"Clean & Shine: The Health and Hygiene Showdown!"

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Hygiene are the day to day activities we do so as to prevent the spread of diseases and by doing this promote a healthy living. This activities include: Regular hand washing with soap or ash, hand sanitizer, cleaning surfaces, drying of stagnant water, clearing of bushes etc.

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Most diseases are contracted through physical contact and our hands are the first contact points to our bodies. We do handshakes, touch surfaces, rob our eyes, nose, etc. During these activities we contact viruses, bacteria and other micro organisms that causes or transmit diseases. So regular washing of hands with soap or ash (where soap is not avoidable or available) and water will helps remove and wash away those viruses, bacteria and other micro organisms. It reduces the chance of transferring the diseases to ourselves when we touch our face, eye, nose and other parts of the body.

There are common diseases that can easily be transmitted to us through body (hands) contacts. Here are two among others:

1. A Respiratory infection which is cold or flu and it is caused by virus with running nose, sneezing, coughing etc as its symptoms. The virus spreads when most people cough, sneezes or clean their running noise with their hands or handkerchief and some tiny drops of their saliva or mucus is left on their hands. And when an infected person uses the hand to give someone a handshake, touch surfaces and even share their handkerchief with someone they tend to transfer the virus.

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1. Pink eye disease are caused by bacteria, virus or other allergens. Typically pink eye causes redness of eye, itching, swollen eye, etc. and producing watery discharges. Most Infected individuals use their hands or handkerchief to clean their eyes. We might come in contact with those contaminated fluid on surfaces.

When we practice good hygiene such as washing our hands with soap or sanitizers, we prevent contacting and the spread of the diseasess

Most people find keeping of surroundings clean as the work of Government (ministry of environment), some see it as the work of the commoners, but forgotten that when it comes to health, cleanliness should not be seen less. So when we keep our surroundings clean by cleaning surfaces, tidy up places, washing our hands, disposal of waste rightly, cleaning of gutters and clearing of bushes we will minimize the transmission of virus and also contributed immensely to the overall well-being and health of individuals.