The role of erythromycin ointment
1. Dry nose and nosebleeds
Dry weather will make some people's originally dry nasal mucosa more fragile, so they often have nosebleeds. There are still many people who have the habit of picking their noses, which is easy to cause mucosal damage and bleeding, causing nose inflammation.
You can clean your nostrils with a cotton swab dipped in warm water. For the hard scab in the nostril, you can apply some oily substances such as sesame oil and olive oil or oily drugs such as erythromycin ointment and wash them after wetting.
barb
If there are barbs, don't tear them off by hand, which may cause secondary bacterial infection. You can soak your hands in warm water first, then cut off the barbs with a nail clipper, and then apply some antibiotic ointment, such as erythromycin ointment, and moisturizing oil with strong moisturizing effect, especially around your nails.
3. Dry and itchy skin
Diluted glycerin can be bought in supermarkets, and daily rubbing has a certain effect on dry and itchy skin. Erythromycin ointment contains moisturizing lanolin, which can also relieve itching and moisturize the skin.
4. rotten mouth
The corners of the mouth fester and blisters appear on the lips. It hurts to open your mouth to drink water and eat. After the mouth is rotten, it can be cleaned locally and rubbed with erythromycin ointment; Fungal infection can be smeared with 1%~5% clotrimazole ointment.
5. Influenza
If the child suddenly has a lot of gums, accompanied by itchy and red eyes, he should go to the hospital for examination to see if there is "pinkeye". Besides topical application of chloramphenicol eye drops and erythromycin ointment, personal hygiene should also be emphasized. Don't let children rub their eyes with dirty hands, and don't mix washbasins, towels and other toiletries with others to prevent cross-infection.
6. Mosquito bites
When mosquito bites are serious, the bitten part should be cleaned and disinfected in time, and an appropriate amount of erythromycin ointment should be applied.
7. Hemorrhoids
Patients with hemorrhoids should avoid irritating food, or rinse with warm water after defecation, and then apply a small amount of erythromycin ointment to relieve discomfort.
8. Skin induration
Some sugar friends need to take insulin regularly, and occasionally there will be itching, redness and induration at the eye of the needle, which may be due to the quality problem of insulin, and some patients are allergic.
You can disinfect the local skin with 0.2% tincture of iodine, apply erythromycin ointment and change the injection site at the same time. When it is at least 3 cm away from the original puncture point, the swelling disappears within 1~2 weeks, and the induration is absorbed around 1 month. If the replacement site still has redness and induration, the insulin variety can be replaced.
9. Mild burns and scalds
For minor and small-area burns and scalds, the wound can be washed with cold water first, and then a layer of erythromycin ointment is coated on the surface.
10. Frostbite
When chilblain is not broken, compound heparin ointment, Xeroto cream and vitamin E ointment can be used externally. When chilblain has broken skin, 1% erythromycin ointment can be applied to the unbroken skin, which has anti-inflammatory effect and protects the wound surface. But don't put it on the broken skin.
1 1. Eczema
Erythromycin ointment is really useful for fighting or preventing bacterial infection. For example, the red papules scattered around the mouth, the kind that hurts when touched. Erythromycin ointment can also be used to prevent bacterial infection of herpes clustered around the oral cavity. Even in the early stage of acute and subacute eczema, erythromycin ointment can prevent infection when there is obvious exudation and erosion.
12. tinea pedis complicated with infection
Antibiotics should be used when tinea pedis complicated with infection, and erythromycin ointment should be applied after soaking in 0. 1% potassium permanganate solution. After the inflammation subsided, clotrimazole ringworm lotion or econazole ringworm lotion was used externally.
Generally speaking, erythromycin ointment is a practical and easy-to-use skin drug. However, as an antibacterial agent, it is not recommended to use it for a long time at will, and it is still necessary to follow the doctor's advice. Erythromycin ointment occasionally causes some adverse reactions, such as local burning sensation, dryness, itching, erythema, and occasionally urticaria-like reactions. If the above adverse reactions occur, stop using them immediately.