Diwali 2024: You may fall ill due to increasing pollution, take care of your health like this during Diwali!

Diwali 2024: As soon as a little dew started appearing in the air, pollution also started increasing and the IQ level of the air also increased. It is likely to increase further after Diwali. In such a situation, problems like difficulty in breathing, cough, cold, headache, allergy, red eyes, burning sensation, watery eyes, itching in the eyes start occurring. During this time, it is most important to take care of the health of children and the elderly, because their immunity is weak. It is very important to keep some things in mind to avoid health problems caused by pollution during and after Diwali.

Increase in air quality index means deterioration in air quality due to pollution. Factories, vehicles and bikes running on the roads every day also increase pollution. And along with all this, there are firecrackers during Diwali, so the pollution increases even more. This causes health related problems. Let us know how to take care of health in such a situation.

use mask

Be it small children, youth or senior citizens, everyone should wear a mask while going out. If the child is very small then try not to take him out of the house too much and also avoid installing mosquito coils in the house. Room freshener spray should also be used minimally.

keep the body hydrated

To avoid pollution, it is also very important to keep the body hydrated. Youth should drink at least 7-8 glasses of water a day, while children and the elderly should drink 5-6 glasses of water. Water helps in flushing out toxins from the body. Apart from this, drink healthy drinks full of nutrition. If the baby is a newborn or younger than six months and cannot drink milk, try breastfeeding every two hours.

How to keep eyes healthy?

Take special care of keeping your eyes healthy in polluted air. Wear good quality glasses or goggles while going out. Especially bike riders should be more careful about this. It also protects the eyes from UV rays of the sun. Apart from this, if you feel irritation or redness in your eyes, contact your doctor immediately without wasting time. Apart from this, keep splashing cold water on your eyes every three to four hours and avoid rubbing the eyes with hands.

take care of your diet

To avoid falling sick from pollution, it is very important to have strong immunity, hence include Vitamin C rich foods (spinach and other green vegetables, orange, kiwi, grapes, lemon, amla) in your diet. Apart from this, consume food items like milk, basil extract, honey, these also help in increasing immunity. Eggs, milk, garlic, all vegetables, fruits etc. should be consumed regularly in the daily diet.