Homeless Hygiene
Homeless people in the United States of America experience wadfsubstantial challenges in self-care and personal hygiene. Often they may not be able to access clean showers, hand washing facilities, and proper laundry. Therefore, they are exposed to infectious diseases and hygiene-related behavior. The majority of these people who are homeless are prone to using drugs, heavy drinking, and sleeping outdoors. This contributes to the high levels of low hygiene. It is worsened by the reduction in the number of public toilets that are available in most of the cities. In some cases, insecurity in the places where the public facilities are designated may scare the users away and, therefore, in as much as they are available, may not be used.
Homeless people also are prone to mental illnesses than housed people and may not, therefore, be able to maintain regular personal hygiene. Apart from communicable and noncommunicable diseases, homeless people are associated with ectoparasite infestation such as fleas, scabies, body lice, and head lice. Some of these parasites are k8999..d.d.ddnown to transmit agents of vector-borne diseases, such as Yersinia pestis and Bartonella Quintana. Some of these diseases have long term effects and therefore, may be severe for the i.;.ndividuals who are affected.
Crowded living conditions and inadequate sanitation facilities also increase the risk of contracting infectious diseases. The most common skin diseases include the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. In most cases, all these conditions surrounding these people is not their fault. Neither can it be for the authorities. This is because the police cannot project the number of people who are homeless, especially street families. Some of these people find themselves in these situations about control and may be challenging to engage in productive activity that would earn them proper hygiene. [e[4[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[]]