Child hygiene

Hygiene plays a crucial role to boost your baby’s overall health and well-being. Apart from basic cleanliness, you need to pay special attention to keeping your baby away from harmful infections. Want to know more? Read on!

Bathe Your Little One:

To protect your baby from skin infections try and give him a good bath. Regularly giving your baby a bath helps to keep him neat and tidy. Pay special attention to keeping his face, hands and diaper area clean every day. For the newborn, you can adopt the practice of giving him a sponge bath until his navel region heals completely.

Change Your Baby’s Diapers Regularly:

When it comes to hygiene for babies, changing the diapers at regular intervals of time is an important aspect. After changing the diaper, clean his bottom with soft baby wipes. Keep your baby clean and dry to prevent a diaper rash.

Care for Baby Belly Button (Umbilical Stump)

For newly born babies, the umbilical cord is particularly a delicate part that needs utmost care. For proper baby hygiene, ensure that you wash your hands before handling the umbilical cord. Avoid covering the stump area with diapers and nappies to help the stump heal faster. For better baby hygiene, make sure that nappies and diapers are folded below the stump to avoid touching it.

Bucco-dental hygiene

WHAT IS DENTAL HYGIENE?

Dental hygiene is a term that refers to the practice of keeping the mouth, teeth, and gums clean and healthy. This includes brushing, flossing, using mouthwash and maintaining regular dental cleanings.

WHY IS DENTAL HYGIENE IMPORTANT FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR TEETH, GUMS, MOUTH, AND BODY?

Good dental hygiene prevents the accumulation of plaque on the teeth. Plaque is a layer of bacteria and food that builds up on and adheres to teeth. Layers of plaque generate little by little, and when not regularly removed, break down the protective surface of teeth.

Poor dental hygiene can lead to many problems, but some of the most common include tooth decay and periodontal disease. 

Tooth decay is the break down of tooth enamel, the hard outer layer of the teeth. This can result in tooth sensitivity and dental cavities. Untreated, tooth decay can cause pain, infection, and tooth loss. 

Periodontal disease is a common infection caused by bacteria under the gum tissue. These bacteria begin to destroy the gums and bone, and can result in loose teeth, difficult chewing, and the need for teeth extractions. Some symptoms that may be experienced with periodontal disease include:

• bad breath
• red/swollen/tender/bleeding gums
• pain with chewing
• loose and/or sensitive teeth
• receding gums

Poor oral health can lead to more than bad breath and diseased teeth and gums. Poor oral health can cause inflammation within the body, which can present in a lot of ways.

WHAT ARE SOME DENTAL HYGIENE TIPS?

Teeth should be brushed properly.

Hygiene

 

 

Frequent hand-washing with soap and water for at least 20 seconds is recommended by health experts to help prevent exposure to COVID-19. That is exactly what many people do these days. But while washing hands and bathing signifies personal hygiene in our time, it was not always the case.

In the 1700s, most people in the upper class seldom, if ever, bathed. They occasionally washed their faces and hands, and kept themselves “clean” by changing the white linens under their clothing.

Gradually, the concept of cleanliness changed, beginning with the upper class, and spreading to the emerging middle class. By the end of the 18th century, bathing was gaining acceptance among the wealthy as a new form of personal care. In upper-class circles everywhere, men and women began to see a new value in being clean, and bathing as a new pathway to cleanliness.

In the 19th century, body care became something people thought distinguished them from the lower classes. By the middle of the century, periodic bathing had become common. Advancements in industry, plumbing, architecture and science helped spread the practice of bathing and hand-washing. 

The manufacture and promotion of soap played a huge role in promoting cleanliness as a desirable, appealing lifestyle. Clean bodies and hands came to represent social inclusion. In the late-19th century, people began to realize the relationship between cleanliness and good health.

In the 1880s, French scientist Louis Pasteur discovered the link between microbes and the transmission of diseases.

Washing hands was common in most western countries by the 1920s and 1930s, though generally speaking, the personal cleanliness ‘revolution’ came later in rural than in urban environments. And in those countries where rural ways persisted longer, hand-washing and other cleansing routines were adopted more slowly.

These days, as frequent hand-washing has become a widespread practice against the spread of COVID-19.