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LESSON

Personal hygiene rules while hiking

TASK

Upon completion of studying the topic, students should have an understanding of personal hygiene and know the basic rules for caring for skin, teeth, and hair while hiking.

TEACHING METHODS AND TECHNIQUES

1. Story, examples of diseases of the skin, teeth, hair.

2. Questions and answers, discussion-discussion about compliance with hygienic requirements for caring for skin, hair and teeth in camping conditions.

3. Conversation about the need to cleanse the body. Explanations, questions and answers.

MEANS OF EDUCATION

1. Hygienic products for skin care (creams, ointments, lotions, etc.), oral care (toothbrushes, toothpaste, cleaning floss, rinsing solutions, etc.), hair care (combs, soap, shampoos, conditioners), etc.

2. Care products for clothes and shoes.

LEARNING NEW MATERIAL

1. The concept of personal hygiene.

2. Skin, teeth and hair care while traveling.

3. Clothing hygiene.

4. The importance of physical culture for human health.

5. Features of personal hygiene while hiking.

BASIC MOMENTS

1. Personal hygiene, general concepts and definitions.

2. Skin care. Purpose and functions of the skin. Basic rules of skin care.

3. Dental care. Purpose and functions of teeth. Causes of tooth and gum disease. Basic rules of dental care.

4. Hair care. Purpose and functions of hair. Causes of hair disease. Basic rules for hair care.

5. Clothing hygiene. Functions of clothing of a modern person. Hygienic requirements for clothing, hats and shoes.

6. The importance of physical culture for human health.

7. Features of personal hygiene while hiking.

CONSOLIDATING KNOWLEDGE

1. What is personal hygiene?

2. What hygiene rules must be followed in order for the skin to successfully perform its functions and look good, especially in camping conditions?

3. What diseases are possible in the oral cavity if you don’t take care of your teeth?

4. What hygiene rules must be followed to keep your teeth and oral cavity healthy?

5. What is hair for?

6. How should you care for your hair so that it performs its functions, is healthy and beautiful?

7. What are human clothes and shoes intended for?

8. What are the requirements for clothing and footwear, especially in hiking conditions?

9. What material is best for making tourist clothing and shoes?

10. What importance does physical education have on human health?

11. What are the features of personal hygiene while hiking?

HOME TASK

    Make a list of necessary hygiene products to care for your skin, hair and teeth while hiking.

    Answer the question: Why were these personal care products chosen?

Purpose: Explain the importance of personal hygiene for overall health.

During the classes

I. Introductory part.

1. Introduction to the topic of the lesson

Familiarization with the importance of personal hygiene

The difference between personal hygiene in camping conditions

When getting ready for a hike, selecting equipment and plotting the route on the map, you can miss one very important point - personal hygiene in hiking conditions. Meanwhile, this is a question that should not be neglected, especially on long and difficult hikes. But even on a simple hike, you must follow some simple rules to avoid health problems.

2. Communicate the purpose of the lesson.

II. Presentation of program material.

First, let's look at the general concepts of personal hygiene.

Hygiene is a science that studies the influence of the external environment on the health of an individual and the entire population, and also develops hygiene standards, requirements and rules for maintaining health, high working capacity and prolonging the active longevity of people.

Cleanliness and personal hygiene are integral companions of a person throughout his life.

Personal hygiene is a set of rules, following which you will preserve and strengthen your health.

Personal hygiene includes:

    maintaining body cleanliness;

    maintaining cleanliness of linen;

    keeping clothes clean;

    keeping the home clean;

    proper preparation and regular eating;

    alternation of work and active rest;

    alternation of mental and physical labor;

    physical education, sports;

    full sleep.

Some foods are harmful to your health and should be avoided or limited:

    chocolate;

    fizzy drinks;

    fried foods;

    sugar;

    fatty foods;

    smoked and canned products;

    coffee.

Preferred types of products:

    fruits;

    vegetables;

    cottage cheese and other dairy products;

    lean meat;

    bird, fish;

    oatmeal and other cereals.

