Valentin Bosioc
No one wants to stay locked indoors with a thermometer in their mouth and rich dosage of antibiotics to follow when friends are partying hard on the weekend. But bacterial infection can weaken our immunity and bind us to bed in no time. Today we shall discuss some easy tips which can help you ward off bacteria like an absolute master and enjoy a healthier and happier livelihood.
- Frequent Washing Of Hands
Microbes can survive in torpid surfaces such as light switch, elevator button and computer keyboard for several months. Thus, it is imperative to wash your hands as frequently as possible, especially before and after consuming a meal and using the washroom. Use soap and water to cleanse your hands for twenty minutes and follow it up with a paper towel for hand drying. You can also make use of alcohol-based wipes or hand gel in the absence of running water, but nothing can kill those microbes as well as the deadly combo of plain soap and water.
- Maintaining The Exclusivity Nature Of Personal Items
Handkerchiefs, razors, toothbrushes, towels and nail clippers can serve as sources of infectious agents such as fungi, viruses and bacteria. Hence it is of prime importance to ensure that you keep such personal items for your exclusive use.
- Being A Smart Traveller
We end up performing the most number of health casualties while travelling as our normal routine gets derailed. If you are travelling to a country having a questionable water source, then make sure to carry enough mineral water pouches to cater to your drinking and brushing requirements.
- Practicing Safe Cooking
Poor dining and food preparation habits often pave the path for food-borne illnesses. Microbes can virtually thrive on all forms of food items with their capacity multiplying at room temperature. You can cease the growth of a large variety of microbes by refrigerating your food. Hence, make sure to transfer your food to cold storage within just two hours of preparing the same. Also, keep the countertops clean, wash all vegetables and fruit prior to eating and use separate cutting boards for vegetables and raw meats to steer clear of infection threats.
- Diminishing Antibiotics Usage
Only bacterial infections can be prevented by administering antibiotics. But physicians are largely seen prescribing the same for virus attacks like cold and flu. In many cases, patents are also seen pressurizing the physicians for the same. When antibiotics are used in patients who do not require the same, it paves the path for antibiotic resistance and development of hard to fight superbugs.
- Body Grooming
Body hair paves the path for clingy sweat as dirt and bacteria sticks on causing unpleasant odour and further perspiration. Our skin regenerates itself after the passage of every thirty days. But this rate slackens with age, making it imperative to use body grooming tools such as nose trimmer.
Bacterial onslaughts ranging from trivial to severe can affect your blood, skin, gastrointestinal tract and much more. Usually your skin will try to ward off these harmful microbes, but smart bugs are slowly finding alternative ways inside our anatomy. This is the biggest reason behind a considerable growth in the number of people acquiring antibiotic resistant bacteria on a yearly basis, some of which have even resulting in deaths.
