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Bath with potassium permanganate for baby. Video
Potassium permanganate, or potassium permanganate, is one of the most popular antiseptic agents used in everyday life. It has disinfecting properties and has a drying effect on the skin. Baths with potassium permanganate are often prescribed to babies with an unhealed umbilical wound, however, in order not to harm the baby, it is important to properly prepare a bathing solution.
Potassium permanganate bath: how to prepare a solution
Indications for the use of potassium permanganate
Potassium permanganate has a powerful antimicrobial effect and is used as a solution for both external and internal use.
Most often it is prescribed for:
- treatment of wounds and burns
- treatment of neurodermatitis and other skin diseases
- gastric lavage in case of poisoning
- rinsing the throat and mouth if there is an infection
- eliminate excessive sweating
- fight hemorrhoids
- treatment of urological and gynecological diseases, including during pregnancy
Depending on the indications, potassium permanganate can be used both in the form of a concentrated and weakly colored solution. However, when preparing both, it is important to observe accuracy and precautions. Failure to comply with the cooking technology can lead to sad consequences, for example, to chemical burns or liver damage.
Previously available in free sale potassium permanganate is now dispensed from pharmacies in an amount of no more than 3-5 grams per person. The reason for this is its explosiveness and the fact that some drug addicts use it for their own purposes.
Preparation of a therapeutic bath with potassium permanganate
And yet, most often, potassium permanganate is used for the preparation of baths. With their help, you can treat a genitourinary infection, skin diseases and even hemorrhoids in a child. After discharge from the hospital, doctors still traditionally recommend that a young mother bathe her child in water with the addition of potassium permanganate – this procedure prevents the penetration of infection into the umbilical wound and accelerates its healing.
One of the most gross and dangerous mistakes is trying to dilute the powder right in the baby bath.
Even the smallest undissolved crystals of potassium permanganate can harm the delicate skin of a child.
To make a solution for bathing a baby should be as follows: in a glass of water, the temperature of which is 37–38 ° С, you need to add 5–7 crystals of potassium permanganate and stir them thoroughly until they are completely dissolved. The prepared liquid will have a pink tint and a specific smell. Next, the solution will need to be filtered through a two-layer gauze so that there are guaranteed no undiluted granules in it. Only then can it be poured into a 20-liter baby bath. If the medicinal bath is being prepared for adults, the solution can be made a little more concentrated, but in the end it should still have a pale pink color and be completely transparent.
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