Personal hygiene includes several sections, including skin care, dental care, hair care, clothing and shoe hygiene.

1. Leather - it is not only a shell that separates the internal environment from the external one. It also protects the body from mechanical and chemical damage, and from the penetration of pathogenic microorganisms into its internal environment. Skin receptors regulate body temperature, give us the ability to touch objects, feel pain, warmth, cold. Through the sweat glands located in the skin, many unnecessary and harmful substances are removed from the body.

In order for the skin to successfully perform its many functions, the following rules must be observed:

wash every day with warm water and toilet or baby soap;

change your underwear, socks, stockings, tights or stockings as often as possible;

if the skin is dry or itchy, lubricate it with cream or ointment;

do not squeeze pimples, do not try to open ulcers: inflammation may begin in their place;

If you notice a rash on your body, immediately contact your parents or a medical facility, or, if you go, your supervisor or doctor;

eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, milk; if you get enough vitamins and minerals from food, your skin will be clean and smooth;

avoid foods that cause you an allergic reaction;

in cold weather, protect your skin from frostbite;

in the forest or in the field, do not touch unfamiliar plants, as some of them may be poisonous and cause skin irritation;

If you accidentally spill acid or other chemicals on yourself, wash them off immediately with running water and soap;

If clothing made from synthetic fabrics or any other materials irritates your skin, do not wear it.

Watch your hands carefully; they need to be washed:

    coming from the street;

    after visiting the toilet;

    before eating;

    after playing with animals;

Foot care: Wash and change socks and tights daily.

2. Oral hygiene. An adult should have 32 teeth. However, due to poor diet and dental care, injury, and wisdom teeth removal, most adults are left with slightly fewer teeth.

The layer of enamel that covers a healthy human tooth is the hardest substance in the human body. However, like other hard objects, teeth can be damaged and eroded. Its most common form is caries, carious decay.

For oral hygiene you need:

    brush your teeth 2 times a day;

    rinse your mouth after every meal;

    be examined by a dentist at least once every 6 months;

    Replace your toothbrush at least once every 2 months.

    protect yourself from injuries most often received during sports activities and as a result of car accidents;

    eat more food that strengthens teeth and gums, and less food that weakens them (vegetables rich in fiber and calcium contribute to dental health; apples, carrots and celery, which must be chewed thoroughly, not only work the jaw muscles, improve blood flow to the teeth and gums, but also clean the surface of the teeth; peanuts and other nuts, tea, sunflower seeds, cheese, olives, if consumed after meals, can prevent tooth decay by preventing the formation of an acidic environment in the mouth);

    Avoid fatty, sticky and acid-forming foods;

3. By appearancehair They do not resemble skin in any way, although they are a modified epidermis. Hair must be washed more than once a week, and when it gets dirty, using gentle shampoos, rinse your hair with infusions of burdock, chamomile, etc. Try not to wash your hair with soap - it will become dull, as it is difficult to rinse off;

4. Main functionclothes a person - to protect his body from unfavorable external conditions and influences.

Clothing requirements . She must:

    correspond to the climatic conditions of the human environment, the nature of his work,

    have a cut that does not impede blood circulation and breathing (i.e. it should be quite loose),

    easy to clean from dust and dirt.

The material from which the clothing is made must meet the following requirements:

    thermal conductivity,

    breathability,

    hygroscopicity

    water capacity.

Hats They must also meet hygienic requirements: be light and not tight, so as not to interfere with the blood circulation of the head. For the summer period, it is advisable to make them from light, light-colored and low-thermal conductivity materials with increased breathability. For cold weather, hats made of natural fur are optimal.

Shoes It is preferable to have one made from genuine leather or created on the basis of modern proven technologies: it is not afraid of moisture, retains heat well and provides good ventilation of the foot.

The cut of shoes should fully take into account the anatomical and physiological characteristics of the foot.

Shoes should not be tight, as this can lead to the formation of calluses and ingrown toenails.

It is better to have shoes with low heels, since a high heel moves a person’s center of gravity when walking and causes overstrain of the ligaments and muscles of the leg.

