India, Aug. 4 -- Are you someone who goes out in nature to enjoy some peace, but instead has to retreat back indoors immediately because you end up with multiple mosquito bites? Even indoors, you are the one who gets bitten, has to wear full-length clothes, or apply mosquito repellent, while your friends don't have a single bite on themselves and roam freely without any worry.

But have you ever wondered why some people get bitten more by mosquitoes? In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Prajwal K C, consultant, internal medicine, Gleneagles BGS Hospital, explained that mosquitoes are attracted to certain chemical signals that humans naturally produce.

One of the strongest attractants is carbon dioxide, which is released with every breat...