How Can You Prevent From Getting Germs?

The two main germs are bacteria & viruses. They will attack people however they can. There are ways you can help yourself fight these creatures entering your body:

Wash your hands before meals or snacks.
Don't put anything in your mouth except food.
Wash your hands after you go to the restroom - always.
Stay away from crowded warm places.
Drink only milk and fruit juices that have been pasteurized (heated to kill germs)
Clean your kitchen counter off before you put any food on it.
Take a shower or a bath every day.
Wash your hands after you visit a sick friend or relative.
Wash your hands after you handle with money.
 

 

Did you know germs can enter your body through a scrape or cut?  Bacteria are very small plants but bacteria don't look like small plants under a microscope, they look like little round balls, straight rods & some are twisted in a spiral shapes. Viruses are far tinier than bacteria. Viruses look like balls with spikes sticking out, 

Germs such as bacteria and viruses are found everywhere. They are in the air you breathe, on the food you eat, and in your drinks. They're even on everything you touch and inside your own body.

When harmful bacteria and viruses get in your body you don't always get sick. Your body has ways to fight germs:

  • Your skin blocks the germs, but if there are cuts or scrapes on your body germs can get in.
  • Your nose helps too. It is lined with tiny hairs. The hairs catch many of the germs you breathe in. They push them back out.
  • The inside of your mouth and throat is always wet. Germs often get stuck there. But they don't go any farther.
  • Blood has special chemicals that attack germs. They are called antibodies.
  • Tears help get rid of germs that are near your eyes.
  • When you use a tissue, it is a wonderful weapon against spreading germs.

 

Germs are in your body, in the air & in your food & drinks.
Germs are tiny living things called microbes.  Germs can be useful but they can be used to make vaccines to protect people from getting cetain  diseases.  Some germs are harmful & they get in your body

Bacteria & Viruses
 

 Don't take other people's medicine. Treating your infection is very tricky but you need the right medicine such as Neosporin and other medicines.

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