Physical education and sports classes should become a habit. There are no contraindications for physical education. Currently, many different sets of physical exercises have been developed; you need to choose the most suitable sport for yourself. If you wish, you can engage in any kind of sport. The most effective for health are:

    skiing;

    swimming;

    run;

    a ride on the bicycle.

When deciding to go in for sports, you need to remember:

    physical exercises should begin with a warm-up;

    towards the end of classes it is necessary to gradually reduce the load;

    after running or fast walking, do not stand still, continue moving for another 5-6 minutes.

Dream must be strong. A healthy person falls asleep quickly and wakes up feeling fresh and invigorated.

Appetite must be good. If certain dishes cause disgust, these are clear signs of overwork or overexertion.

Physical activity improves the functioning of all vital organs.

Now let's look at some aspects of personal hygiene while hiking.

Even at home, before starting the hike, you need to take care of personal hygiene: cut your nails, wash your hair. You can get a haircut - it will be easier to wash short hair when traveling. All clothing must initially be cleanly washed and ironed.

When hiking, you should always take the opportunity to get yourself in order. While driving, you sweat and road dust and dirt stick to your skin. If you touch your face, rub your eyes and eat food with dirty hands, you can easily get inflammation of the eyes or an upset stomach.

Before eating any food, be sure to wash your hands or use special antiseptics.

If you come to a river or stream with clean running water, you need to wash your hands, face and neck well, and if you have free time, wash your feet and change your socks. After water treatments and a little rest, it will be much easier and more pleasant to continue your journey. If you plan to stop for the night near a river, you can and even need to wash all your dirty clothes and wash yourself before going to bed. You need to get into your sleeping bag clean and change into fresh linen.

There is no such thing as too much underwear and socks. When walking for a long time, socks become wet from sweat, fray and tear. This is fraught with calluses and abrasions, which will hurt, and on a long hike, if measures are not taken, they can fester. Stale laundry also negatively affects the skin, causing irritation. Therefore, we need to change them without waiting for problems.

To wash clothes, you can take a small bar of soap. You can also wash your hands and feet with it. To wash your hair, you can pour the shampoo into a small plastic bottle so as not to carry a large package.

Sometimes the trek route goes through places with scarce water. You have to carry drinking water on yourself and spending it on washing and washing will be too wasteful. In such conditions, maintaining personal hygiene is somewhat more difficult. In this case, wet wipes will come in handy. You can take one large package for several people and thoroughly wipe your body, hands, face and neck with them.

There are also antiseptic gels that can also be used to “wash” your face and hands.

You can take one toothpaste for everyone. But a toothbrush is a necessary thing. Otherwise, if you don’t brush your teeth for several days, pieces of food will remain between them, and your gums may become inflamed and your teeth will hurt. Toothache in itself is a very unpleasant thing, but there is no dentist on a hike, and you will suffer until the end of the hike or leave the route, possibly letting your comrades down.

You can cut a toothpick out of wood chips and clean the spaces between your teeth, but it’s better to take one package for everyone or use special threads.

If you still forgot your toothbrush, you can use an improvised brush made from a young tree branch. You need to peel the bark on the tip of a small stick, chew it a little and knead the tip. The wood will flake and look like a brush. This brush can be used to clean your teeth and massage your gums.

It is advisable to have a small hand towel or microfiber cloth in one of the many pockets of the backpack. After washing in a stream along the way, you won’t have to turn over your entire backpack to find the towel hidden in it.

There should also be toilet paper nearby. You should have a large handkerchief in your jacket pocket. Even if you don’t use it for its intended purpose, the thing is useful and multifunctional. You can tie it on your head, wipe your face, and wipe your glasses.

The day before the hike, you need to trim your fingernails and toenails. Everyone needs to take a small towel with them, preferably a waffle one. Don't forget your toothbrush. Those who like to save weight can be advised to use a hacksaw to halve the handle of a toothbrush. Save 9 grams. Take one toothpaste for the whole group, but to save weight, you can also take powder.

How to wash your hair while hiking

In the Khibiny we had several half-days, when you could splash around in the icy rivers.

