19/09/2022
10 Simple Tips To Stay Healthy During The Rainy Season
It's not just humans who love the rainy season, plants, animals, bacteria and viruses enjoy it just as much.
The rainy season is the best time for cold, bacteria, viral infections & allergies to flourish.
So for you to stay safe and enjoy the season to the fullest, we prepared a list of simple health tips to help you stay healthy this season.
1. Take more Vitamin C
You will notice that during this time of the year viral fevers, allergic reactions and other viral infections are most common.
- To remain healthy, you need to increase your immunity. One of the easiest ways of doing that is by increasing your Vitamin C intake,
it helps support your immune system and reduces the severity of flu.
- Vitamin C can be found in natural sources such as red and green peppers, papayas, oranges, & pineapples. You should also add vitamin C supplement to your daily routine.
2. Drink Clean Water
We all have a tendency to drink less water during the rainy season but our body still needs to stay hydrated if we want to remain healthy.
- Make sure that you are drinking clean and purified water, whether at home or outside.
- If you do drink beverages outside, ensure that it comes from a well trusted brand or you can take your own bottle of water with you to be on the safe side.
3. Increase your Probiotic Intake
Probiotics are healthy microorganisms that support your health. They typically live in the gut and digestive system.
-Make a point to increase your intake of probiotics with foods like yoghurts, some types of cheese like Gouda, mozzarella, cheddar and cottage cheese.
-You can also add probiotic supplement to your diet. These can make your gut health significantly more resilient, while also improving nutrient absorption. Not only will you be making your digestive system healthier, but you will also be building your strength against any potential stomach infections down the road.
4. Protect yourself against allergens
Allergies can become severe during the rainy season.
- If you know that you react badly to dust, vapors or pollution, you must wear a mask when you go out.
- Keep your doctor-prescribed anti-allergy medicine with you at all times.
5. Exercise regularly
Exercising not only helps you lose weight or stay in shape, but it is great for your immunity as well.
- It gets your heart racing, improves blood circulation and triggers serotonin (happiness hormone) production, all of which fortify your immune system against viruses and bacteria.
6. Avoid junk/ open air street food
Street food, freshly cut fruits and other kinds of food items sold on the street should strictly be avoided.
- The road is usually filled with potholes full of water and mud. This serves as perfect incubators for various kinds of harmful microorganisms. The longer the food items are exposed to the open air, the higher they are likely to become home to them. So, every time you eat your favorite junk food, you are more likely to contract a disease.
7. Do Not store stagnant water
One of the worst issues of the rainy season is the breeding of mosquitoes.
- Ensure that water storing equipments in your home are always covered.
- Take note to ensure that the gutters are not clogged and you do not have & rainwater held stagnant in nearby areas. Mosquitoes are born in stagnant water, so removing sources of stagnant water will help a lot.
- To protect yourself against mosquitoes does not end with clearing our stagnant water. They can bite you anywhere and anytime. So make sure that you generously apply mosquito repellants when you go out.
8. Add disinfectant to the bathwater
Most people love taking a stroll in the rain. It is refreshing and one of the wonders of human life.
- Remember to bath with a disinfectant like Dettol or Savlon, every time you get wet. It will save you from the millions of microorganisms you carried home and help you stay healthy and fit.
- Washing your hands and feet, legs are advisable as you get back.
- Remember, use only clean water to wash your face.
9. Wash your hands
Practicing good hand hygiene kills almost all microbes that may exist on the skin of your hands and as we know, the population of harmful germs expands during the rainy season
- Wash or sanitize your hands carefully before you eat something when you are away from home and after you come back home.
10. Care for your nails
Even if you are not in the habit of tending to your nails, you must, during the rainy season.
- Clip your nails regularly and wash them.
- Clean underneath the nails so that germs and bacteria do not accumulate there.
If you feel feverish, constant coughing, congested or runny nose, sore throat, headaches, body aches, loss of smell or taste, vomiting.
Please don't self medicate. What you can do is talk to a pharmacist for free. Everyone deserves access to a pharmacist.
Remember to share this healthy information with your family and friends.
Thanks.
