How to protect our health in summer, health tips, common infectious, diseases

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Summer says us to take care of your health ..

Some common idea to keep as healthy and safely;

 🌞Avoid outside food

 🌞Roadside food can be contaminated and may lead to foodborne illnesses.

 🌞 Drink plenty of water

 🌞 Heat and sweat in the summer months can leave your body dehydrated, causing unwanted health           outcomes such as fever and chills. Heavy meals with large amounts of carbohydrates and fats give         rise to a lot of heat in the body. If at all possible, try to reduce the amount of these favorite                       beverages, especially during hot weather. am or late evenings after 5.00 pm.

 🌞 Eat healthy and light

        Eat light, small, frequent meals. Stay indoors

 🌞 Restrict outdoor activities to the cooler parts of the day – early mornings before 11. 

  🌞 Keep yourself  well hydrated by drinking at least 2 to 3 liters of water every day.

  🌞 Focus on fresh fruits and vegetables that have high water content – such as oranges, watermelon,            tomatoes, etc.

  🌞When outdoors, wear sunglasses that block at least 99% of ultraviolet rays.

  🌞Plain or Flavoured water is a good substitute.

  🌞 Avoid Alcohol and Caffeine

        Alcohol, fizzy drinks and coffee all can leave you dehydrated quickly. Also in the summer heat if            food   is not stored properly it may get spoilt and lead to a stomach infection. Treat your eyes well

   🌞  Wear sunscreen

      Protect your vision from the harsh sunlight at work and at play, wear protective eyewear. Wash                your face often or use tissues to wipe a sweaty face to avoid acne. Excessive oil and sweat can                cause troublesome irritation, rashes, prickly heat, and exacerbation of acne. Use natural face packs          with aloe Vera gel or sandalwood powder to soothe the skin. Use a hat or an umbrella for shade and        wear sunglasses to protect your eyes.

   🌞Apply a good waterproof sunscreen to all exposed parts of your body and reapply it every three              to four hours to ensure that your skin remains protected.

   🌞Adopt an appropriate skin care routine

        Summer can wreak havoc on your skin if proper care is not taken. Accessorize right

        Wear light colors and natural fabrics like cotton and linen. When you are outside, use proper                    covering for your mouth, nose and ears to shield yourself from the hot winds, which can cause                dehydration. Sunburn

           Some of the symptoms of sunburn include red or reddish skin, mild dizziness and fatigue.

    🌞 Food must be well-cooked to ensure that it doesn’t get spoiled.

Common Summer Diseases

Diarrhoea

Because food gets spoilt quickly, Diarrhoea is common in summer. Avoid stepping out in peak afternoons.

Prickly heat

Prickly heat refers to red rashes that occur due to an excess of humidity and heat. It starts in the form of fluid-filled, red and small rashes accompanied by high fever. Its initial symptoms are cough, high fever, sore throat, and reddening in eyes. This is common in children and in people with low immunity and is highly contagious.

Measles

Measles is yet another common summer disease. Bathe often, change your clothes often and avoid wearing tight clothes.

Chickenpox

Chickenpox makes one of the most common summer diseases. Prickly heat may be caused by clogging of the sweat glands. To keep away from Diarrhoea, make sure that you drink water only after boiling it and wash vegetables thoroughly before and after slicing them.

Skin Rashes

During summers, skin rash is a common skin problem amid children and adults. Eating contaminated food and unsafe drinking habits can lead to Diarrhoea. It is contagious in nature and gets transmitted when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Visible symptoms of typhoid are weakness, loss of appetite, fatigue, pain in the abdomen, high fever.

Mumps

Of all summer diseases, mumps is another extremely contagious viral disease and affects children. If not treated on time, this disease can affect the functionality of the liver leading to overproduction of bile.

Typhoid

Typhoid is passed through the oral-faecal route to healthy individuals. Some of the symptoms of heat strokes include difficulty in breathing, rapid pulse, high body temperature, confusion etc. You can relieve prickly heat by applying prickly heat powder on areas that show signs of prickly heat.

Food poisoning

Owing to excessive heat in summer, the food can spoil quickly. At a later stage, the tiny white spots and measles rash appear all over the body.

Jaundice

Jaundice is a common water-borne disease. The paramyxovirus which causes measles breeds faster during the summers. It can be a result of Hepatitis A and is mainly caused due to the consumption of contaminated food and water. This typically happens when an individual sweats too much. Some of the visible symptoms include swelled salivary gland, muscle ache, fever, headache, loss of appetite and weakness. To prevent the risk of food poisoning, put the leftover food inside the refrigerator. The contaminated food and water sources become the breeding ground for the bacteria. To protect yourself from sunburn, apply a sunscreen lotion on the exposed areas of your body 20 minutes before heading out in the sun.

Heat stroke

Heat stroke is another common summer disease, which if left untreated can be fatal.