Did you wash your hands today?
By rajanarora
@rajanarora (1)
India
October 25, 2010 1:15pm CST
Well to those who live in developed countries as well as few of those who hail from developing countries, this question may sound weird/Stupid etc. but the fact is that a number of people around the world still don't wash their hands regularly.
Every year, around the world more than 3.5 million children die to diarrhea and infections as a result of unclean hands.
Just washing hands with soap before meals and after toilet reduces the incidence if diarrhea by 40%
Now that we know the facts, it is time to spread them around the world and imagine if everyone knew and just had soap and water... we would save countless lives !!!
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13 responses
@umadper (947)
• India
6 Jul 11
hi,really good discussion for those who wash their hands regularly and whenever needy...but embarrassing question for those who are not wash their hands regularly or even when needy.
For God sake i used to wash whenever the situation comes to wash...
All the best and have a nice time.
@malikaherath (14)
• Sri Lanka
5 Jul 11
I agree with rajanarora and people don't take this as serious and sometimes only they wash for food but not during the day when they touch some dirt. And this is not limited to developing countries but also bad habit for people in develop countries as well. When I wash my hands several times per day, people around me laugh at me. This basic hygiene has to teach from childhood to keep our society free from diseases.
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@joey_matthews (8354)
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28 Oct 10
Of course i have washe my hands today as everyone does, and if the person can see this message on the internet they would be privileged enough to have running water. I do know what you mean about poorer countries not being able to due to lack of clean water though. I hope all those countries can eventually get better and the people there not be ill and die of illnesses we class as minor in richer countries.
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@se7enthbird (8307)
• Philippines
29 Oct 10
funny to start a mylot discussion, and looks like this is your first discussion but YES i wash my hands more often than i expect it. hands pass a lot of dirty and sometimes even disease. sometimes it starts also irritation on the eye when you touch your eyes with a dirty hands. i am a musician and sometimes when my hands are tired i can not wet it. but i always make sure i always have my hand sanitizer inside my bag. welcome to the wonderful world of mylot.
@tonyllenium (6252)
• Italy
25 Oct 10
yes i washed my hands today think more than 1 time eheh...i knwo that in some countries can have some problems releted to some igenic conditions and so questions like that are not so natural as we can think usually..
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@laniekins (4579)
• Philippines
14 Jul 11
I wash my hands as often as I can, I also keep hand sanitizer at my bag and at home.
@rameshchow (4426)
• India
6 Jul 11
You have shared very important useful information about how the people are unknowingly affecting by the disease of diarrhea.
I daily wash my hands before and after to take the meals. yes, it is must to be clean ourselves. In my family my mother it taking take from childhood about me...
@hushi22 (4928)
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26 Oct 10
yes, i washed my hands today and for me that is a good habit. some people on our village dont understand that and they name the person who does that as so vain or overacting and the like. there is no equivalent word for english in the dialect they used. they dont understand it's purpose.
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@sjvg1976 (41289)
• Delhi, India
6 Jul 11
Welcome to MYLOT rajan,
That nice information you passed by this discussion. I do wash my hands with soap before eating something & after toilet. This is a habit from my childhood as my parents were so strict for it they never allowed me to eat something before i get my hands washed from soap. There are people who donot care for it & suffer from the consequences.
May be some people will get their habits improved by reading this discussion.
There are people who donot care for it & suffer from the consequences.
May be some people will get their habits improved by reading this discussion.
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
11 Jul 11
I do wash my hands as my parents taught me this from when I was much younger and how important it is to do so! =)
