To be clean and cautious is a sure way to
avert various ailments. Apart from genetically inherited and inborn errors/congenital
diseases, most of the present ailments are caused by our neglect and
nonchalance towards our hygiene, life style and careful living. Our daily
dealings and activities should therefore be governed by clean and positive
attitude, towards all things. Application of these attitudes includes:
·
Personal hygiene: Everyday as
humans, we find ourselves involved in one activity or the other which exposes
us to a lot of things. We come in contact with various dirty, infectious and
unhealthy things, inhaling unclean or contaminated air, contact with dirty
people, touching dirty and infected things etc.
Dirt is a gateway to germs and infections; therefore we
need to take our personal hygiene serious. Starting from washing of hand
regularly (before and after eating, before and after cooking before and after
using the toilet and so on. Wash hands when necessary or deemed fit). Proper
body and tooth washing (at least once a day, with the right
materials/products), appearing in clean outfits and other hygienic activity
such as exercise and so on should also be observed.
·
Home and environmental hygiene:
most people take care of their homes but neglect their environment. Forgetting that
“charity begins from home”. We should endeavor to keep our homes and
environment clean and free from infection all together, in the sense of
clearing out drainage (and not contributing to the littering or blockage with dirt), proper waste and sewage disposal, clearing of stagnant waters, cutting
down bushes, removal of breeding cobwebs and carrying out all process of
environmental sanitation in general. This way, we would be able to control
carriers and vectors of diseases such as Lassa fever, Malaria, cholera etc. (by
rodents, insects and infectious microbes with their abodes in dirty environment
or conditions).
·
Water and food hygiene: in our
modern world today, there are a lot of things to eat. Apart from learning to
eat right and eat healthy (not giving involved into many junks and neglecting
fruits and vegetables), we need to also pay close attention to the supply and
preparation of our edible products. That is, clean utensils for cooking,
closely monitored process and preparation of food and water, conducive and
effective storage of all edible supplies, consciousness of life span and
effective duration of manufactured product (check for expiry date of all
products), watch and inspect all fresh and unprocessed food and ingredients
before use or consumption and all the likes. If all this precautions are taken,
we would be able to avoid food and water contamination or poisoning which could
lead to various malaise of the GIT, Cholera, typhoid, dysentery etc.
For precautions, we should be careful and
alert in all our dealings, especially in this highly contagious period.
Therefore, tips for precaution include:
·
Immunization for children against
rampant diseases amongst them e.g. polio
·
Vaccination for yourself and
family members e.g. hepatitis B
·
Caution, wisdom and care in
dealing with people, especially the sick ones (to avoid contact diseases).
·
Abstain from all forms of
unhealthy sexual activities such as exposure to
sex at a young age which can predispose to various cancers, multiple and
unhealthy sexual partners and patterns, unprotected sexual activities,
homosexuality to avoid all forms of STDs, STIs and as well cancers, which could
all lead to death.
·
Modify your life style to a
healthy one. Stop all harmful and unhealthy activities to the body for example,
intake of tobacco, cigarette, marijuana (with rebranded and modified names such
as SK, weed, blunts etc.) and all types of hard drugs and harmful substances
should be totally avoided or stopped. This will save many from deterioration of
their vital organs, cancers and the likes of it that will eventually lead to
death.
·
Be alert and observant. Do
regular self-examination, go for medical check-up regularly, notice changes in you,
people around you and in your environment, if anything seems wrong call for
help and medical attention. Remember, a stitch in time saves nine and an
infection or disease detected at an early stage and treated in time saves
lives. Don’t wait until the condition is worse and there is no remedy.
Help yourself, help someone else. Cleanliness
is next to godliness, so also is Cautiousness next to safety. Be Clean,
Cautious and Careful, save a life today and let’s make our world a better
place.
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