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HomeSurvivalHealth, Hygiene, Illness, Injury

Health, Hygiene, Illness, Injury

Personal hygiene and health topics - what to use for toilet paper, toothbrush, etc, etc

Soap - ideas from various sources about soap and washing

Insect Repellents - ideas from various sources about insect repellents

Rabies - A layman's explanation - by Mike Pedde

Snakebite

Buzzworms - by Jim Lowery, Earth Skills, from In the Tracks of the Tracker magazine, Winter-Spring 1994

Heat - by Seth Recarde, from True Tracks, Summer-Fall 1996

Lyme Disease - some information on this potentially debilitating disease that outdoors people are exposed to

See also the Vision section of this website - good vision is part of personal health
See also the Water section of this website - pure water will help to keep you healthy
See also the Food section of this website - good food is essential to staying alive and healthy
See also the Shelter section of this website - shelter will prevent hypothermia
See also the Clothing section of this website - ditto for clothing