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Dressing

This is a season to have an extra layer on, usually in the mornings when it is very cold you might want
to wear a singlet or undershirt under their clothes. Also have a sweater handy at all times and they

can dress up or down as the weather gets hotter during the day.

For the girls, please ensure that their hair is made and to keep it moisturized. You might want to let

them spend more time in the house at this time to protect them from the dry, dusty air during
Harmattan.

Deal with Cracked Skin

 Dip black teabags into lukewarm water, when it is warm, place it over the lips.

 Honey is very useful when it comes to broken lips. Apply it to the broken lips and leave it there.
Good it is sweet, trust the children will come for more.

 You can also use shea butter. Avoid using lip balms meant for adults as much as you can as children
can lick these]

Health

 It is common place to experience excessive sneezing, cough, catarrh and even nasal bleeding.

Any pre existing chronic chest infection like asthma should be dealt with special precaution by reducing

exposure to the dusty atmosphere, in addition they should have their inhaler with them all the times.)

 The harmattan also triggers sickle cell crisis in those with sickle cell anaemia. Oxygen in blood is

usually reduced in extremes of temperatures, like cold. Thus, patients with Sickle cell anaemia should

be take precaution and keep warm as much as possible to prevent a crisis.

 Prompt treatment of respiratory symptoms like cough, catarrh, and others is important so it does

not lead to a secondary infection.

 Asthma patients should be cautious. They tend to have more attacks because harmattan carries

dust, pollen grains and other allergenic materials capable of triggering attacks.

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