Very many people are interested in such a drug as the drug "Chlorhexidine." How to gargle with this medication? Where and for what else is it used? These and other questions regarding the presented medicinal product will be answered in detail below.
What is Chlorhexidine?
For the throat, this medication is used very often. After all, it is an antiseptic that shows particular activity against vegetative forms of gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms, as well as yeast, herpes virus, dermatophytes, and sexually transmitted infections. At elevated body temperature, such a drug also acts on bacterial spores. In addition, it is able to disinfect and cleanse the skin without causing damage.
Indications for use
Gargling with Chlorhexidine (for tonsillitis, gingivitis, stomatitis, aphthae, periodontitis, alveolitis, postoperative patient care in the dental and ENT departments) is not the only indication for the use of this medication. After all, such a drug is very often used as a solution for processing the hands of surgeons, medical staff and the surgical field itself before manipulations. In addition, it is used to treat wounds, burns, disinfect the patient’s skin, wash eyes, etc.
Purpose of application
What is gargling for? Chlorhexidine has been treating diseases such as tonsillitis, gingivitis and tonsillitis for decades. It should be noted that sore throat is a fairly common occurrence in modern man. Moreover, such a sensation may occur not only due to the above diseases, but also because of allergies.
When there is a lot of dust in a room where a person stays for a long time, this quickly leads to sore throat. At such moments, many begin to think about what needs to be done to help their body cope with an unpleasant phenomenon. After all, if you do not treat such a disease on time, then in the future it can cause a number of serious complications that will require more serious therapy. That is why experts recommend gargling with Chlorhexidine. After all, this drug is able to remove most of the pathogens in just a few days, thereby relieving the patient’s condition.
Why is it better to use this medicine?
The drug "Chlorhexidine" for the throat (instructions for using this tool are always located on the bottle or enclosed in a cardboard package) is considered very effective in the fight against tonsillitis and other inflammatory processes of the tonsils and tonsils. It should also be noted that some patients give their preference to him, rather than such a popular remedy as Miramistin. Consumers make such a choice not only because the Chlorhexidine preparation is much cheaper than the aforementioned drug, but also because it affects pathogens much more effectively.
In addition to fans, this tool also has opponents - those who for one reason or another almost never get it. However, the drug has repeatedly proved its effectiveness in many situations.
Caution when using
Why do some people find the drug Chlorhexidine dangerous? Everyone knows how to gargle with this remedy, but not everyone knows the information that when ingested, it can cause severe intoxication. Moreover, if this happens to a pregnant woman, the consequences can be extremely sad. Of course, nothing terrible will happen from one small sip. However, it is better to warn yourself and use this medication to gargle with extreme caution.
Important!
What are the specific instructions for using Chlorhexidine? Gargling (instructions for the use of this tool will be presented later) should be carried out with 0.2 or 0.5% solutions. For dilution of the concentrated product, distilled water, glycerin or alcohol should be used. In the event that you need to treat deep wounds or burns, then you need to make a sterile solution.
It should also be noted that the drug "Chlorhexidine" is able to maintain its activity even in the presence of organic substances or blood impurities. But you can not allow it to get on the mucous membranes of the eye (with the exception of special dosage forms that are intended for washing them).
So, we examined the drug "Chlorhexidine." Almost everyone knows how to gargle with this tool. But not everyone knows that such a solution is incompatible with soap and detergents that contain an anionic group (sodium lauryl sulfate, saponins and sodium carboxymethyl cellulose). It should also be noted that this medication can be used simultaneously with preparations containing a cationic group (benzalkonium chloride and cetrimonium bromide).
The solution "Chlorhexidine bigluconate": instructions for use (gargle)
According to many doctors, rinsing the mouth and throat with this tool quite effectively helps with various inflammatory manifestations, especially with tonsillitis, pharyngitis, stomatitis, tonsillitis and gingivitis. In order for such a drug to bring only benefit and contribute to your recovery, it is advisable to adhere to the following rules during its use:
- For irrigation of the oral cavity and gargling, it is recommended to use only 0.2 and 0.5% aqueous solutions of this agent.
- Before using it directly, you must first clean the interdental spaces and teeth of the remnants of food with a special floss or brush.
- After the oral cavity is cleaned, it is recommended to rinse thoroughly with ordinary warm water.
- Next, in the mouth you need to fill in a solution of "Chlorhexidine" in the amount of one large spoon. Rinse the drug with the oral cavity for about 30 seconds, after which it needs to be spat out in the sink.
- After such a treatment procedure, the patient is not recommended to eat and drink for two hours.
What is the duration of treatment with Chlorhexidine? The use (gargling) of this agent can be prolonged until the patient notices signs of improvement in his condition. For a more effective result, it is recommended to use such a solution twice a day (after breakfast and dinner). If the patient is tormented by intolerable sore throats, then these procedures must be carried out three or four times a day. Exceeding this norm is not recommended, since the patient may experience side effects in the form of dryness and itching of the skin, stickiness of the hands, dermatitis, staining of teeth, disturbances in taste perception, etc.
What to do if the drug accidentally enters the stomach?
Quite often, patients accidentally swallow Chlorhexidine. How to gargle with this tool, you now know. But what if he got inside the body? In such situations (especially when a large amount of medication was swallowed), you should immediately rinse your stomach with ordinary drinking water and drink black activated charcoal, based on every ten kilograms of a person’s weight, one tablet. If such an absorbent was not found in your home medicine cabinet, then you can safely use burnt magnesia. However, before it (two large spoons) it is required to dilute 200 ml of ordinary water.
Can it be used to treat children?
Up to five years, the child is strictly forbidden to prescribe the drug “Chlorhexidine”. For the throat (for children), it is suitable only from the age of 7. But in this case, this medication should be used with extreme caution. After all, a child can easily swallow it. In order to avoid getting the drug into the baby's body, parents should control the entire rinse process. By the way, for children it is advisable to use only 0.1 or 0.2% solution. Otherwise, such a treatment procedure is no different from the method of use for adults.
Can pregnant women use it?
Despite the fact that in pregnant women such a disease as angina manifests itself much more often than in ordinary people, it is highly not recommended to use the Chlorhexidine solution for gargling with it. But if you can’t do without such a drug, then treatment procedures should be carried out only after a personal consultation with a doctor.
Among other things, this medication is undesirable for nursing mothers and those patients who have an increased sensitivity to the main components of the drug.
Other applications
Due to its ability to penetrate into the deeper layers of the skin and remain in them for a long time, having a healing effect, the solution presented is very often used in cosmetology to combat acne and other problems. The main advantage of Chlorhexidine is that it does not leave any damage to the skin. In this regard, it is often used to disinfect hands.
It should also be noted that such a drug is actively used in gynecology. The properties of this medication made it possible to use it in the prevention of many diseases, among which we can especially distinguish such as chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. Thus, after the end of the unprotected act (genital), it is necessary to rinse the urethra with a 0.05% solution of Chlorhexidine, and also treat it with the surface of the skin located around the genitals.