A very effective and cheap antimicrobial is chlorhexidine bigluconate, which has found application in almost all fields of medicine due to its exceptional antibacterial properties. Today, let's talk about how this medication is useful in the treatment of any ailments.
How does chlorhexidine bigluconate work?
Being an antiseptic of local bactericidal action, the drug is able to change the cell membrane of the microorganism, which entails the death of the bacterium.
To chlorhexidine bigluconate are sensitive:
- Trichomonas vaginalis - causative agent of trichomoniasis;
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae - a causative agent of gonorrhea;
- Chlamidia spp - chlamydia that cause conjunctivitis, sex and intestinal infectious diseases, ornithosis, etc .;
- Bacteroides fragilis - causative agents of anaerobic infections: sinusitis, middle ear inflammation, oral infections, inflammatory diarrhea, necrotic pneumonia, abscesses;
- Treponema pallidum - the causative agent of syphilis;
- Gardnerella vaginalis - causes gardnerellez in women, men in 10% of cases are carriers of infection.
The activity of the drug against such microorganisms as Proteus spp, Ureaplasma spp and Pseudomonas spp, which are found in infections of the genitourinary system, has also been revealed.
Spores of fungi and viruses (excluding herpes ) to the drug are stable.
The use of chlorhexidine bigluconate in dentistry
The drug is widely used by dentists for disinfection of the oral cavity in the treatment of gingivitis, periodontitis, stomatitis (concentration 0.05% or 0.1%, rinsing three times a day).
It is appropriate to use chlorhexidine bigluconate for mouthwash if it is not possible to brush teeth for any reason. The drug, however, leaves a yellow coating on the tooth enamel, so use it preferably in a diluted form. Effectively wash this tool and dentures.
Dentists also resort to the help of chlorhexidine bigluconate when washing the dural gingival canals, abscesses, fistulas and after patchwork on the periodontium.
The use of chlorhexidine bigluconate in gynecology
This antiseptic is irreplaceable in the treatment of the reproductive tract after operations. Chlorhexidine bigluconate is effective as a means of preventing sexually transmitted diseases: with a 0.05% concentration preparation, the vagina (5-10 ml) and the urinary canal (1 - 2 ml) are immediately treated after unprotected contact, as well as the external genitalia, thighs.
When inflammation of the urinary tract shows the use of chlorhexidine bigluconate concentration 0.05% 1 - 2 times a day: the drug is injected into the urinary canal for 2 to 3 ml for 10 days.
The use of chlorhexidine bigluconate against acne
The drug proved to be very effective in the treatment of acne: it is treated with wounds around the removed pustules. So the infection does not get inside, and the pimple heals.
Treat each rash pointwise, but wipe chlorhexidine bigluconate, large areas of the skin are not recommended, since the product can cause dryness and peeling.
It is effective to accurately treat the pimples every day before using the main product from acne (cream, gel).
Other ways of using chlorhexidine bigluconate
ENT doctors prescribe this antiseptic for the prevention of postoperative infections (rinsing or irrigation twice a day, 0.1% or 0.05%).
Solutions 0.05%, 0.02% or 0.5% are effective in the treatment of open wounds, burns: irrigation and application (1 - 3 minutes) do three times a day.
Surgeons use chlorhexidine bigluconate (20%) with ethyl alcohol (70%) in a 1:40 ratio for disinfection of the operating field.