We are talking about the importance of bathing everyday and the health benefits you can achieve from it. Most of the time we see patients scared to take a bath after a serious illness fearing that they will fall sick again. This comes from a time when you are not sure about the quality of the water. But nowadays water comes through a purification plant. So there are hardly any infectious organisms.
So it is very important to bathe after an illness or a hospital stay as soon as possible. With the weakened immune state after an illness you are more likely to catch a bug than later, and if you wash regularly then you are cleansing most of the possible infection contacts.
1) You Feel Fresh : After a good bath you will feel rejuvenated and keeps your endorphines and serotonin running to your brain. This will keep you happy and more focused on the work at hand. Thus it helps in your day to day work as well.
2) You Don't Smell Nasty : This reduces the offensive body odours which can adversely affect you as well your peers. Its disgusting. You will have to rely on deodorants more. When you bathe the residues secreted from the sweat glands are washed away. If the body odours are less then you become more pleasant to yourself and others as well. It
3)All the Aches and Pains go away : After a god exercise or a sporting event it is better to bathe as soon as possible. Gone are the days when you have to wait for a couple of hours till the body heat went down. It is proven that when you bathe as soon as possible, there is a therapeutic effect, by cooling of the micro tears and sprains, and cools of the torn off muscle fibers. This helps in the rebuilding of those torn fibers more quickly. Also the pain is taken away with the slow kneading associated with a good bath.
4)Its Relaxing for you : It cools you down, and it also acts as a sensory deprivation area, where you can relax and calm your mind. This works better in a tub rather than under a shower.
5)You are washing away germs : When you bathe daily, you are washing off whatever the germ there maybe on your body, that has been attached to your body with the daily contact with surfaces and other people.
6) You are less likely to get sick : Despite the traditional view that a cold bath will get you the sniffles, it is the very opposite. The lungs and other organs are inside and the skin and the water is outside. The virus or the bacteria which might bring out the sore throat or cold is already in when you are taking the bath. The bath didn't precipitate it. Most likely, the bath prevented a more severe infection from going in. So it is important to bath a child or a person daily.
7)You are less likely to get another person sick : You have washed away whatever the germs and this has reduced the possibility of transmitting the infection to another.
8)You can Sleep better : Because of the soothing and calming effect of a good bath, you will most probably sleep better at night.
9)Best treatment for skin diseases : All the treatments for a skin disease are developed on a healthy infection free skin surface. If there is skin irritation due to some chronic disease, it will also be reduced with a good bath.
10)Time of Inspiration : Look at Archimedes. He came up with his theorem while he was having a bath. It is a time for solitary contemplation. You can get a chance to look at whatever problem that is bothering you in a new light.
11)A Romantic Moment : You can make it into a time and place where you can explore your relationship with your significant other.
Credit to the original author Dr. Dinusha Sirisena. ( have his permission to share this)
So it is very important to bathe after an illness or a hospital stay as soon as possible. With the weakened immune state after an illness you are more likely to catch a bug than later, and if you wash regularly then you are cleansing most of the possible infection contacts.
1) You Feel Fresh : After a good bath you will feel rejuvenated and keeps your endorphines and serotonin running to your brain. This will keep you happy and more focused on the work at hand. Thus it helps in your day to day work as well.
2) You Don't Smell Nasty : This reduces the offensive body odours which can adversely affect you as well your peers. Its disgusting. You will have to rely on deodorants more. When you bathe the residues secreted from the sweat glands are washed away. If the body odours are less then you become more pleasant to yourself and others as well. It
3)All the Aches and Pains go away : After a god exercise or a sporting event it is better to bathe as soon as possible. Gone are the days when you have to wait for a couple of hours till the body heat went down. It is proven that when you bathe as soon as possible, there is a therapeutic effect, by cooling of the micro tears and sprains, and cools of the torn off muscle fibers. This helps in the rebuilding of those torn fibers more quickly. Also the pain is taken away with the slow kneading associated with a good bath.
4)Its Relaxing for you : It cools you down, and it also acts as a sensory deprivation area, where you can relax and calm your mind. This works better in a tub rather than under a shower.
5)You are washing away germs : When you bathe daily, you are washing off whatever the germ there maybe on your body, that has been attached to your body with the daily contact with surfaces and other people.
6) You are less likely to get sick : Despite the traditional view that a cold bath will get you the sniffles, it is the very opposite. The lungs and other organs are inside and the skin and the water is outside. The virus or the bacteria which might bring out the sore throat or cold is already in when you are taking the bath. The bath didn't precipitate it. Most likely, the bath prevented a more severe infection from going in. So it is important to bath a child or a person daily.
7)You are less likely to get another person sick : You have washed away whatever the germs and this has reduced the possibility of transmitting the infection to another.
8)You can Sleep better : Because of the soothing and calming effect of a good bath, you will most probably sleep better at night.
9)Best treatment for skin diseases : All the treatments for a skin disease are developed on a healthy infection free skin surface. If there is skin irritation due to some chronic disease, it will also be reduced with a good bath.
10)Time of Inspiration : Look at Archimedes. He came up with his theorem while he was having a bath. It is a time for solitary contemplation. You can get a chance to look at whatever problem that is bothering you in a new light.
11)A Romantic Moment : You can make it into a time and place where you can explore your relationship with your significant other.
Credit to the original author Dr. Dinusha Sirisena. ( have his permission to share this)
