Personal hygiene refers to the ways by which you take care of your body. Maintaining proper personal hygiene is essential as it lowers the spread of sickness and the odds of medical conditions when you do not take care of yourself.
Additionally, personal hygiene increases a person's self-confidence and plays a vital role in personal relationships.
Bathing regularly, wearing clean clothes, flossing and brushing the teeth daily, following a routine, and getting adequate sleep helps maintain proper personal hygiene.
However, not incorporating these healthy practices increases the odds of diseases caused by poor personal hygiene.
The diseases caused by poor personal hygiene, followed by their symptoms, are –
These infections are spread through person-to-person contact, poor personal hygiene, and people living in crowded conditions.
Symptoms – Intense itching, rashes, red bumps on the skin, darkened or thickened skin (especially near the groin or waist)
It is one of the major skin diseases caused by poor personal hygiene. It occurs when someone comes in close contact with a person having scabies mites or when people live in crowded unhygienic conditions.
Symptoms – Itching (at night), rashes, sores and thick bumps on the skin.
The bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, causes trachoma. It occurs due to poor hygiene or close personal contact.
Symptoms – Mild itching in the eyelids and eyes, continuous eye discharge, eyelid swelling, photophobia, eye pain, eye redness and vision loss.
It is a neglected tropical disease (NTD). Microscopic thread-like worms that reside in the human lymph system cause this disease.
Symptoms – Inflammation, lymphedema, hydrocele and oedema.
The diseases caused due to poor hygiene have harmful effects like –
Skin changes like discolouration and thickening, particularly around the groin, waist and upper thighs.
Septicemia, chronic kidney disease and heart diseases.
Swollen eyelids, discharge from eyes and blindness.
Damaged kidneys, lymphatic system and alters the immune system of the body.
Following methods are used to diagnose the diseases caused due to poor personal hygiene –
It is identified by locating the eggs and lice crawling in the seams of clothes. However, a magnifying glass is used to identify these lice and nits as they are not visible through naked eyes.
The doctor diagnoses scabies by examining the person’s skin and looking for traces of mites which includes the characteristic burrows.
Medical experts diagnose trachoma by sending bacteria samples from the patient's eyes to a laboratory for testing.
Diagnosing lymphatic filariasis includes the identification of microfilariae in a blood sample. Microscopic examination is used to carry out this process.
The diseases caused by poor personal hygiene and sanitation can be treated in the following ways –
Regular changing and cleaning of clothes, towels and beddings.
Permethrin cream, ivermectin and crotamiton.
Tetracycline eye ointment and oral azithromycin.
Diethylcarbamazine (DEC).
One must take care of their hygiene to prevent the diseases caused by poor hygiene. Here is the list of 10 personal hygiene activities everyone should follow –
Good personal hygiene not only protects you from the aforementioned diseases but also cuts down the risks of COVID-19. Furthermore, proper personal hygiene plays an essential role in an individual's overall well-being and appearance. Neglecting this may leave you vulnerable to several diseases caused by poor personal hygiene.
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