Tuesday, June 23, 2020

HUMAN HEALTH - PREVENTION

PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASES

Maintenance of hygiene is very important.

Measures for hygiene

  • Regular hand wash.

  •  keeping the body clean
  • consumption of clean drinking water, food, vegetables, fruits

  •  proper disposal of waste and excreta

  • periodic cleaning and disinfection of water reservoirs, pools, cesspools and tanks.
  • Do not let flies sit on food.

In case of air borne diseases

  • close contact with the infected person and his belongings should be avoided.
  • Patient should cover his face (mouth and nose while sneezing and coughing)

For vector borne diseases such as malaria and filariasis, the measures to control diseases are-

  • Control or eliminate the vectors and their breeding places.
  • Avoiding stagnation of water in and around residential areas.
  • Regular cleaning of household coolers.
  • Use of mosquito nets.
  • Introducing fishes like Gambusia in ponds that feed on mosquito larvae.

  • Spraying of insecticides in ditches,drainage areas and swamps, etc.
  • Doors and windows should be provided with wire mesh.

The use of vaccines and immunization programmes -- smallpox, diphtheria, polio, pneumonia, tetanus etc.


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