Summer Tips 2019

This is the season for shoreline trips, recreational exercises, holiday festivities, road gatherings, and, truly, summer diseases. Along these lines, the Department of Health has cautioned people, in general, to be careful about the six summer-related diseases which incorporate sore eyes, colds and cough, vomiting and diarrhea, sunburn, skin diseases, and dog bites.

Summer Tips 2019

Sore eyes

Sore eyes

Sore eyes or conjunctivitis is manifested through the inflammation and redness of the conjunctiva covering the whites of the eyes. It can be caused by a viral infection, bacteria, chemicals, or trauma. Sore eyes can be easily spread from person to person by touching the eyes or eye secretions of the contaminated and touching your own eyes. It is no laughing matter, as it can lead to blindness if not treated properly.

Tips:

- Do not use eye drops without consulting a doctor first

- Wash your hand frequently and thoroughly with soap and water

- Minimize hand-to-eye contact

Colds and cough

Often mixed up as simply blustery day diseases, coughs and colds can without much of a stretch spread amid the mid-year months, as well, as the nation's unpredictable climate can convey abrupt deluges every once in a while.

Colds and cough

Tips:

- Drink eight to 12 glasses of water multi-day

- Wash your hands often with water and cleanser

- Sleep for eight hours

- Try doing some reflection

Diarrhea and vomiting

Diarrhea and vomiting

Summer means outing, outing, outing. It also means food and drinks galore. But it’s not all fun as consuming contaminated food or drinks can send you to the hospital and ruin your day in the sun.

Tips:

- Be cautious of street foods and also those prepared for out-of-town trips, as food spoils easier during the hot summer months.

- Always carry oral rehydration salt solution in case one suffers diarrhea; seek early consultation to prevent severe dehydration.

Sunburn

Sunburn

Sunburns additionally lead to untimely maturing, wrinkles, and conceivably skin malignant growth.

Tips:

- Apply sunscreen 30 minutes before sun presentation; remember to apply it to your ears, scruff, and feet, as well; pick a sunscreen that reflects both destructive UV-An and UV-B beams, with at any rate SPF30

- Avoid direct introduction between 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; rather, hold open-air exercises in the early morning or late evening

- Wear attire that can secure your skin, for example, since a long time ago sleeved shirt, jeans, cap, and shades

- Drink eight to 10 glasses of water to supplant liquid misfortune and to evade heat stroke

- Avoid drinking tea, espresso, soft drink, and liquor.

Skin disease

Skin diseases

Skin diseases are most common during the summer, especially in areas where water becomes scarce.

Tips:

- Bathe daily and practice proper hygiene

- Take a shower before and after plunging into the pool; always wash after dipping in the beach

- Do not urinate in pools

Dog Bites

Dog bites can lead to rabies if wounds are not washed and cared for properly. The Philippines is one of the top 10 countries with the worst rabies problem, with dog bites, remain the principal cause of animal bites and rabies cases.

Dog Bites

Tips:

- Make sure your pet dogs are vaccinated against rabies.

- If you get scratched, wash the wound thoroughly with soap and running water

- If you sustain dog bites, visit an animal bite center to get rabies vaccination immediately