Erythromycin is a macrolide antibiotic that provides rapid sterilization by inhibiting protein synthesis. Its special contribution lies in its antimicrobial action against Chlamydia, Mycoplasma, Legionella, and Helicobacter pylori. Therefore, erythromycin ointment can be used to treat Toxoplasma infections and as an alternative to penicillin in patients with penicillin allergies. Erythromycin ointment can be used for suppurative skin diseases such as impetigo, as well as for infections of small burns and ulcerated surfaces, which can be characterized by a burning sensation and localized sensitization when applied to the surface of the skin. Erythromycin ointment is actually a topical antibiotic ointment, mainly used to fight infection.
For bacterial infectious diseases, it has a certain therapeutic effect, therefore, it is mostly used in the clinic for skin infectious diseases, such as folliculitis, boils, or soft tissue infections of the skin formed as a result of trauma. And because some of the base components in erythromycin ointment are petroleum jelly, the ointment also has a certain moisturizing effect. Therefore, for some dry skin lesions, there is also some treatment and relief, such as neurodermatitis or chronic eczema, as well as lichen planus, etc., with the ointment also has some relief and treatment effect.
Erythromycin is applied to the surface of the skin as a special ointment. For some minor wounds on the surface of the skin, such as accidental cuts, accidental abrasions, as long as not bleeding for the mouth, you can use disinfectant to disinfect, and then apply an appropriate amount of erythromycin to the wound. Play the role of anti-inflammatory disinfection, thus speeding up the wound healing. But because the ointment is antibiotic drugs, if the lesions do not develop, you can stop using it for a long time.
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