Ointment "Hyoxysone" for children: instructions for use

For topical treatment of inflamed skin, the doctor may prescribe an ointment with several ingredients, for example, Hyoxysone. Is it permissible to use it in children and what restrictions exist for the treatment of such a medication in childhood?

The drug is a yellow ointment, which in one tube of aluminum contains 10 grams. This medication is used exclusively externally - they process the skin, trying not to get on the mucous membranes, in the nose or eyes.

The therapeutic effect is provided by a combination of two ingredients:

1. Hydrocortisone. Its amount per 100 g of the drug is 1 g. The compound is in the form of acetate.
2. Oxytetracycline in the form of hydrochloride. He is 100 grams of ointment presented in an amount of 3 g.

Additionally, the tool includes petrolatum, methyl parahydroxybenzoate and liquid paraffin.

Hyoxidone combines the glucocorticoid hormone and the antibiotic of the tetracycline group, which enhance the effects of each other.

Thanks to hydrocortisone medication:

• Reduces the severity of inflammation.
• Has an antiallergic effect.
• Reduces skin itching.
• Helps eliminate puffiness.

In oxytetracycline, a bacteriostatic effect on many gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, mycoplasmas, treponema, chlamydia and rickettsia is noted. The ointment is absorbed through the skin in small quantities, and therefore affects such a drug mainly locally.

Treatment with this tool is prescribed for skin diseases that are treated with glucocorticoids, if they are complicated by a bacterial infection (if the pathogen is sensitive to oxytetracycline).

The medicine is used:

• With allergic dermatitis.
• With superficial burns.
• With streptoderma or furuncles.
• With contact dermatitis.
• With seborrheic dermatitis.
• With eczema.
• When insect bites.
• When light frostbite.
• With sun dermatitis.
• With exudative erythema.

Hyoxysone is not prescribed for hypersensitivity of the child to hydrocortisone or another component.

In addition, the treatment is contraindicated in children with the following skin problems:

• Tumors.
• Viral lesions.
• Vaccination reactions.
• Perioral dermatitis.
• Rosacea.
• Ringworm.
• Tuberculosis of the skin.

• In some patients, the drug causes a rash, itching and irritation at the treatment site. In addition, occasionally such treatment leads to allergy or superinfection.
• If used in the face area, the ointment can trigger the appearance of telangiectasias. Lubrication of the coat around the mouth often leads to atrophy of the subcutaneous tissue.
• Due to poor absorption through the skin, the drug almost does not cause systemic negative reactions, although they are possible if the treated area is covered with an occlusive dressing or the medication is used on a large surface.

• The tool should be applied to the skin with a small layer, using one treatment from 0.5 to 1 g of the drug.
• Lubrication of the affected area is performed 1 to 3 times a day.
• The duration of treatment is affected by the localization of damage and the severity of the pathology. At the same time, the drug is prescribed for children for a course of no longer than 5-7 days, and for adults - no more than 14 days. If the medicine needs to be applied to the face, the therapy should be shorter.
• In children, the skin is treated with the drug only in a limited area.
• Grease can be covered with a sterile ointment and bandage.

Overly prolonged use and very abundant skin treatment inhibit adrenal function, resulting in signs of hypercorticism. In addition, a high dose of oxytetracycline can cause the growth of bacteria that are insensitive to it.

On the impossibility of applying the ointment with other drugs are not reported. However, it is important to know that during treatment, immunization should not be performed, since glucocorticoids have an immunosuppressive effect.

The drug is sold only by prescription, and the average price of one tube is 60-70 rubles. To store the drug at home should be at a temperature of up to +25 degrees in a place where the tool can not get a child. The shelf life of the drug - 3 years.

Moms who used the tool after the prescription of the pediatrician, speak about the medicine in different ways. Most parents note high efficiency, emphasizing that after treatment the wounds heal quickly and inflammation disappears. However, there are also negative reviews, in which mothers say that the drug did not help, and complain that the drug is not good at combating itching.

You can replace the drug with Oxycort ointment containing the same active substances. Also, after consultation with the doctor, it is possible to replace with other drugs with a similar effect, for example, drugs Akriderm Ghent, Supirocin-B or Kortomitsetin.

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