Someone washed their hair with dry shampoo - you boil the pot over a fire (or saved gas), dilute it and it’s great. You can also plunge into icy lakes and streams, but this is more for health than for cleanliness. Individual parts of the body can easily be washed in a stream. And what’s surprising is that when brushing your teeth at home, the water flows and flows, and a 7-degree mouthwash is enough for two sips.

It’s difficult to wash your hands before eating - you climbed into the tent, just warmed up and changed clothes, but outside there was a stormy wind and it was very wet. For hand hygiene, some people use wet wipes or smear their hands with disinfectant. But it has such an unpleasant chemical smell that sometimes it’s better to spit and wipe it off with toilet paper.

By the way, do you know how to wash dishes with almost no water?
Toilet paper!

At home you rub a fairy sponge under hot water, but it doesn’t wash off, but then a drop of freshly melted glacier - voila! And why pay more?

- I don’t like the white trim of the thermal underwear, it will soon become dirty
- So this is an indicator that it’s time to wash!
- What, can you do laundry while camping?

It is possible, it is still possible and even necessary. Dirty things are not only unsightly and unpleasant, they are worse for warmth and bring a lot of trouble to the skin.

Wash them while camping with regular laundry soap, one for the whole group, one at a time. But soft water from mountain streams (without salts) washes out soap very poorly, you will have to try.

You can stuff stones into your socks or weigh your pants down with stones and throw them to the bottom in a place with a rather large current. It's risky, but in an hour everything will be clean and fresh. It takes a long time, but it doesn’t cramp my hands.

It is good practice to wash your socks every evening.
and panties and T-shirts - once every 2-4 days.

Drying on the go

Khibiny has high humidity and don’t expect your laundry to dry quickly. For example, you have three pairs of socks. One pair is for you, the other is drying, and the third is a spare pair.

Options for drying clothes while camping:

  1. It is best to dry in the wind in the sun - warm and cheerful. Or just in the wind, on the branches. Don't forget to dry your clothes in the parking lot!
  2. You can string socks on sticks and place them near the fire.
  3. In rainy weather, you can hang laundry around the tent so that it falls on the face of those sleeping or someone constantly rubs their nose into someone else’s wet socks. The downside is that small items can easily get lost in a pile of junk.
  4. The fourth option is to place damp clothing between the layers of the tent. If it doesn’t freeze to the outer layer, it will get wet from condensation, or, worse, fall to the ground. Therefore, this method is for non-urgent drying of things when it rains outside.
  5. You can also dry raw materials in a tent. On a sleeping bag. But don’t get carried away, sleeping bags don’t like that. And for down sleeping bags, contact with wet underwear is completely contraindicated.
  6. Or on yourself if you need to dry urgently. You put it on, climbed into your sleeping bag and lie there, drying it with yourself. You keep warm, the sleeping bag absorbs, the cold creeps up...
  7. Well, you can hang little things on your backpack, let the rain drip on them, branches scratch, dust fly, and socks can get lost so easily. Also an option.

Do not dry your boots close to a fire.
The melting point of some shoe adhesives is 60-80 degrees.

Feminine hygiene

Girls are very popular on the hike. They are loved in general, but especially in the mountains. “Can you imagine two tents of men? Do you understand now why we go 50/50?” Girls mean cheerful chatter and delicious food, but also certain difficulties.

They are always freezing, where it is normal for a guy - the girls are cold. That’s why the guys in the tent sit against the wall and put extra warm jackets on their girls on the passes. Cold is one thing, it can be tolerated, but harm to health is something else entirely. “Once we slept on a glacier... two foam pads, a normal sleeping bag, a down jacket on top... I don’t want to anymore. I think if a girl plans to have children in the future, she shouldn’t sleep on ice.”

Girls love cleanliness. With them, hanging unwashed socks, but damp from sweat, around the tent is somehow not comme il faut. Girls try to wash themselves at every opportunity, especially their heads. At the very least, so as not to itch. Heating water in a pot over a fire, or not heating it, depending on your luck.

