Consequences of Washing Hands To Protect Against Coronavirus (COVID- 19)

Background: Respiratory viruses like coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread when mucus or dropletscontaining the virus get into your body through your eyes, nose or throat. Most often, this happens throughyour hands. Hands also are one among the foremost common ways in which the virus spreads from oneperson to subsequent. During a worldwide pandemic, one among the most cost-effective, easiest, and mostvital ways to stop the spread of an epidemic is to scrub your hands frequently with soap and water1. But theremay be mild to moderate skin reactions related to hand hygiene.Objective: To find out the consequences of repeated washing of hands to protect against coronavirus(COVID-19).Methods: 106 candidates were asked by questionnaire to fill 20 different questions related to time, duration,frequency and consequences of hand wash they are feeling.Result: The result of this study supports that 56% of people who are washing their hands at least 25-100times a day are suffering from skin dryness.Conclusion: study suggests that repeated or frequent washing of hands can cause dryness and crack skin ofhands even in individuals with no history of skin diseases