosquitoes
are
more
active
during
the
dawn
and
the
dusk.
So
it
is
better
to
limit
the
outdoor
activities
especially
during
the
dawn
and
the
dusk
in
order
to
prevent
the
mosquito
bites.
4.
Cinnamon:
Also
if
you
have
already
been
infected
with
malaria
then
cinnamon
powder
helps
in
lowering
the
temperature.
You
need
to
add
a
teaspoon
of
cinnamon
powder
with
a
bit
of
pepper
powder
and
honey
in
a
glass
of
water
and
then
drink
it.
5. Tulsi:
Tulsi is yet another of the best herb that helps in reducing the symptoms of malaria. Take few tulsi leaf extracts, mix it along with a bit of black pepper powder and then consume it. This provides quick relief from malaria.
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