Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Personal Grooming
• Extends personal
hygiene
• Maintenance of good
personal and public
appearance
• Need not necessarily be
hygienic
Personal Body Hygiene Products
• Soap •Chapstick •Nail files
• Hair shampoo •Cream •Skin cleansers
• Hair conditioner •Lotion •Razors
• Toothbrushes •Facial Tissue •Shaving Cream
• Toothpaste •Hair clippers •Skin cream
• Cotton swabs •Nail clippers •Toilet Paper
• Deodorant •Mouthwash
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Diseases Preventable by
Hygiene & Cleanliness
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Amebiasis
Parasitism & Diarrhea
Hepatitis A
Typhoid Fever
Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
Influenza
Urinary Tract Infections(UTI)
Sore Throat
Common Diseases
Preventable by Hygiene
• Infectious Diarrhea
– Amebiasis, Acute Gastroenteritis
• Parasitism
• Hepatitis A
• Typhoid Fever
• Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever
• Influenza
• Urinary Tract Infections
• Sore Throat
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Excessive Body Hygiene
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Excessive Body Hygiene
• Benefits of body hygiene offset by the
risks of excessive body hygiene
• cause allergic disease and bodily
irritation
– Allergies
– External ear canals
– Skin
EXCESSIVE BODY HYGIENE
AND ALLERGIES
• Hygiene hypothesis
– “Marked lack of early childhood
exposure to infectious
agents, and later a lack of
exposure to helminths as
adults, increases susceptibility
to allergic diseases”
• Lack of exposure to these agents
• Prevents body from developing
appropriate allergens and auto-
immune responses
EXCESSIVE BODY HYGIENE OF
EXTERNAL EAR CANALS
• Infection or Irritation
• Less body hygiene
care than other
parts of the body
• Sensitive
• Body system
adequately cares
for these parts
EXCESSIVE BODY HYGIENE OF
EXTERNAL EAR CANALS
• Removal of earwax
– Reduce ear canal
cleanliness
– Push debris& foreign
material into the
ear
• Removed by
natural
movement of
ear wax
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EXCESSIVE BODY HYGIENE OF SKIN
• Skin irritation
• Skin has natural layer of oil
– Protects from drought
• When washing, unless using
aqueous creams
– Layer is removed, leaving
the skin unprotected
• Excessive washing
• trigger eczema
EXCESSIVE BODY HYGIENE OF SKIN
• Sterilization of instruments
– hairdressers,
aestheticians, and
other service
providers
• Sterilization by autoclave
of instruments
– body piercing and tattoo
marking
• Cleaning hands
History of Hygienic
Practices
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Hindu texts
• Manusmriti
• Vishnu Purana
• Bathing: Nitya karmas (daily duties) in
Sikhism
• Ritual Purity and were not informed by an
understanding of the causes of diseases
and their means of transmission
Roman Civilization
• Baths
• Aqueduct-fed flow
• Sewers
• Toilets
19th C, West
• Cesspools
• Cholera (Dr. John Snow)
– Fecal contamination of water
• Sewers
• Flush Toilet
• Indoor and Private Bathrooms
Islamic World
• Ritually clean in time for daily prayer
• Islamic Dietary Laws
• Qur’an
– Uphold High Standards of Physical
Hygiene
– Ritually Clean
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Ancient Europe
• Soapmaking in Dark Ages
• Scented Oils (Egypt)
• Sweat-Bathing and Perfume
• Public Bathing
– Environment of Immorality & Disease
– Syphilis Epidemics
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