Also, the weaker sex spends a lot of time on braids... And this is not even for beauty, it’s just that hair blowing out of the wind interferes with the view of the most beautiful views.

And they also get tired. Hard, sad and sad. They are brought to lighten backpacks or generally drag the last meters to the halt. In general, there is little that compares with the ease when you take off your backpack in the mountains. Wings immediately grow and you are ready to go the same distance! Until you put it on again.

But besides all this, girls also have other, hidden difficulties.

It is important for beginners to know that in the first days of menstruation, girls unload their backpack. In first aid kits, both general and personal, there are several types of painkillers and antispasmodics. And if it’s very bad, they take a day or half a day. And this is important.

Regarding hygiene, there is a simple and ingenious solution - mountain rivers and streams. Yes, the water there is cold, but it’s better than if it wasn’t there.

Well, a mountain of pads, wet and dry wipes takes up a lot of space in the backpack. And all burning garbage can be burned at the first stop, where there will be fuel. And all is well.

If you follow all the rules of operation, your girl will reach the end safe and healthy!

Happy hiking everyone!

It happened to me once to go on a hiking trip to the mountains. We were backpackers, that is, with backpacks, tents and other paraphernalia.
Of course, the beautiful landscapes, food cooked over a fire, unforgettable emotions, impressions, a lot of photographs, a breathtaking view were worth all the “sacrifices” in the form of the lack of a shower/bath and a soft feather bed, a heavy backpack and an equally difficult journey.
However, even on the hike, we girls (me, my sister and aunt) wanted to look appropriate. So now I would like to tell you how we put our hair in order in the so-called “Spartan” conditions.
Firstly, no one canceled combing my hair before washing it, so I didn’t change my long-term habit. Of course, it was not possible to pamper myself with any homemade mask in such conditions, but, as I already said, I first made sure that it would be easier to comb my hair later.
Secondly, the washing itself.
To do this, I (for my waist-length hair) needed 2 liters of water. We had three 1.5 liter bottles, so I only needed one whole bottle and 1/3 of the second bottle.
We did this: we heated water from the spring in a kettle, after which we filled each bottle with ¼ of the hot water obtained and then topped it up with cold water from the spring. The temperature turned out to be quite comfortable.
I had to wash my hair with my head down, which was unusual for me at the time, but I managed. My sister helped me: first, she wet my hair a little with a little water, and then I began to foam the shampoo on my hair. Afterwards, the rest of the water was used to wash off the foam from the shampoo from the hair.
It seems to me that the help of someone else is needed here precisely because this will allow you to use water sparingly, since from the outside it is more convenient to hold the bottle at an angle, adjust and make sure that the water pours onto your hair and not onto the ground. With two free hands, it will be convenient for you to rinse the shampoo from your hair (and foam it too).
Now I needed to dry my hair. Well, everything couldn’t be simpler here: we didn’t have dry towels (the morning dew had done its job), so we just wrung out our hair with our hands several times and went into the sun to do exercises and start picking blueberries. During these procedures, I periodically tried to untangle my hair a little with my hands, so that it would be easier to comb later.
When my hair was almost dry, I took out the leave-in oil (Yes, yes, I took it on a hike! I don’t really know why, but I threw it in my backpack automatically) and used it as usual: I applied it to the ends and a little higher.
When we ate and got ready to set off, we had to collect our hair, since in the mountains you must wear a hat. And I decided to make a bun, for some reason it seemed to me that this would make my hair a little wavy (my hair is naturally straight) and it would look good in photographs.
The result was like this, whether it turned out in the photo as I expected is up to you to judge:



And this is what my hair looked like the next day (I still kept my hair in a loose bun most of the time):



Finally, I would like to give a few recommendations from myself:
-take a very small bottle of shampoo (for as many “portions” as you need to wash your hair) – there’s no need for extra weight in your backpack on a hike
-it’s better to take a shampoo containing SLS, as it will foam easily and rinse off easily
-if your hair just can’t do without a conditioner, it’s better to pour a little oil (serum, spray) into a small container, and not, like me, carry an extra 100 ml
-if you don’t want your hair to burn out, be sure to hide your hair UNDER a headdress, it is also advisable to remove bangs, temporal strands and strands near the neck (all hair that frames your face) so that they do not bother you, since you will constantly sweat on the way and constantly straightening your hair will be inconvenient and maybe impossible

Usually for city dwellers going on a hike, one of the most pressing questions is what to do with hygiene? For many, the lack of a daily hot shower even causes them to give up the idea of ​​going on a hike. If you are not one of those people and are willing to put up with the inconvenience of hiking, read on for some helpful tips on hygiene while hiking.

