Cleanliness – Preventing Illness and Diseases
When the word cleanliness or hygiene comes in our mind, it reminds us about health and physical well being. The habit of keeping oneself clean and maintaining hygiene is very essential. There is a saying, ‘Cleanliness is close to Godliness’. Here hygiene and cleanliness means a long-lasting part of one’s life that is very necessary for healthy body, mind and long leaving. Besides providing a decent and pleasant look, hygiene and cleanliness of our body keeps diseases away. Thus, maintaining cleanliness is required for a long and healthy living.
A person can lead a good and diseases free life if both body and mind are in a good and healthy condition. A person avoiding and neglecting hygiene of his body and clothes suffers bad health. Dirty skin, clothes, house, surrounding, etc. are all harmful for one’s health. We must stay away from dirt because it results into diseases. To keep dirt away from us, we should keep our hands and body clean. A person with filthy habits and dirty hands, face and clothes has no pride for himself. He loses respect of his family, relatives and friends. Thus, hygiene is not only necessary• for one’s health but also to gain respect and praise of others.
Personal hygiene includes washing our hands, mouth and face regularly. We must regularly use cleaning agent like soaps, hand sanitizes, hand gels, etc. We must clean our legs with soap. Keeping legs clean creates positive effect on maintaining balance of our body. Washing vegetables with clean water before cooking them, cutting our nails regularly, cleaning our nose, ear and hair are hygienic habits. We should not touch our mouth and face often at public places. Going to our bed with school uniform or with outside clothes is bad for our as well as others hygiene. Cleaning teeth twice a day is very necessary for good dental health.
Being clean is an important social duty just like other social duties. Keeping our house clean is not enough. We should think broadly not only by keeping our house clean but also our neighbourhood, schools, footpath, our body, our daily usable things, etc. free of dirt and filth. Usually, many have been noticed throwing out dirt of their houses. This must be completely avoided. As students, let us all take oath: “Hygiene is our motto and we shall promote it”.
