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Hygiene and Medical Issues in WW1
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Hygiene and Medical Issues During WW1
Hygiene and Medical Issues in WW1
There are many hygiene and medical issues that took place during World War 1. Lice, trench mouth, trench foot, and field hospitals were four of the many hygiene and medical issues that occurred in WW1.
Since World War 1 our world has seen many changes. Changes in treatments for sicknesses, changes in health, and changes in technology. Medical and hygiene issues in the 21st century are slowly decreasing because the doctors,mechanics, and technicians we have now have the knowledge that eliminate some issues for good.
This is an example of a field hospital
Field Hospitals
When a soldier was sick, wounded, or infected they were sent to a field hospital. These hospitals were only hundreds of feet from battle ground and only tents that housed about a thousand beds. The problem with that was since many soldiers were getting sick or injured, many soldiers didn't have room to stay in the hospitals. The sick soldiers had to wait until more room was available to get treated.
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Lice
Lice was a major hygiene problem in WW1. Lice is estimated that up to 97 percent of all soldiers fighting in WW1 were infested with lice. Lice could only thrive in warm conditions such as the warmth made by the clothing the men had on. This caused more and more soldiers to get lice. Lice could also infected the soldiers and make them sick. The way that the soldiers got rid of lice was taking a lit candle and melting the lice os of there clothes and skin.
This is a picture of soldiers picking lice off of there body
Trench Mouth
Trench Foot
The word ''trench mouth'' comes from WW1. during WW1 thousands of soldiers were infected with trench mouth. Trench mouth is a disease that was caused by unbalanced bacteria in the mouth. Other causes were emotional stress, bad oral health, and poor nutrition. This disease caused the gums to swell and sometimes caused teeth to fall out. One way that trench mouth could be treated was salt water.
Many soldiers fighting in WW1 suffered from trench foot. Trench foot is an infection of the feet . this was caused by cold, wet, and unsanitary conditions. Treatments for trench foot could be treated by changing socks every few hours. If trench foot was not treated this could led to amputation of the feet.
This is an example of trench mouth
This is an example of trench foot