Safety Tips: Personal Hygiene

Good Personal hygiene is one of the most effective habits to safeguard ourselves and others from germs and infections. By personal hygiene, we mean frequent washing of hands especially after use of the lavatory, covering of the mouth while coughing or sneezing, properly dispose of tissue after use, cleaning items you touch if you have any illness as well as washing of your body regularly.

Actually, good personal hygiene is a significant part of helping you to feel confident about your body and yourself. If you have poor personal hygiene, you may have issues with not only your appearance but also your health. By knowing what causes issues with personal hygiene, you will be able to come up with answers to increase your hygiene and preclude potential health glitches.

Some people when they are gloomy or dejected, they tend to abandon themselves and could be looking unkempt, thereby practicing poor hygiene. Talking about the importance of proper personal hygiene for preventing illnesses may help them. Sometimes, despite your best efforts, they may still need professional help. You should encourage them to see a counsellor or doctor if their personal hygiene doesn’t improve.

For most people, good hygiene is so much a part of their daily routines that they contemplate slightly about it. They bathe, they brush their teeth, visit the dentist and doctor for regular examinations, and wash their hands when preparing or eating food and handling unhygienic items. To keep those you care about healthy and safe, teach them about good personal hygiene, and be sure that they are involved in it.

Good Personal hygiene could also include good dental hygiene which involves regular brushing and flossing. Bad breath or mouth odour involves the air that you breathe out of your mouth being offensive, unpleasant and distinctive and can be caused by poor dental hygiene, disease of the teeth, gum or mouth, such as infections, taking large doses of vitamin supplements, smoking, eating certain foods like garlic or onions and beverages can also result to mouth odour.

To prevent bad breath or mouth odour, brush your teeth and floss at least twice a day, mouth washes, mouth sprays and flavoured chewing gum can make your breath smell better for a while, and avoid cigarettes for those that smoke. If your bad breath persists, plan to see your doctor.