Preparing for the hike

Before going on a hike, you should get a haircut, shave, and trim your fingernails and toenails. It is also recommended to visit a dentist - a sudden toothache in the mountains will not add pleasant memories to your hike.

Time to wash up while hiking

Usually hiking days are so busy that finding time to wash is not the easiest task. In the morning after breakfast, you pack your backpack and hit the road; in the evening, when you arrive at the parking lot, you only have enough strength to cook food, have dinner and go to bed.

But if, nevertheless, the desire to maintain the cleanliness of your own body prevails over fatigue, choose a time to take a shower in the evening. In the morning, before you have had time to dry completely and hit the road, you can catch a cold in the mountain wind. In the evening, after water treatments, you can warm up by the fire.

Go for water treatments when the camp has already been set up, the firewood has been collected, and the fire has been lit. If you are a fan of warm water, you will have to wait until the food is cooked. After this, you can heat the water in a clean container.

How to wash while hiking

To wash yourself on a hike, take with you:

  • a few bars of soap
  • a small, hermetically sealed shampoo package.

It is most convenient to use a plastic bottle as a container for washing. You can ask one of your fellow hikers to help you and hold the bottle.

You can purchase a special camp shower - a durable plastic bag with a nozzle from which water is sprayed. The capacity of such a package is 10-15 liters.

Take wet wipes with you - sometimes when there is no access to water, they turn out to be very useful.

How to brush your teeth while hiking

It is wrong to pollute water bodies with toothpaste, so to brush your teeth, you just need to fill a mug with water and step aside.

Toilet on the go

This important issue can be resolved simply: if there are no special toilets in the parking lot, just find a secluded place. At the same time, traces of your life activity need to be buried - think about the other tourists.

Doing laundry on the go

If you want to wash your laundry with soap, choose a place below the cooking water intake. At the same time, ask the leader of the trip if there are parking lots for other tourist groups downstream.

There is also a more environmentally friendly way of washing: just lower the clothes to the bottom of the stream and press them down with heavy stones - in a few hours they will be clean

“Hygiene is the enemy of tourists!” Have you heard this saying?

But still: “Cleanliness is the key to health.”

When going on a hike, the first thing a tourist thinks about is hygiene, which will have to be observed at least somehow in camping conditions. After all, from morning to night you will have to carry a heavy backpack over your shoulders, and by evening you will want to go into your sleeping bag clean. The main thing is that from all this walking, by the evening you don’t lose the desire to keep yourself clean.

In the summer it's not difficult at all.

Every parking lot has at least some water. Either it's a stream, or a river, or something else. It will be easy to wash yourself after a hard day of walking.

The most convenient option is wet wipes. In the modern world, this is an irreplaceable thing. But for example, on a winter hike in the Carpathians it is problematic to use them. They freeze. And in order to somehow wipe your face, you have to warm it up in your pocket.

A very convenient thing is face lotion (this applies primarily to girls). An irreplaceable thing. Helps keep facial skin clean and toned.

Sunscreen is required for summer hikes. If you are afraid of burning, or are protecting your skin from premature aging, then you should definitely use it.

There is enough soap on the hike. If you plan to wash not only with it, then it is best to take shampoo as an alternative. It is suitable for both washing and washing things. But you don’t need to take a huge bottle, as this will affect the weight of the backpack. A small amount of this liquid is enough to ensure a comfortable existence on a hike.

Other personal hygiene items are at your discretion.

If you wish, you can also not only be clean while hiking, but also look beautiful. This depends only on the person himself.

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