Greet your friends with the traditional Namaste on the New Year 01 January, 2012
Padma Shri & Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr. KK Aggarwal, President, Heart Care Foundation of India., said that the New Year should bring physical, mental, social, spiritual, environmental and financial well being amongst the public at large.
NEW YEAR being a time when people socialise the most, a noted doctor has stated that in order to keep diseases at it is best advised to use traditional methods like ‘namaste’ to greet people.
Many diseases can be transmitted through contaminated hands. Most common are flu and the common cold.
Respiratory infections like the cold and flu are common in the winter months. Although the cold and flu viruses spread through air by coughing or sneezing, they can also spread by direct contact with contaminated surfaces such as a door knob or by shaking hands with someone who has the infection. If someone has a cold or flu and coughs into his hand, and then they touch a surface like a door knob, he or she transmits the virus on to that surface. The flu virus stays in the air longer when air is cold and dry as in the winter season.
The length of time that cold or flu germs can survive outside the body on an environmental surface, such as a doorknob, differs to a great extent. But the suspected range is from a few seconds to 48 hours depending on the specific virus and the type of surface.
Flu viruses tend to live longer on surfaces than cold viruses do. The cold and flu viruses live longer on nonporous surfaces such as plastic, metal or wood than they do on porous surfaces like fabrics, skin or paper.
Many other gastrointestinal diseases such as salmonellosis, shigellosis, hepatitis A, giardiasis, amebiasis can also spread through contaminated hands.
Keeping hands clean is the single most important way to prevent the spread of infectious diseases like cold or flu. Hands should be frequently washed with soap and water or with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
About The Author
Padmashri and Dr B C Roy National Awardee, President Heart Care Foundation of India, Sr Cardiologist, Chairman Ethical Committee Delhi Medical Council, Past President Delhi Medical Association, Editor in Chief IJCP Group & Emedinews
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