Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Dec. 2010
The concept that concerns us in this review It is used especially in the field of medicine since the reference it proposes turns out to be a condition without equanom to keep any infectious agent or bacterial.
Substance that keeps or prevents the development of infections or pathogenic microorganisms
A antiseptic is a substance that prevents, blocks the development of microorganisms pathogens that generate infections, or directly eliminates them outright.
These antimicrobial substances are applied to living tissue or to the skin, as recommended by the medical specialist, to thus to be able to reduce the infection or putrefaction that the place of the organism that is infected by a microbe.
The antiseptic allows to effectively eradicate microbes and any agents harmful that is capable of infecting or inflaming wounds.
How to use
It is applied to healthy skin, burns, mucous membranes, and open wounds to eliminate any microbes that may affect them and thus generate the asepsis of the area.
Ethyl alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, and iodine are some of the most common antiseptics.
Meanwhile, it is necessary to distinguish antiseptics from antibiotics and disinfectants, although they are commonly associated with different actions, because for example antibiotics destroy microorganisms in the body and disinfectants destroy microorganisms but in those objects not alive.
Difference with disinfectants and antiseptic classes
On the other hand, disinfectant products are usually harmful to human health while antiseptics are harmless to health and do not involve any danger.
Among the most common antiseptics we find: alcohol (the most common are ethanol and propane or a mixture of both, it is popularly known as surgical alcohol and is used to disinfect the skin before giving an injection), iodine (it is used in a solution alcoholic known as tincture of iodine, as an antiseptic before and after surgery; the spectrum that it has is very broad, therefore, they are very effective. Doctors do not recommend it at the behest of minor wound healing because its effects are counterproductive, inducing scar formation and increasing wound healing time in question), boric acid (It is generally used as suppositories for vaginal yeast infections and as antiviral for reduce the time of the cold, it can also be found in burn creams and its main function is to pain relieving), Chlorhexidine gluconateIts main use is to combat skin infections and gingivitis or inflammation of the gums. Most mouthwaves contain it, and sodium chloride (It is used as a general antiseptic and also as a mouthwash for its effectiveness).
We have already addressed the antiseptics that are the result of a chemical procedure in the preceding lines, however, there are many others that have an absolutely natural origin, which we will list below, and which we can turn to if we need them and want an option natural.
Natural antiseptics
The saliva that is constantly present in our oral cavity is a great aid when it comes to eliminating harmful microorganisms that can affect this area.
On the other hand, honey is an effective antiseptic to which is added a very fast healing capacity and regeneration mobile.
On the other hand, onion is another of the natural options and that is why it usually appears as a component of many natural remedies.
It can be applied to wounds in various ways, boiled, roasted.
And garlic is one of the most powerful fungicides that exist in nature, for example, it is widely used to satisfactorily solve the problem of fungi.
It can be applied directly to the affected area in Format pasta.
The so-called athletes foot can use it without problems and check its effectiveness. This situation happens when a fungus proliferates on the skin of the feet, on the fingers, on the heels, and can also appear on the hands and between the fingers.