Physical activity of children in most cases is accompanied by various injuries. Most often these are bruises, cuts, violation of the integrity of the skin. The wound must be treated with a disinfectant, which includes hydrogen peroxide.
What is hydrogen peroxide
A drug from the group of antiseptics, hydrogen peroxide (or peroxide) has a disinfecting and deodorizing effect. In medicine, hydrogen peroxide is used in the form of a 3% solution. They are given rinsing and rinsing for angina, stomatitis, gynecological diseases. As a disinfectant, hydrogen peroxide is used to rinse fresh wounds.
The liquid is poured around and inside the wound, after which a reaction occurs with a characteristic hiss and the release of a grayish foam.
You can use peroxide to treat wounds in children. True, its effect causes a not very pleasant, painful tingling sensation in the child. There is a good antiseptic that will not pinch, this is chlorhexidine bigluconate. It is used to treat wounds in very young children. Older guys are calm about both hydrogen peroxide and brilliant green, so you can treat the wounds with both.
How to treat a wound for a child
The first thing to do is rinse the wound. Moreover, it is not recommended to do this with plain water, as this can cause an infection, and this is precisely what must be avoided. If there is contamination around the wound, try to remove it with boiled water and laundry soap. In this case, it is important not to touch the wound itself. The wound is directly treated with an antiseptic - chlorhexidine or hydrogen peroxide. You can also use a weak solution of potassium permanganate or furacilin to wash the wound. After washing with hydrogen peroxide, you need to carefully remove the resulting grayish foam, and then treat the wound with an antiseptic. This is the most unpleasant moment for the child, because antiseptics can "pinch" a lot, so make sure that the baby does not break out and try to calm him down.
As an antiseptic, you can use alcohol or alcohol solutions of brilliant green and fucorcin. It is not recommended to treat the wound with iodine, it can burn the damaged tissue, therefore it is applied only to the edges of the wound, making sure that it does not get inside.
A good disinfecting effect is given by such preparations as "Eplan", tea tree oil and "Rescuer" balm. In field conditions, it can happen that the child is injured, but there are no antiseptics at hand. In this case, you can make a strong solution of table salt (a tablespoon in a glass of water), moisten a clean cloth in it and apply to the wound.
