by Dr. (Mrs.) Purnima Usagaonkar
(Sep. 2001/ Venue: Peaceful
Society)
In her enlightening speech, she emphasized upon following important
health-related precautions and measures. This information may prove vital to
one and all:
1.
Man
should have balanced and nutritious diet. Besides rice and wheat, the diet
should also include cereals, milk, eggs, green vegetables (both cooked and
uncooked), fruits etc.
2.
The
vegetables should be washed properly before cutting in order to preserve its
nutritive value.
3.
The
vegetables should not be over-cooked.
4.
The
use of preservatives, colours and artificial odours should be avoided in
preparation of food.
5.
In
order to avoid the problem of thyroid, iodised salt should be preferred.
6.
The
eatable-oils should not be over-used.
7.
The
allergic substances should be avoided. The symptoms of allergy are vomiting,
dysentery, stomachache, joint pains, swelling of skin, dry coughing etc.
8.
Cold drinks / soft drinks should be avoided.
9.
The
diet should be based on the life style of a person. A person doing labour work should have heavy diet and the one
having more of brainwork by continuously sitting on a chair should go for light
diet.
10.
To
avoid unwanted eating before and after food in order to ensure better
digestion. It is proved that over-eating can lead to ill health.
11.
The
sweets should not be eaten before food.
12.
Every
person should have adequate in take of water before going to bed and after
getting up from sleep in order to ensure better digestion and avoid kidney
problems.
13.
The
morning breakfast should be adequate enough to avoid the acidity problem. At
least, morning breakfast should consist of a glass full of milk.
14.
The
tiffin carried by school and college-going students should not include oily
foods.
15.
For
drinking, only boiled and disinfected water should be used.
16.
Girls
and women participating in sports and also during summer days should drink
adequate fruits juice.
17.
Aluminium
and indalium utensils should not be used for storing or cooking sour food.
18.
Steel
spoons should not be kept in pickle bottles for long intervals.
19.
Women
with high blood pressure before menstruation period or women who experience
swelling during the time of pregnancy should consume less salt in their
diet.
20.
It
is good to avoid hotel food for the health purpose. Due attention should be
provided to cleanliness before buying hotel food or else the consumption of
contaminated food can lead to amoebic infection.
21.
Eatables
should always be properly closed to avoid contamination from flies and other
insects.
22.
The
fruits should be properly washed before eating to cleanse away the insecticides
and other chemicals.
23.
A
proper diet as advised by Doctor should be taken during ailments like stomach
ulcer, diabetes, blood pressure, heart diseases, kidney diseases and liver
problems etc.
Precautions
About Cleanliness:
1.
At
least, once in a day bath should be taken. Bath should not be avoided for
simple sicknesses. Women with long hair should take bath on their heads at
least twice in a week.
2.
Nails
should be cut at least once in a week with the help of nail cutter and not with
the help of teeth.
3.
Due
care should be taken to clean private parts of the body.
4.
Proper
washing and cleaning of the clothes should be ensured before using them.
Clothes, once used get dirt and sweat and therefore should be immediately
washed.
5.
Due
care should be taken to hot wash the clothes used by persons suffering from
skin diseases.
6.
Napkins
and towels should be washed after regular intervals.
7.
Clothes
should be properly dried before wearing to avoid skin infection due to fungus.
8.
Under
wares should be properly washed and dried before wearing.
9.
Mouth
should be washed twice in a day, once while getting up from bed and again
before going to bed.
10.
Proper
cleanliness should be maintained during menstrual period, pregnancy and
delivery.
11.
Coughing
and spitting should be avoided in public places. During unavoidable times of
coughing and sneezing, due care should be taken to use handkerchief to avoid
spread of diseases.
12.
Due
cleanliness should be maintained in house as well as in the surrounding areas
to avoid infections like malaria.
13.
Trees
should be planted around house to purify air.
1.
Mother should provide adequate milk by
breast-feeding to an infant during first four months. If, there is difficulty
in getting mother’s milk then, out side skimmed milk or the milk of cow should
be provided to an infant.
2.
Priority should be given to arrange home made food
to infants.
3.
A child should be given iron drops after completion
of two months.
4.
A child should not be forced to eat.
5.
Due care should be taken to vaccinate a child
against BCG, Polio, hepatitis –B, Chicken pox, rabies, typhoid etc.
6.
A child should be administered with a medicine
against round worms after nine months and the same medicine should be repeated
after every three months.
7.
Medicines should be administered only after
consulting and getting prescription of a
medical practitioner.
