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Why would a doctor recommend washing your hands to help prevent spreading a communicable disease?
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 11y agoMicrobes that cause disease are actually "things". Things that can be washed off like dirt. They can be washed off your hands before you touch yourself with the germs still on your hands. If you have the pathogens on your hands and then touch your nose, mouth, or eyes, the chance of getting the infection the germs cause is much higher.
Washing your hands actually mechanically removes these "things" from your skin both with the friction and rubbing with the soap and also with the washing action of the running warm water. Drying your hands well on clean towels will also help dislodge any microbes left behind. In addition, the soap/detergents also affect some types of microbes by removing the protective fats/oils that surround them and/or hold them on your skin.
It is hard to remember that you may have recently touched something in public that might have germs on it when your nose itches. You forget and rub it with the contaminated hands and pass the germs directly into the vulnerable mucous tissue. Try to develop some hand awareness habits and frequently used routines for washing hands after public contacts.
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∙ 11y agohand washing promotes a healthy lifestyle as it gets rid of germs and bacteria, which means you are less ill
also it means it is a life skill and habit, which means you will wash your hands reguarly and so will lead a healthy life
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∙ 11y agoIt can control it by washing the germs of. but only if you sing the alphabet while washing your hands.
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∙ 11y agoGive less chance or Catching any communicable diseases
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∙ 12y agobecause when you go to the bathroom you might have a rash and rashes are Infectious Diseases and it spreads.
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∙ 6y agoBecause washing your hands will help prevent the spread of communicable diseases.
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∙ 11y agoYou reduce the number of bacteria and viruses by hand washing. This reduces the chance of getting infected.
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It can control it by washing the germs of. but only if you sing the alphabet while washing your hands.
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The patient could have got an disease from the patient, so to prevent the disease from spreading, they wash their hands so they don't catch the disease and hopefully not spread to other people.
Why do doctors wash their hands between patients?
The patient could have got an disease from the patient, so to prevent the disease from spreading, they wash their hands so they don't catch the disease and hopefully not spread to other people.
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Non-communicable diseases are not a problem. Obviously.For communicable diseases then clean is the word, A communicable disease pretty much requires that you will get it from Touch or breathing or consuming infected materials.Even things we seldom think about are portals to communicable diseases, someone sneezes on a table in a restaurant & you put your food there 5 minutes later, or coughs into their hand & uses the handrail on a stairway & you walk up behind them.Wash your hands a lot, make sure you food is well prepared & stay away from people with coughs and known diseases.
