Health Tips: Hand washing is important, but why do not many people?

Pete Hagset, a presenter for Fox News Television in the United States, said a few days ago that he did not think he had ever washed his hands in the last 10 years.

His statement caused a stir on the internet. Many commented on social media, "We have to check what is in Pete's hand."

But then came the news that actress Jennifer Lawrence also said in 2015 that she almost never washed her hands after going to the bathroom.

Both of them later said that they were just joking.

Of course, there are many people who openly oppose hand-washing orthodoxy.

According to a survey, only 28.2% of people around the world who went to the bathroom in 2015 and may have had 'stool contact' with their hands washed their hands with soap after using the bathroom.

Robert Aunzer, a public health expert at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said:

In many poor countries, only 26 percent of people have access to soap. The World Health Organization and UNICEF estimate that about 3 billion people worldwide have no soap or water in their homes.

But even in many high-income countries - where there is no shortage of them - only 50 percent of people use soapy water after going to the bathroom.

Presenter Pete Hagset said last year that he doesn't think he's ever washed his hands in the last 10 years. Later, however, he said, the word was said jokingly.

Life-saving discovery

You may be surprised to hear that hand-washing is one of the greatest life-saving discoveries in the history of mankind. Baparata first became popular in 1850 and since then the life expectancy of people has increased a lot.

This makes it possible for humans to survive many germs and epidemics.

According to a 2006 study, regular hand washing can reduce your chances of getting a respiratory infection by 8 to 44 percent.

Then I come to the context of the Kovid-19 epidemic.

Scientists say the extent to which the disease can spread in a country can be understood from the country's hand-washing culture.

In some western countries, people spend ৬ 360 to buy a hand sanitizer. There are also people who do not want to touch the soap.

If even a mysterious deadly new virus can't change people's behavior - what will?

The idea is that laziness is not the only reason. There are many psychological reasons for this.

It may have something to do with people's own thoughts, erroneous self-confidence, attempts to be 'normal' or their level of hatred.

Other than that, there is a misconception in many people's minds that "not doing it can hurt others - but it won't hurt me."

Examples are behavior such as smoking or credit card use. Such people cannot predict the level of potential risk.There was a reluctance among the medical staff of the hospital to wash their hands

Maybe this mentality can stop people from washing their hands.

There is a tendency among trainee nurses to be overconfident about keeping their hands clean. People who have to give up food for professional reasons often forget that someone else can be infected with 'food poisoning' from their touch.

Social trends

Different cultures have different trends in hand washing.

A French survey of more than 74,000 people in 63 countries asked whether they agreed with the statement, "Washing your hands with soap after using the toilet is something you have become accustomed to."

Less than half of the people in China, Japan, South Korea and the Netherlands agreed.

The highest number of people - 98 percent - agreed in Saudi Arabia.

The survey found that girls are more 'serious' than men when it comes to hand washing.

In the UK, a survey found that 52 per cent of men and 85 per cent of women regularly washed their hands after being infected with Covid-19.

"As seen in public toilets, if we see others washing their hands, we wash our hands too. But if we don't see someone else, there is no social pressure to do it," he said. Aungar.

Realistic vs. experimental thinking

Scientists are keen to find out why people depend on it for their lives - especially in hospitals.

Despite years of training, many health workers neglect this one basic task. But it can spread many deadly viruses or bacteria.

A 2007 survey in Australia found that surgeons at one hospital washed their hands in only 10 percent of cases before coming in contact with a patient. In 30 percent of the cases, they wash their hands after seeing the patient.

A similar trend has been observed in many hospitals.

In a hospital in Quebec, Canada, health workers wash their hands in only 33 percent of cases.

Although there is a strong trend of hand washing in Saudi Arabia, it has been observed that the issue of hand hygiene of medical personnel is not properly implemented.

According to a survey, those who have a good sense of humor are more concerned about social distance and hand washing.

Hate

After all, there is hatred. If you see a live insect crawling inside a piece of cooked meat - the feeling of the intestines being turned upside down - that's what destroys our desire to eat that meat.

Similarly, if you see a dirty handkerchief or tissue in the hand of another passenger at the other end of the train compartment - you may not want to approach him.

This also reduces the chances of germs entering your body with breathing.

Chimpanzees also have a distaste for each other's body fluids.

This feeling of disgust that drives us away from anything - it helps prevent disease, says Dick Stevenson - a psychologist at Macquarie University in Australia.

Scientists say it is a powerful emotion that works in many areas of our lives. It works on homosexuality, or feelings about women, and even fear of seeing spiders - influencing our political decisions.

The level of this feeling varies from person to person.

How to practice hand washing?

The campaign against hand washing, its proper rules, etc. in the background of corona virus infection has probably never happened before in the world.

But the question is, have these campaigns inspired those who don't want to wash their hands?

Dick Stevenson conducted a survey on this.

Participants were shown two videos of two groups, one hateful, the other a general landscape.

They are then asked to touch unhealthy things like dead flies or used toilet brushes, then pick up biscuits from a plate and eat them.

The researchers found that people who watched hateful videos were more likely to wash their hands.

Good practice

Advertising can motivate one to wash one's hands, says Dick Stevenson.

"However, if this motivation continues, a behavior becomes a habit. But we do not know how long it will take for that to happen."

Aunger says many people are now interested in hand washing because of the corona virus. But is it possible to take it to a stage where it can be held?

The answer is still unknown. However, after the corona virus epidemic is over, it is very unlikely that any famous person will be seen bragging on the TV screen with hand-wash.

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