The first time I had typhoid was in year 2014 as it was due to the water I was drinking in the college. I had no other option than taking water from the well to drink, not knowing the risk I was putting myself into. The sickness was accumulating in my body until the very day it shot out. I had no idea it was caused by the water I was consuming. I would be purging and at the same time vomiting while in the toilet until I was rushed to the hospital where I was diagnosed with typhoid and malaria due to the water. It was then I started being careful with the water I took into my body.
Image belongs to meWater is an important necessity of life and one we cannot do without. Not taking a glass of water daily is a problem. Lack of drinking water causes dehydration, also, taking unclean water causes other ailments like diarrhoea, typhoid and other diseases.
My aunt taught me a process of taking care of water for drinking and that was boiling. Staying with my aunt for many years, I got to learn how to take care of water especially one we drink into the body system. She started by buying Cway bottled water at first as we believed it to be the purest water as it is being treated properly before selling it out to people. But after two years, she couldn't afford it as it became expensive and aside from that, the big bottle doesn't last for a week and it was a big issue for her. Then, she resorted to boiling water to minimise spending.
She would fetch it from the well, then boil it and go through another process called filtering. Boiling water alone doesn't make it pure or clean unless one goes through the process of filtering which is done by removing some particles by using a filter whose holes are tightly covered to avoid dirty from coming out while in the process. So, when we boil the water, we allow it to cool then filter it and it is ready to drink as we would gather in different small bottles and arrange in a refrigerator.
This continued until I was no longer staying with her. When I got to the university again, I returned to drinking from the well as I saw it to be clean. This was because I couldn't continue to afford sachet/pure water which doesn't last me due to people coming to take every time. On days I have the money, I buy a bag of pure water which only last 4 days and on other days, I take water from the well. This happened for several months until the typhoid came back. I spent over 40k at the hospital receiving drips, injections and medicines.
Most times, one thing that made me notice water that isn't good is its odour. There are some sachet water that isn't treated well by the company while some due to it being produced for a long time would start to smell, but as students, we never mind as we just wanted to quench our thirst and especially going for cheaper bags. When the sickness happened, I stopped taking pure or sachet water from the well. I bought the idea from my big sister when she told me to get cway bottled water just like my aunt while promising to send some money to me as her contribution.
Image belongs to meI was drinking this water for 3 years until I left where I schooled for my degree studies. I never drank sachet water, and on days I travelled, I went for bottled water which doesn't cost much. I believed the Cway bottled water was always treated with caution and was a good alternative to sachet water or any kind of water and ever since then, I never had issue with an unclean water or sickness.
Today, I am more than careful of the water I take. While serving in this town, I couldn't find where they sell cway bottled water and so, resorted to buying bags of sachet water which after thorough research got to know that the company that produces the water is trusted and clean. I have been drinking this water for 4 months now and nothing has happened.
Although, a disease will not generate out immediately but would be piling up in the body system until it comes out which could cause serious sickness, I hope nothing happens because the water is very clean and pure. I could have been boiling the water but not when the price of gas is expensive and one is also trying to manage finance. Still, this isn't an excuse not to take clean water for your health.
In summary, ways to detect unclean water are the odour, how long it has stayed and its colour change. Ways of treating water to make it clean and healthy to drink are through boiling, filtering, the addition of water purification tablets, etc but the common ones are the first two I mentioned which are very effective.
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Like seriously water does a lot in our lives and that is why we must be careful of the kind of water we drink, one of my sister's body always reacts to water immediately so she always treats her water at home.
And I took that habit from her as well, a lot of people don't know how important it is to drink good water.
I could remember when the well water I was using to bathe reacted on my body. For weeks, I was itching my body and private parts, it wasn't something funny. I started using dettol to treat myself. Drinking good water is very important.
As important water is to humans, it's necessary we are very cautious of the kind of water we drink. It's good you find a means of getting water that is safe to drink
Yes, water is important and we must be cautious of the water we drink.
Princess, how will you be drinking water from well 🤦🤦
What kind of well are we talking about here? In my father's house, mum built a well and the inside is plastered with cement ..is that the type to urs? My sister...those days of drinking well water at home..we were also drinking cement indirectly 🤦... and spending money in the hospital as well
Now we all know better
What we send on drinking water alone this days is enough to pay school fees but good health is everything
Don't mind me jare 🤣🤣 na low level poverty then. But now, how dare me to drink well water? Lol
Our own well then, it was built with mud, imagine drinking muddy water 🤣🤣 life then sucked but thank God today.
Yes, good health is everything, no excuse for not spending money to get the necessary needs to stay healthy
I like that part where you say you have to do research on the company. And it's true, since that is vital. Even going to more than one source. I'm glad your health is better. Regards @princessbusayo
Yes, I was able to research on the new water and was more than convinced it's good. Thank you for reading.
I think those other students coming to take water every now and then is just everywhere. I resorted to pure water because if I went miles to fetch water inside a gallon and carry it home. Some will even take it to brush their teeth 😂. Now come and take pure water to brush your teeth and I won’t know.
🤣🤣 There was this guy who uses pure water to brush every morning. Lol. Rich kids everywhere.
Good water is important.
I think those other students coming to take water every now and then is just everywhere. I resorted to pure water because if I went miles to fetch water inside a gallon and carry it home. Some will even take it to brush their teeth 😂. Now come and take pure water to brush your teeth and I won’t know.
I am really glad that you realised how important clean water is for us. Please let us know if you have tried any other methods for safe water somehow
Yea, drinking good water is very important.
Yeah, you are very correct. Unclean water have this bad odour that helps me dictate it immediately. It is very important to make sure our drinking water is clean for our own good.
Thanks for sharing
Yes, drinking good water is for our own good and health. Thank you for reading
Hello there, Princess. The importance of water cannot be overemphasized. Water is beautiful. Water is life. 71 percent of Earth contains water, but this doesn't mean we can just drink any type of Water. We need to be really careful.
I can't relate to this, because I've never had typhoid. But I understand how it is. A friend of mine had it just because she drank tap water.
Thanks for sharing, Princess.
Yes, just because the Earth contains water does not mean we can drink any kind of it, we must take steps in making sure we consume clean water for our health.
Thank you for reading and leaving an amazing comment as usual 👍👋
True clean water is an absolute necessity. Thanks for sharing your experiences and options there are for clean water.
Cheers from a fellow #dreemerforlife
Dirty and unclean water might really have a cause in some disease and should always be avoided
#dreemerforlife#
Good water is really essential to our lives. I can't imagine how you really felt spending such amount because of bad water.
It's good you're taking caution now.
#dreemerforlife.
It's good to always take clean water. One that has been purified. We can also do so ourselves using any methods of our choice.
#dreemerforlife