6 Health checks to do before Valentine's Day

We have compiled these safety precautions to practice during Valentine's Day merry-making because love can be blind. Without caution, Cupid's arrow can leave you with health issues, both temporary and irreversible.

Read on for health cautions to watch.

1. Excess sugar or sodium intake

A bit of dark chocolate is healthy, but too much sugar or salt can throw off your sugar levels and is downright dangerous for diabetics. Valentine's is synonymous with chocolate and romantic dinner dates at restaurants. However, this is no reason to overindulge.

It may be better for you to enjoy a healthy home-cooked meal balanced with fruit and veggies. This is because restaurant meals are usually loaded with fat and salt.

Overconsumption can also leave you feeling sick, and fatigued and beat down your energy levels.

2. Binging on alcoholic beverages

Practice moderation while drinking whether it's champagne, wine, or beer, among other intoxicants. Intoxication has immediate and long-term effects that are harmful to your health or increase your risk of getting health issues.

3. Travels risks

Planning a romantic getaway? Ensure you get your medication, first aid kit, vaccination, mosquito repellent, sanitary pads, and other items or documents you might need. Follow safety and hygiene procedures and protocols. Refrain from drinking or texting while driving or swimming.

4. Disease and infections spread

This is the day to get as close as possible to cuddle, kiss, touch, hang out, and get intimate in strange and normal places. But if someone is sick, find other means to spread love. Always use latex condoms against unintended pregnancies and STDs. Take care to sanitise and keep a safe distance while taking care of a sick partner suffering from the cold or flu.

5. Fire hazards

Cooking with bae, and candlelight dinners, are romantic but it could be more than love sparks between you that go flying. Watch flames, electric and gas usage.

6. Allergies and unsafe meals

Proper food storage of leftovers, handling online food orders carefully, watch out for foods that you or your partner might be allergic to, especially in restaurants. Take caution while trying out new foods because they might trigger allergies or upset the digestive system. Make sure gifts are free from pet fur, pollen, and dust, and be cautious with stuffed animals, because all these may trigger allergies.

Takeaway

Valentine's Day is a day of expressing love, and perhaps this means that we should be more careful or as careful as every other day. Health always comes first before surprises, intimacy, and fun.