Boric acid: benefit and harm

Boric acid - a drug with antiseptic effect, which is used in medicine for a long time. Due to its good solubility in water, it perfectly penetrates the skin. Boric acid is used only externally as an ointment or solution.

Boric acid is used to treat many ailments, ranging from acne and otitis to conjunctivitis and dermatitis. And even in addition, this tool is quite inexpensive, but it gives a noticeable result. All this made her irreplaceable in the home treatment of the listed diseases.

This product is very easy to use. If you are tortured acne, it is enough to take a cotton swab, soak it with acid and wipe your face no more than twice a day. It is important to note that a positive result can be achieved if the disease is not badly triggered. Otherwise, boric acid does not help, and stronger preparations will be needed. In the composition with salicylic acid and levomitsetinom boric acid is often included in the composition of the talker, which is precisely designed to combat acne and has a stronger effect on the affected areas of the skin.

By modern workers of medical institutions boric acid as an antiseptic is prescribed only to adults. Long-term use of this drug in the treatment of children leads to the accumulation of harmful substances in the body, which leads to poisoning.

In such eye diseases, as conjunctivitis, a two percent aqueous solution of boric acid is prescribed, which is washed with the eyes.

A 3% aqueous solution of boric acid is treated with acute and chronic inflammation of the middle ear( otitis).To do this, the solution is instilled into the diseased ear or the special gauze bands are moistened and inserted into the ear canal. But many people are still wondering if boric acid can drip into our ears, will not it cause harm to health? In the ear it is better to drip a slightly warmed solution. Its concentration can be 0.5 to 3%.A solution of the same concentration is used in the form of lotions, when skinny inflammatory processes occur on the skin.

In the presence of diaper rash and pressure sores, irritation of the vaginal mucosa and cervix will help a solution of 10 percent concentration in glycerin, which need to lubricate irritated skin areas.

For a long time, boric ointment of 5% concentration is used for the treatment of pediculosis. It is also used for the treatment of otitis, conjunctivitis, colpitis, eczema and diaper rash. Moreover, boric ointment is an external remedy. It is prohibited for use without prescribing a doctor, since, in addition to its basic antiseptic properties, it also has an insecticidal action, in which the likelihood of side effects is high.

In addition to its therapeutic characteristics, boric acid also has side effects that arise in the case of prolonged use or overdose, for example, when instilled in the ear. In this case, this drug can accumulate in the body, which will lead to intoxication. This manifests itself in adults in the form of nausea, vomiting, headaches, various rashes on the skin, and in children can cause seizures and even shock.

The use of boric acid and ointment is contraindicated in any concentration on large areas of the surface of the human body.

Most often, boric acid is released as an alcohol solution from 0.5 to 5% concentration, glycerin solution, whose concentration is 10%, boric 5% ointment, boron-zinc liniment( it is used as a drying agent for inflammations of the skin).Boric acid is included in the composition of such preparations as Teymurova paste, salidol ointment, boron-zinc-naphthalane paste.

This acid is a toxic substance. Therefore, to avoid undesirable consequences, it should be used as directed by the doctor.