Influencing health

Influencing health

Health is one's responsibility .If a person is cautious about his own health, it will be a boon for that person. If we are cautious about our own health it will be a good reward, but if we neglect it, it will bring punishment for us. As a matter of fact, health of and individual depends upon certain factors and conditions. One of the factors,i.e., biological factor cannot be changed up to some extent. The various factors, which are given below, influence the health of an individual:

1. Biological factors
2.  Environmental factors
3. Socio-cultural factors
4.  Personal factors

Biological factors

Hereditary factors and biological factors are same because hereditary is the totally of biological e transmitted factors that influence the structure of our body. Our constitution of body and health are determined partly by hereditary and partly by environment. Hereditary plays a significant role in the formation of personality. Hereditary refers to what we are born with point some of the individuals are born with a strong constitution and some of the individuals are born with a weak constitution. The individuals comma with strong constellation, are able to strive hard but some individuals may be born with physical mental or emotional deformities or weaknesses. These individuals are not able to do hard work.

       At the time of conception, two living germ cells ( the sperm from the father and the ovum (egg) from the mother ) unite to produce new individual. The male and female germ cells are called gametes and the single cell, which is formed at the moment of conception, is called the zygote. Both, the egg and the sperm contain tiny thread like structures called chromosomes point each chromosome is made up of long molecule of DNA. These molecules are the bearers of heredity. The genes determine physical and mental characters of the coming generation like colour of the skin, blood type, yeah, constitution of the body, intelligence, height, colour of eyes, etc. If genes are healthy, then most probably offspring will be healthy. But, sometimes, mutation in genes can do a great change and these are usually for the worse.

Environmental factors

    Anatomically and psychologically, humans have changed very little during the last 20 or 30 thousand years . Men has change due to environmental factors. Environment refers to what we acquire after birth but studies also indicate the effect or influence of environment before birth. They say that child in the womb is influenced by internal and external environment of the mother. Environmental factors play a vital role in the the development of health of an individual. They are two types of environment.

  Internal Environment.

       Internal environment is related to the condition inside the human body. This condition are produced by the functioning of our organ system . internal environment is maintained at a constant level search as the composition of of blood, body Fluids and body temperature are kept constant in a healthy individual. But sometimes, due to ailment, internal environment cannot be maintained at a constant level. To keep it at a constant level, one will have to take treatment. The internal environment plays a minor role in the development of health in compression to external environment.

External environment.

   The external environment can be subdivided into two types of environment:

Physical environment.

  Physical environment includes climate, living space for house in food supplies, disease, germs, water, and other aspect of natural world surrounding and individual. Persons live under diverse conditions of climate, natural resources, on different attitudes and in various density of population. All this condition influence health of the people.
 social information
   It is related to the social life of a person search a customs, traditions, Civilization and its organisation. Customs and tradition also influence health. There are certain customs and traditions of many countries which are beneficial in improving the health.

Socio cultural factors

Socio cultural factors include not only individuals and group but also customs, values and the man made object. Different societies have different language, values, family and social structure from our religious beliefs and rituals, economic standard and ignorance. Health indirectly influenced by these factors.

Personal factors

   Personal factors also play an important role in maintaining or improving health. If we do not care about this factors, we cannot improve our health. Physical exercise, balanced diet, personal hygiene, enough sleep, good conditions of occupation, positive attitude towards life are certain factors, leech are beneficial for maintenance and improvement of health. We should also believe in this proverb: prevention is better than cure.
    Hence, it can be alluded that all these factor, that is biological, environmental, socio culture and personal factors influence the health of an individual.