Personal hygiene By Dr. Shazia Rahman Shaikh Assistant Professor Department of Community Medicine and Public Health Sciences ,LUMHS

Hygiene Hygiene is the study and observance of health rules. Hygiene refers to the set of practices associated with the preservation of health and healthy living.

Hygiene Hygiene is an old concept related to medicine, as well as to personal and professional care practices related to most aspects of living. In medicine and in home (domestic) and everyday life settings, hygiene practices are employed as preventative measures to reduce the incidence and spreading of disease.

Personal Hygiene Personal Hygiene is defined as “The branch of health which is concerned with the individual΄s adjustment to the physiological needs of the body and mind for the attainment of the maximum level of health”.

Personal Hygiene Personal hygiene involves those practices that promote: Mental Emotional Physical health Social well being of the individual

Character of an Individual ENVIRONMENT HERITAGE RESPONSE

Heritage Heritage is an innate factor. It is what a person, actually is even before birth.

Environment Environment is what an individual has, e.g Relations Friends Housing Food

Response Response is what the individual does with one΄s heritage in the prevailing environment.

MENTAL ASPECTS OF PERSONAL HYGIENE

Mental Aspects of Personal Hygiene Mental hygiene deals with ways of human mind to obtain personal and environmental enrichment of life. It deals with psychological concepts as: Desires Emotions Satisfactions Attitudes

SOCIAL ASPECT OF PERSONAL HYGIENE

Social Aspect of Personal Hygiene Social aspect of personal hygiene is based upon the principle that No person, who should be called healthy, has the right to do anything which would harm his fellows Drug addiction, use of tobacco are the aspects of unhealthy social aspect of personal hygiene

PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF PERSONAL HYGIENE

Physical Aspects of Personal Hygiene Personal hygiene involves those practices performed by an individual to care for one's bodily health and well being, through cleanliness. Good personal hygiene habits are related to the different parts of body.

Hand Care

File your nails Inwards Nail Care Cut your nails and push your cuticles Wash your nails File your nails Inwards

Oral Hygiene

Bad Breath Caused by the activity of certain types of oral bacteria. Other causes: Tongue not cleaned Food stuck in teeth Sinus problems Stomach problems

Bathing & Hair clean

Care of the face Wash the face two times a day with a mild soap or gentle cleanser. Use lotions if needed.

Care of Eyes, Ears, Nose

Care of feet

Care of Clothes

Conclusion For the maintenance of good health both physical and mental hygiene must be practiced regularly. Physical and mental hygiene must go hand in hand. Hygiene is the secret of health.