Personal hygiene

Maintaining personal hygiene is necessary for many reasons: personal, social, health or simply as a way of life.
Staying hygienic helps prevent the development and spread of infection, illness and bad odor.

Poor hygiene leads to poor health and unnecessary expense.  If you have a cut the wound should be cleaned and dressed, this would help reduce the pain and risk of infection.
Conditions such as athlete's foot, head lice, vaginal infection should be treated immediately it is noticed.

Washing of hands cannot be over emphasised as this is a simple action which helps prevent plethora of illnesses. Many people "forget"  to wash their hands after using the toilet or before handling food; this can cause great deal of illness.