Table of contents:
- Tips for clean and healthy living habits in this era
- Wash hands with soap and clean water
- Use a mask when leaving the house
- Maintain physical distance
- Rinse mouth with mouthwash after brushing your teeth
It has been months since many countries in the world have fought the COVID-19 pandemic, including Indonesia. One of the steps to slow and stop the spread of this disease is to practice clean and healthy living habits. Therefore, consider four accurate and up-to-date tips to stay healthy in the midst of a pandemic.
Tips for clean and healthy living habits in this era
Even though we are allowed to return to activities, we should not assume that the pandemic is over and become complacent. Let's refresh your memory about four clean and healthy living behaviors in new normal which is useful in the fight against COVID-19.
Wash hands with soap and clean water
According to the most recent guidelines from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), regular hand washing is the best way to:
- Clean germs on hands
- Away from disease
- Prevent germs on one's own hands from spreading to others
Come on, wash your hands diligently with soap and clean running water to stay healthy and protect others in the midst of a pandemic. When you can't wash your hands, make sure the hand sanitizer has an alcohol content of at least 60%.
Use a mask when leaving the house
Using a mask is proven to be effective in preventing saliva splashing (droplets) spreads in the air and into the respiratory tract of others. Therefore, you should always wear a mask appropriately, covering your nose and mouth when going outside the house.
Research published in August 2020 shows cloth masks are beneficial in preventing the spread of breathing droplets when speaking. So, using cloth masks is also a practice of clean and healthy living habits when there is a scarcity of medical masks.
Besides being useful for protecting others, it turns out that masks can also protect one's health. How do masks work to protect the wearer? Study Masks Do More Than Protect Others During COVID-19: Reducing the Inoculum of Sars-Cov-2 to Protect the Wearer concluded that using a mask has the potential to reduce the amount of virus in the body if you are exposed.
To put it simply, lower exposure to the virus helped the disease show only mild symptoms or no symptoms at all, as the study reported.
Maintain physical distance
If you do have to do activities outside the home, try to maintain a physical distance from other people at least two meters. The study in August 2020 also added that physical distancing was one of the many steps to prevent the spread of the virus that triggered this pandemic.
Therefore, please keep up with other clean and healthy living habits in the middle new normal. Avoid going through the park or busy roadside when you are exercising or doing activities outside the home.
Rinse mouth with mouthwash after brushing your teeth
This pandemic also has an impact on dentist practice because of the link between the spread of respiratory droplets and this practice. Therefore, it is very important to maintain oral health so that you only need to go to the dentist if there is a real emergency.
Maintaining oral and dental health is also in line with the Adaptation of New Habits (new normal) which was proclaimed by the government. Oral health must be maintained because the mouth is one of the access points for bacteria, germs, and viruses into our bodies.
However, maintaining healthy teeth and mouth is not enough with a brush and flossing teeth on a regular basis. You should also rinse your mouth with an alcohol-based mouthwash and four essential oils, such as eucalyptol, which have been shown to be effective at reducing plaque buildup on teeth, as the study concluded. Therefore, you should start using mouthwash in a clean and healthy lifestyle practice for healthy teeth.
In short, oral health affects the overall health of the body. Good oral and dental health can protect the body and prevent various risks of other diseases, especially in the midst of a pandemic like this time. Toothbrush alone is not enough because it is unable to clean the entire oral cavity.
For optimal protection, use an antiseptic mouthwash twice daily after brushing. Use an antiseptic mouthwash that contains natural ingredients, which contains four essential oils. Gargling with an antiseptic mouthwash can help reduce plaque, tartar, keep gums healthier, prevent cavities, and get fresher breath.
Hopefully the tips above are useful and the pandemic will end soon!
