TIPS ON DONATING BLOOD
Some donate blood as a social service and others do it for their
relatives/friends in an emergency. Here are a few points to
keep in mind before you donate blood.
- Do not donate blood if you are suffering from any ailment.
- Donate blood once in four months. If the frequency of
blood donation is increased, you will feel weak and may
fall ill. Also the quality of the donated blood deteriorates.
- Make sure you weigh more than fifty kilograms when volunteering
blood donation.
- Take sufficient food prior to blood donation.
- Ask the blood bank technician to unwrap the disposable
syringe in front of you.
- Take sufficient fruits/fruit juice after the blood donation.
- Don't walk away from the bed immediately after donation.
- Take rest for at least thirty minutes.
HERE ARE SOME TIPS ON SAFE
WATER...
- Always collect water from a clean source.
- If the water looks muddy, let it stand for twelve hours
to allow sediments to settle at the bottom.
- Filter the clarified water through a piece of thick cloth
or filter.
- Always boil drinking water.
- Pour the boiled water into a clean container.
- Sterilize the container too.
Water borne diseases
Bacteria - Typhoid fever, Asiatic cholera, Bacillary,
Dysentery.
Protozoan- Amoebic Dysentery
Helminthic- Round worm infection, whipworm infection,
and dracontiasis.
SOME
TIPS ON PREVENTING TOOTH DECAY:
- Eat foods that have vitamins and minerals.
- Don't eat sweet or sticky foods between meals.
After every meal brush your teeth.
- Crunchy fruits/vegetables like apples and carrots also
help to clean teeth.
- Eat sweets only at the end of a meal so that your teeth
get properly cleaned when you brush them after the meal.
- Visit a dental hygienist for a thorough check up.
- Use a mouthwash to stop bad breath.
SOME EASY WAYS TO QUIT
SMOKING
Burn that cigarette, not your life. Smoking takes away almost
seven years of your life. Quit smoking now to save all those
years. Cigarettes contain nearly 4000 chemicals. Try and add
years to your life. For this you need will power alone. Are
you strong enough to do this? Then read on. Here are some easy
ways to quit smoking.
- Leave smoking for at least ten hours in a day, then slowly
increase the hours of
non-smoking.
- Take one gram of vitamin C daily; it will lessen your
craving for nicotine.
- Exercising, swimming, jogging, yoga, aerobics or walking
keeps you busy and reduces the craving for cigarettes.
- Avoid taking caffeine, sugar and alcohol. Doing this
will also reduce your craving
for nicotine.
- Eating salads, carrot sticks, fruits, popcorn and chewing
gum can reduce craving.
- Keep yourself busy after meals as craving for smoking
is more after meals.
- Get a health check up.
- Bleach your teeth if it is discolored; it will keep you
away from smoking and stop
bad breath.
- Tell your friends and dear ones that you wish to quit.
They will certainly help you.
Benefits of quitting smoking
- After a decade of quitting smoking you can be free of
risk from related diseases like cancer, cardiovascular diseases,
respiratory diseases and diabetes mellitus.
- Quitting smoking reduces the risk of smoking related
heart disease by 24%.
- You will be avoiding those four thousand chemicals that
cigarettes contain.
- You will be lowering the risk of smokers' cough.
- You will not be hurting your dear ones.
- Non-smoking will stop bad breath and bad odor from your
body.
- You will save your money.
- You will lower the risk of wrinkles on your face.
So decide now. Activate your will power. Wanting to is half
the battle won. You can even contact a few counselling centers
to help support your fight against smoking.
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