SIMPLE HYGIENE TIPS TO TAKE LOWER ANTIBIOTICS OVERUSE
So wetin be hygiene?
Hygiene na condition and practice wen dey promote and preserve health. Na one of the key ways through which we fit tackle the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. While e dey important to use antibiotics well, proper hygiene go help reduce the need for antibiotics. Proper hygiene practices go also help break the chain of infection from one place to another or from one person to another. In fact, proper hygiene go help prevent even self-infection.
Hygiene fit dey classified in different contexts; personal, family and community contexts.
The approach to each context go help to create all inclusisve “hygiene response” through the collaborative efforts of individuals and other stake holders for the public health sector.
These helpful tips na:
Hand washing: While e fit look say we don dey over flog the topic, proper hand washing na one of the most effective ways to prevent infections and break the cycle of infections. The hands dey come in contact with the outside environment more than most parts of our body and na vehicle for disease-causing bugs. And e dey almost impossible to separate the hands from the face or other parts of the body, so the hand go get in contact with oda parts of the body and help transfer disease-causing organisms to those parts.
If we wash our hand the proper way, e go help to prevent this “self-infection” from happening. So wash your hands before and after you eat, after you use toilet, after you visit hospital, etc. Just wash your hands.
Wash fruits and vegetables: The cleanliness of wetin we dey eat dey important. If we wash fruits and vegetables e go help us to get rid of dirt and bugs wen fit don dey stay on top them. So if we wash dem with water e go help to reduce/eliminate contaminants from fruits or vegetables. If we nor wash dem e go fit lead to diseases like cholera, typhoid and food poisoning wen fit become life threatening if dem nor properly manage am.
Wash your clothes: Wearing clean clothes, even down to your under wear, na proper hygiene. This one go prevent skin infections wen go fit make am necessary to prolong antibiotic use. So washing clothes and making sure say you change dem as regularly as possible dey important to hygiene and health.
Bathe as regularly as possible: This one important to wash off dirt and dead skin cells. As well as to keep the skin healthy. Daily activities dey produce plenty of waste products like sweat and other secretions. If we baff regularly, e go help the body rid emself of such by-products.
Oral hygiene: Dis more general term - Oral - na to show say the teeth nor be the only part of the mouth wen we suppose clean regularly. Brushing your teeth and flossing dey important to maintain healthy oral cavity. E dey remove bacteria and improve the functioning of different parts of the mouth. Also, regular dental check-ups dey important to ensure proper oral hygiene.
Nails: Nails for the fingers and toes fit house a list of bacteria and fit turn to source of infection. If you keep your nails short and you clean dem regularly e go help to prevent say you carry or transfer germs from one point to another including infecting yourself.
All dese na just few tips wen go get you on the right track concerning your personal hygiene and wen go make sure say you lower your need for and subsequent use of antibiotics.