8.
Hazardous materials like chemicals and inflammable
liquids like petrol should be kept away from the hands of a child.
9.
Proper precaution should be taken to avoid the
biting of mosquitoes by putting on long clothes to a child. Mosquito repellent
like good night may be used by 6 p.m. and should be kept at the places from
where the mosquitoes are likely to enter the house.
10.
Proper flow of air should be ensured in bedroom by
keeping open at least ventilators of the windows.
11.
Putting warm clothes to a child should be avoided
during the time of fever. Proper preliminary medicines should be readily
available at home.
12.
A child
should be given electrolyte to drink during the time of vomiting and
diarrhoea.
13.
A child with problem of hysteria should be kept away
from danger by not allowing them to go near river, fire and places of heights
etc.
14.
Special care
and attention should be provided towards underdeveloped child having low I.Q.
15.
Exercise being an important aspect, a child should
be encouraged to go for in-door as well as out-door games.
16.
Good qualities and hobbies should be inculcated in a
child like reading good books, planting trees etc.
17.
Good prayers also play a major role in child
development.
18.
Attention should be provided towards the behaviour
of a child and any misdeed should be corrected in time.
19.
If a child regularly fails in completing studies
then, proper medical check-up of eyes and ears should be done. Before building
any expectation from a child, a thorough check-up should be done to ensure the
intelligence quotient of that particular child. This can avoid frustration
arising due to unrealistic expectations of parents from a child.
20.
Parents should not enforce their wishes and
expectations about education and career on a child. But, proper care should be
taken to understand the positive qualities and hidden talents of a child and
accordingly parents should encourage a child by setting goals before him or
her.
21.
Tension can be built upon eyes by excessive viewing
of television programmes and can consequently lead to headaches.
22.
Proper love and care is essential for the all-round
growth of a child.
23.
Parents should behave properly to ensure discipline
in a child since; all parents are the first role models before their children.
24.
Good qualities [Samskar] and good habits should
be inculcated in a child.
25.
There should not be gender discrimination among
children.
1.
Adolescence is a very sensitive and delicate
transitional stage from childhood to puberty. Therefore, proper guidance and
emotional support during this period is very important for the growth a child
into a full-fledged man.
2.
For an all-round growth during this vital period,
nutritious diet should be provided with additional supplement of iron and
calcium to girls and proteins to boys.
3.
Girls and boys should be properly educated about
physical and emotional changes occurring during this adolescence stage and
prepare their minds to accept this natural change.
4.
Proper emphasis should be laid on educating girls
about menstruation period ad the precautions to be taken during this time.
Girls attending Schools and colleges should carry proper food and water during
this period.
5.
An adolescent child should be properly guided by
taking into confidence during this critical phase of growth.
6.
A child should not experience isolation but parents
should befriend them.
7.
A child
committing mistakes should be rectified in proper manner without hurting
feelings of that child.
8.
A boy should not be allowed more to associate and
rely upon father in order to avoid inferiority complex during later period.
9.
A child
should be properly guided about their future role in the society. A child
should also be made aware about various opportunities available in the fields
of education and career. Proper guidance about the future vocation of a child
should be based on the realistic assessment of the qualities and hidden talents
of a child.
10.
Parents ought to be the first and the best friends
of a child for the all-round growth of that child.
11.
A child
should be encouraged to practise and follow the science of Yoga for better
physical and mental health along with other sports activities.
12.
Reading
habits should be encouraged in a child.
13.
A child should be inculcated with spirit of
self-confidence. Self-confidence is the pre-requisite of personality
development.
14.
A child during this period should be properly guided
about the diseases and ailments, which can be prevented like AIDS etc.
15.
Misconceptions and misunderstandings should be
clarified to have sanity of mind and body in a growing child.
16.
During this vital growing phase of a child, proper
emphasis should be laid on imparting moral values and spirit of discipline to
ensure better disciplined and responsive citizen in the later period.
17.
An atmosphere conducive for healthy inter-personal
relationships among all the members should be maintained in a house. This will
ensure proper growth of a child. The conflicts and jealousies within the
parents can misguide and mislead a child to bad habits and bad
friendships.
Pregnancy Period:
1.
A balance diet is required during this period. The
diet should prominently consist of milk two times in a day along with food
items rich in calcium and iron.
2.
The physical and emotional changes taking place in a
woman during pregnancy period should be well explained to her in order to avoid
misunderstanding.
3.
A pregnant woman should undergo all necessary tests
and examinations as prescribed by the Doctor.
4.
