With just a handshake, you might get these diseases, take care!!
How will you feel if you come to know that a simple gesture of goodwill can lead to terrible diseases in us? Shocking right!!
Not many would be aware of the fact that shaking hands as a gesture of good will can result in some harmful diseases in us. By means of simple hand contact, germs can transfer from one person to another and can create diseases and infections easily.
It is necessary to understand the importance of immediate hand washing and various risks associated with a simple handshake.
We can get these diseases or health issues by means of a simple handshake. Please, be careful.
Common cold:
The easiest germ that we can catch through a simple handshake is the common cold. Tiny particles of virus go into the hands when a person coughs or sneezes etc. The germs would get transferred to another person`s hands when the affected person shakes hands with the other person.
Influenza or flu:
It is true that the flu virus can survive in your hands for many hours and when the affected person shakes hands with others then flu virus could get transmitted to the other person also. Various symptoms of flu are high fever, body pain, chills, cough etc. While cold can be mild, the flu can be tough for us and it would disrupt our daily routine to a huge extent.
Conjunctivitis or Madras eye or pink eye:
Through hand contact, this pink eye issue or conjunctivitis would spread from one person to another rapidly. Touching the eyes or face after shaking hands with pink eye affected individuals etc would transmit the germs from hands to eye. It is necessary to maintain hand hygiene to prevent this pink eye issue in us.
Hand, foot and mouth disease:
Blisters on hands, feet and inside the mouth of the children can be due to the hand foot and mouth disease. Bitter truth is that when the hand, foot and mouth disease affected kids touch another kid while playing etc germs could get transmitted easily.
Diarrhoea causing bacteria:
It must be noted that the germs can be transmitted from contaminated surfaces etc to a person through their hands leading to diarrhoea, dehydration, nausea, nausea etc. It is necessary to wash our hands compulsorily after handshake etc before eating food.
Cold sores etc:
Sometimes, we can get painful blisters on our lips and would find it difficult. These are painful cold sores and we could get them through a simple handshake also. Truth is that they could occur repeatedly in persons who are not hygienic.
Skin infections etc:
Bacteria or fungi can cause minor skin based infections like small redness, bum, itch etc. Through tiny scratches etc, the germs can pass from one hand to another hand. Initially, these might be harmless but would cause pain, swelling etc.
Importance of washing hands immediately after handshakes etc:
It is essential to wash hands immediately after a handshake because this would help a person to avoid getting infections and diseases easily. Moreover, by immediate hand washing, he or she won`t be able to transfer the infections from them to other members of the family. Truth is that a small habit of washing hands immediately could make a big difference in our lives. So, please take care.
