Definition

What is personal hygiene? Keeping one's body clean is the aim of proper personal hygiene.

 It also helps protect you from illnesses including the flu, colds, and COVID-19. Using soap to wash your hands eliminates germs that can make you sick.

Personal hygiene

• Better health and self-esteem are among the advantages for the individual.

•  Maintaining cleanliness can help us avoid illness, and caring for our bodies makes us feel better about ourselves.

•  Maintaining proper personal hygiene helps you in social situations since it enhances how other people see you.

Facts about Hygiene 

 According to research, washing hands with soap and water can cut the number of people who die from diarrheal illness by up to 50%.

•  An estimated 1 million fatalities may be avoided annually if everyone cleaned their hands on a regular basis, according to researchers. 

• Hands infected with foodborne pathogens are a major factor in outbreaks of foodborne illness.