Silver in medicine

Silver - a metal capable of killing pathogens. Thus, by storing water in silver vessels or just in contact with the silver, the tiny particles of silver (ions) pass into solution and kill pathogens. This water is not spoiled for a long time and do not "bloom." This property of silver has been known before our era: the soldiers used silver vessels to store drinking water during long military campaigns, bibs worn by Roman legionaries and elbow of silver plates - at the touch of a plate wound to avoid infection. In ancient times, silver utensils relieved from intestinal infections and food poisoning substandard.

The silver water containers can be stored for a long time, turning a new, useful properties for the body.

Preparations Silver appointed as an aqueous solution on moist skin lesions. These proteins are deposited to form a film which protects the nerve endings from irritation. Because of this reduced sensitivity of the skin, local vascular reflexes are weakened, which in turn leads to a narrowing of blood vessels. Nowadays silver make drugs such as colloid silver, and lapis Protargolum.

What Protargolum

Protargol or silver proteinate - a silver-protein compound having astringent, antiseptic and anti-inflammatory action. Outwardly, this brown-yellow or brown powder, odorless, soluble in water slabogorkogo astringency. The silver content in it - 7, 8-8, 3%. From powder in pharmacies prepared 1-5% solution, which is used for external application.

Due to the presence of modern antibacterial drugs (sulfonamides, antibiotics, etc.), Protargolum (like other drugs silver) wide application does not currently have. But it is actively used in the treatment of purulent processes in otolaryngology, ophthalmology and urology.

Protargol in the treatment of ENT diseases

Protargol and today is widely used in ENT practice:

• a liquid mixture consisting of 0, 2 g protargola, 5 ml glycerol Glycerine: a miracle ingredient for skin and hair   and 15 ml of water was used to irrigate the vocal cords;
• to lubricate the mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, such as pharyngitis (throat inflammation) using 1-5% solution;
• 1-3% solution protargola successfully treats rhinitis and otitis externa Otitis externa - all the dangers of the disease   (5 drops of solution, 2 times a day);
• 2% solution protargola recommend burying his nose in adenoids 1 degree without the expressed respiratory disorders.

Protargol in the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the eye

Protargol assigned conjunctivitis, blepharitis (inflammation of the edges of the eyelids), including septic, a 1-3% solution. In addition, all newborns immediately after birth is necessarily spent burying eyes protargola for preventing gonorrhea blepharitis.

Protargol in the treatment of urogenital infections

1-3% solution is used for washing protargola bladder Urinary bladder - structure and function   and urethra in chronic cystitis and urethritis, for the treatment of gonorrhea chronic urethritis, conjunctivitis, blepharitis, ophthalmia. Local treatment of acute and chronic chlamydial urethritis Urethritis - a very male disease   men held instillation (infusion) into the urethra 2% solution protargola.

Contraindications for use protargola and complications

Contraindications for use protargola are hypersensitivity to it, and pregnancy and other contraindications to this drug is not.

Because of the complications it can be noted only a slight irritation, slight burning and itching.

Protargol - safe and quite effective drug, it can be applied in modern conditions, despite the large number of antibiotics. The advantage of it before these drugs is that it does not cause dysbiosis, which means it is able to compete with the most advanced anti-infectives.

Degrees of growths of polyps in the nose

Pharyngeal tonsil growing forward, backward and sideways, to the auditory tube (so if nasal polyps in children often otitis).

There are three degrees of proliferation of polyps:

• first degree - polyps cover the upper part of the small bone plate, forming part of the nasal septum (the opener);
• second degree - polyps cover more than half of the opener;
• third degree - polyps cover the entire opener.

Symptoms of nasal polyps

The main symptoms of nasal polyps are nasal congestion and a large number of selections. Polyps compress the blood vessels in the nasal cavity, impaired blood circulation, they become more accessible for the introduction of an infection, so if nasal polyps arise frequent inflammations pharyngeal tonsils (adenoiditis) and inflammation of the tonsils (tonsillitis, chronic tonsillitis) and inflammation of the middle ear ( otitis).

If the polyps are very large, broken voice, he gets twang. Overgrown polyps can block the openings of the auditory tube, resulting in hearing loss and disruption of the formation of speech in young children.

The appearance of a child with nasal polyps is characterized and known as adenoid face: open mouth, saggy lower jaw, smooth nasolabial folds - all this may eventually can lead to a change in shape of the face, jaw and dental system. Prolonged obstruction of nasal breathing can lead to abnormal development of the chest.

Infants suffer difficulty in nasal breathing heavier than older children: they have disturbed sleep Dreams: how to understand our dreams   and sucking, resulting in malnutrition and weight loss - a dangerous condition for a baby Baby man, though with a little finger . These children often have complications in the form of inflammation of the bronchi and lungs.

In older children often marked headache Headache: Causes and Complications Which may occur due to circulatory disorders that impede the outflow of venous blood and lymph from the cranial cavity. Disrupts the function of the gastrointestinal tract, there are loss of appetite, vomiting, constipation Constipation - Watch out for food , Diarrhea. Inadequate supply of oxygen due to respiratory dysfunction leads to exhaustion and anemia (anemia).

When breathing through the mouth (nose breathing) into the body goes cold brown air, which leads to frequent colds - runny nose, sore throat, laryngitis, tracheitis and bronchitis. All these diseases are often recur (repeat) due to the fact that a number of polyps are continually infected.

Complications also arise from the ears, so with frequent otitis in children requires careful study of the nasopharynx to identify the source of infection.

Diagnostics

Recognition of polyps is usually not much difficulty. In some cases, the presence of polyps can already suspected appearance of the child. But the final diagnosis is made only after instrumental examination (posterior rhinoscopy), and feeling finger nasopharynx.

Treatment

Polyps in the nose does not diminish from the treatment, the only way to get rid of them - an operation that shows the presence of complications of other organs and tissues. Operate polyps usually the second or third degree. Polyps of the first degree (if they do not give complications) can not operate - in 12 years, they will begin to decrease.

Polyps in the nose can greatly complicate the growth and development of the child, so it is required to show the otolaryngologist.

  Galina Romanenko