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… all areas of your feet, including between your toes. Use a hand-held mirror or a magnifying mirror attached to the wall … Diabetes: Protecting Your Feet Diabetes: Steps for Foot-Washing Diabetes: Taking Care of Your Feet Current … all areas of your feet, including between your toes. Use a hand-held mirror or a magnifying mirror attached to the wall …
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… warmer. Make sure that anyone preparing or serving food is handling the food properly (e.g. servers have hand-washing stations). Use single use plastic dishes and …
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… not try cooking frozen or partially frozen meat Wash your hands thoroughly before preparing food, after handling raw meat, and after using the toilet as E.coli can …
Healthy eating
… to teach about food safety. Remind children to wash their hands before and after preparing food, to wash vegetables …
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… skin where it bit you. In most cases, removing the tick, washing the site of the bite, and watching for signs of … after a tick bite. It may cause tingling and numbness in hands or feet, double vision, and trouble swallowing. In … or loss of feeling or movement that starts in your hands or feet. Trouble swallowing or talking. Double vision. …
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… is bleeding, do the following: If available, wash your hands with soap and water and put on disposable gloves. If … bags, or the cleanest material available between your hands and the wound. Have the injured person lie down and … is bleeding, do the following: If available, wash your hands with soap and water and put on disposable gloves. If …
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… (front) Clap your child's back or chest with your cupped hand quickly and rhythmically. This loosens the mucus, … the area with thin clothing or a cloth. Bend your hand at the wrist and form a cup . When you clap, you should … hollow "popping" sound. If you hear a slapping sound, your hand is not cupped enough. You may safely clap over the …
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… Some people carry a towel around with them because their hands are always wet with sweat. For these people, sweating … a weak electric current through your skin. You place your hands or feet into shallow trays of water while the current … areas that are causing problems, such as the armpits or the hands. The Botox temporarily blocks the nerves that make you …
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… drainage. Touching an infected eye leaves drainage on your hand. If you touch your other eye or an object when you have drainage on your hand, you can spread the virus or bacteria. Follow these … tips to help prevent the spread of pink eye: Wash your hands before and after you touch your eyes or face or use …
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… contact with people in your home. You'll need to wash your hands often and disinfect surfaces that you touch. And be … contact with people in your home. You'll need to wash your hands often and disinfect surfaces that you touch. And be …