PARTICIPANTS

Participants on the discussion on Personal Hygiene;

       NAME                                                    REG No                                             COURSE

1. AUSON BONIPHACE                    2017-04-11234                                    Bpharm
2. NASIBU HARUNA                         2017-04-10995                                       MD
3. GODWIN MUKAMA                    2016-04-09758                                        Bpharm 
4. FATUMA ISMAIL                          2017-04-10389                                       Bsc RTT
5. PAUL M. IBRAHIM                       2017-04-10387                                      MD
6. MATARE SMITH                            2017-04-10619                                      MD
7. ANTHONY J. MAKEREGE           2017-04-10532                                      BMLS
8. GREEN SIMON                               2017-04-10782                                      MD
9. LUCY RAJABU                                2017-04-10734                                     BMLS
10. ZABLON LYATUU                           2017-04-10512                                    MD

IMPORTANCE OF PERSONAL HYGIENE.

Advantages/Importance of personal hygiene. 

Personal hygiene has many advantages, one of the major advantages of personal hygiene is to reduce the risk of getting infections, such infections are skin diseases, malaria due to uncleared bushes, cholera in untreated water etc.

In order to maintain personal hygiene, an individual should not only focus on the body cleanliness only as many people think. We should focus to the environment at large, where by bushes should be cleared, pond should be buried with sand so as to reduce the reproduction of mosquitoes and also washing hands before and after eating.

Reference:https://www.everydayhealth.com

INTRODUCTION TO PERSONAL HYGIENE

What is personal hygiene?

Personal hygiene are practices performed by an individual to  care for one's bodily health and well being through cleanliness. Many people equate hygiene with 'cleanliness' but hygiene is a broad term including including personal habbits choices as how frequently to bathe ,wash hands, trim fingernails and change clothing. Also includes keeping the environment clean and pathogen free.

An illustration showing practices of personal hygiene.

Components of personal hygiene.

Personal hygiene has many components, Following these components one may be able to advance his/her hygiene the following are some;

• Face hygiene
• Fingernail & Toenail hygeine
• Ear hygiene
• Hair hygiene
• Foot hygiene
• Environmental cleanilliness