A pregnant woman must test the blood group.
5.
A pregnant woman should go for required treatment in
case of any ailment.
6.
During pregnancy a woman can do household works.
7.
A woman should prepare her mind to welcome child.
8.
A woman should gather information about pregnancy and
related matters from responsible and knowledgeable persons.
9.
A woman should maintain all-cleanliness during and
after pregnancy.
10.
A pregnant woman should take adequate rest. Whenever
possible, a woman should take rest by sleeping on the left side of her body.
This helps in blood circulation and better growth of the child.
11.
A pregnant woman should go for tetanus vaccination
at appropriate time.
12.
A pregnant woman should not undergo any ex-ray
examination during the first three months of her pregnancy. However, if need be
Doctor can advise the woman to go for any such tests.
13.
Unless and until prescribed by any competent Doctor,
pregnant woman should avoid all sorts of medicines.
1.
Clean
and safe atmosphere should be maintained during the time of delivery. It is
always safe and in the best interest of the mother and child to prefer delivery
in the hospital.
2.
Mother’s
milk is the best diet for an infant.
3.
The
initial secretion of milk should not be thrown out because it is very nutritious
and essential for the newborn child.
4.
A
mother should start breast-feeding an infant after two hours from the time of
delivery.
5.
A
mother should comfortably sit down and take proper posture while breast-feeding
a child.
6.
Cleanliness should be maintained during this
period.
7.
After
breast-feeding, a child should be made to belch.
8.
Immediately after breast-feeding, a child
should not be made to lie down.
9.
There
is no need to feed water if, a child is exclusively relying on mother’s milk.
10.
If,
there is difficulty in breast-feeding due to withdrawal of nipple inside the
breast then, nipple shield should be used or the mother’s milk should be
spoon-fed to a child.
11.
A
mother should attend a child with care, peace of mind and confidence.
12.
A
mother should consume balance diet.
13.
In
case, a mother is unable to breast-feed her child then, powder milk may be fed
in appropriate proportion.
14.
In
case of powder milk, a child requires water. This water requirement may be only
for two times in a day.
15.
If,
a child is fat then, fresh milk of cow and she-buffalo should be avoided at
least for first two months period. However, this milk can be fed after two to
three months to such child.
Family
Planning:
1.
Breast-feeding women should take special care during
menstruation period.
2.
Parents should maintain a gap of three years between
the births of first child to second child.
3.
Appropriate measures of family planning should be
adopted by consulting Doctor.
4.
After planning the family, either husband or wife
should undergo operation to avoid future pregnancy.
5.
It is best advisable to have a family of maximum two
children.
Precautions
To Be Taken By A Woman After An Age Of Forty Years:
1.
After every two years, a woman should consult
gynaecologist.
2.
A woman
should always do self check-up of the breasts. In case of any doubt, a woman
should always go for a medical check-up.
3.
A woman should not consume tobacco or any product
made of tobacco.
4.
In absence of menstruation period or in case of
excessive bleeding, a woman should always consult a Doctor.
5.
At the time of menopause, a woman should take
special precaution. She should exercise, consume less salt and avoid edible
oils. She should check-up blood pressure regularly. She should also increase
intake of calcium rich diet.
Precautions
To Be Taken By A Man:
1.
The diet of a man should be balanced with nutritious
items like cereals, fish and eggs etc.
2.
The diet of a man should depend upon the type of
work he does. A man doing physical and hard work should eat more. A man not
doing more of physical work should take precaution while eating.
3.
An appropriate diet should be chosen in case a man
suffers from any ailment like diabetes, pressure, ulcer and kidney or liver
problems etc.
4.
Exercise is very important for every man and more
particularly for the one who is spending more time in an office by doing
sitting work.
5.
After forty years of age, there should be regular
medical check-up.
6.
Medicines if prescribed, should be taken regularly.
7.
A man should always abstain from all types of bad
habits and addictions. The addictions, as we all know, destroy not only the
person but also the total family life of a person.
8.
A person with an inclination towards bad habit like
drinking alcohol should be handled properly by his family members. All efforts should be made to divert him
from this bad habit. If need be, counselling from a competent person and also
medical help should be taken to save the person from ruining his as well as his
family life.
1.
Proper care should be taken of the aged people in a
family.
2.
An old man in a family is like a child and should be
treated accordingly.
3.
An old person in a family should be treated with all
love and respect.
To conclude with, it can be said that a woman plays a crucial role in
maintaining a family. If a woman is happy, contented and confident then, the
entire family remains happy and contented.
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