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100
What does it mean to have good personal hygiene?
Good personal hygiene means keeping your body looking, smelling, and feeling clean and healthy.
100
What is a period (menstruation)?
Every month, your body will prepare for pregnancy. If no pregnancy occurs, the lining of your uterus (endometrium) will shed and leave your body as a period.
200
Why is it important?
Maintaining good personal hygiene is important to keep our bodies healthy and feeling good.
200
What is the normal length of the menstrual cycle?
300
What are some examples of things I should do?
• bathing/showering • washing hair • brushing hair • going for hair cuts • brushing teeth • wiping mouth • blowing nose • washing hands • wearing deodorant/antiperspirant • changing clothes • shaving (face for men, legs and underarms for women) • washing face • trimming/cleaning nails (fingers and toes)
300
What are the symptoms?
400
How often should I do these things?
It is a good idea to shower every day, especially after exercise or heavy physical activity. The same thing is true for changing clothes and wearing deodorant.
400
How do you deal with the menstrual fluid coming out of your vagina?
500
What are some tricks to make taking care of myself easier?
Make a routine o Use pictures, schedules, lists, calendars, alarms, or timers as helpful reminders
500
How you can help?