ProWritersHub: Wash Your Hands Regularly To Stay Healthy
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INTRODUCTION
Hola Steemians once more welcome to my blog. My discussion will be based on Health, personal hygiene to be precise.
Hand washing helps reduce the spread of germs since the hands is one good agent of disease circulation.
I'll be discussing more on this topic, check out my outlines below so you won't get lost;
• What activities should we wash hands before or after doing them and the proper way to wash hands.
• Reason why running water and liquid soap is prescribed as a better way of washing the hands and what one can do if there's no running water from a tap.
• What are some diseases that can be prevented by washing hands regularly and things to do to create more awareness for hand washing.
What activities should we wash hands before or after doing them and the proper way to wash hands
Washing of hands is one aspect of personal hygiene we shouldn't joke with since it's the same hand we use in taking food into our mouth.
There are several activities one should wash hands before or after doing them. I'll be listing few below.
- Wash your hands before and after preparing food.
- We should wash our hands before and after eating.
- After making use of the toilet we should wash our hands.
- Make sure you wash your hands when injured.
- Wash your hands after sneezing, coughing or even taking out flu.
- Wash your hands after playing with animals.
- The hands should be washed after outdoor activities.
- Wash your hands after handling animal feeds.
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Washing the hands is not just pouring water on your hands with soap, there are steps to do this better. Check below:
- Wet your hands with water (warm or cold) from a runny tap, you can off it while you make use of soap.
- Scrub your wet hands with the soap and make sure your hands get circulated with the soap lather.
- Scrub your hands thoroughly, the back side of your hands,in between the fingers and the nails too for atleast 15-20 seconds.
- After scrubbing your hands thoroughly, turn the tap while it's rushing out water rinse your hand very well.
- Then dry with a clean towel or air dry your hands.
In a case where there's no soap, one can use a Hand sanitizer since it contains about 60% alcohol which isn't friendly with germs. I believe with the above descriptions we are good to go.
Reason why running water and liquid soap is prescribed as a better way of washing the hands and what one can do if there's no running water from a tap
It's best using runny water from a tap to wash hands than washing hands direct from a basin because the water in the basin can get contaminated too so the other is better.
Most persons prefer the use of liquid soap because it reduces the spread or exchange of germs since one does not touch the soap like a bar soap. It also produces more lather than the bar soap. With these few reasons some persons feel it's the best.
If there's no water from a runny tap you can ask for helping hands from someone. Someone else can pour water on your hands perhaps from a bucket while you wash your hands with soap and rinse perfectly to the floor.
What are some diseases that can be prevented by washing hands regularly and things to do to create more awareness for hand washing
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We know very well that the major reason why we wash our hands is to reduce the spread of germs. I'll be telling us some diseases that can be prevented by washing hands regularly, check them out:
- It saves you from contacting Conjunctivitis also know as Pink eye as a result of itchy eyes.
- Prevention of Hand-foot-and-mouth disease.
- Prevention from flu.
- It saves one from disease like E. Coli in the aspect of red meat, etc, which can be spread when in contact with an infected person.
- Prevention from staph and many others.
One major factor to create awareness for people involve themselves in this hygiene is to educate them on the importance and effect of failing to do so. Also going further to show them steps on how to wash their hands.
Conclusion
Personal hygiene is a practice everyone of us must indulge in so as to save not only ourselves but also others close to us. One good hygiene is hand washing since if one fails to practice such person is exposing his/her body system to illness.
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Yes dear @prolee,we should wash our hands properly expecially after playing,using the toilet and other things because many germs enter our body and which causes sickness.
Ogwo It is important to wash your hands before eating food or touching anything that has come into contact with your body.
Yes,it is really important to wash our hands as it is a way to make us healthy and free from disease which venture into the body and attack our blood cells.
Yes brother thanks for commenting no one cam deny the importance of washing hands its really prevent us from many dangerous diseases
Very true...we risk our life when not being hygienic.
Yes bro,we should try to be hygienic all the time.
Prolee If you are sick, wash your hands with soap and water before touching other people.
You're correct... it's helps reduce the spread of disease.
Yeah because dirty hands are the major source of many dangerous diseases which starts from the stomach we should take care
Impressive and well detailed article on this subject. Washing hands should be embraced by everyone as it saves us from hospital bills and illness. I really appreciated this point below:
I have never thought about it, but that is true. Bar soups can still carry germs due to physical contact. But a liquid soap does not pose that danger. I will continue to use liquid soap for hand wash.
Note: Please change that image from depositphotos. That site does not allow you to use their images for free. That is why they placed those watermarks on it. generally, any site that adds watermarks on images like this shows the images are forsale. Edit and let me know @prolee.
True. Out of my research I noticed that advantage of using a liquid soap.
I've edited the image you can check it out.
Thanks for coming around Big friend.
you are right @prolee people think washing of hand is just pouring water on a bucket and wash your hands, the best way to wash your hands is washing it on a running tap with soap.
Yeah am glad you know that and I urge you to also teach others this same act so as to reduce the spread of germs.
I will always teach others what I know and also learned from them, that is how it works.
Washing your hands is one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of bacteria and germs.
Yeah bro, you're right washing your hands when you are back is so important. Because when going you exposed yourself with friends.
Yes washing our hands is one of the most important things we can do to stay healthy.
Yeah, hand sanitizers can actually be used when there is no running water available but that doesn't mean the habit of hand washing should be stopped, nothing can overtake the importance of water in cleanliness
Yeah very true. The use of water and soap is best when compared to that of sanitizers. But in a case where there's no soap and water the sanitizers should be used as alternative.
You are right, sanitizers might be a second option in cases where water isn't available
Prolee Although we are so used to washing our hands, it is still important to take the time to wash them.
We are constantly exposed to harmful bacteria, viruses, and germs and it is important to remember that these are all in our environment and on our skin. Washing our hands is a way to remove these contaminants before they enter our bodies.
@prolee what you said concerning hand washing is very good we need to wash our hands after visiting our Toilets
Yeah
All suggestions made by my fellow steemians on handwashing is highly acceptable as our aim is to live an healthy life
Yeah and I advise you to keep your hand clean and must wash your hands after and before eating something thank you
Yeah, I'm working towards making it an habit because when it becomes part of me, no one will have to remind me about it