The use of camphor alcohol in the treatment of children

Camphor alcohol is an inexpensive and very effective treatment for joint pain, skin rashes and acne, as well as some ear diseases. It is believed that this drug has been tested for generations and time, and therefore is reliable. However, not all that is good for an adult is suitable for a child. Is it possible to use camphor alcohol for the treatment of children's ailments and how to do it correctly, let's try to figure it out together.

Camphor is volatile crystals with no color, but with a noticeable memorable odor, which in nature are found in most essential oils. Camphor is produced in three ways - from the leaves of the camphor laurel, by a semi-synthetic method - from fir oil, and synthetic - from the processed turpentine products.

Camphor alcohol is an alcohol solution of camphor crystals. In pharmacies sold in glass bottles of 25 and 40 ml.

The drug has anti-inflammatory antimicrobial properties improves blood circulation, relieves pain and relieves itching. It can only be used externally. Adults use it as a rubbing, compresses for muscle and joint pain, drip in the ears for otitis, make mini-compresses on temples for headaches.

Children can use camphor alcohol, but with great care and rather limited. The fact that camphor is a toxic substance, it can cause severe allergies in a child whose immunity is weaker than in an adult. That is why the alcohol solution of this drug is completely prohibited for use at the age of 2 years.

For children with otitis, instillation of alcohol is contraindicated in all cases. This can not be done, whatever advised on the Internet, all-knowing supporters of alternative medicine.

During the inflammatory process in the ear, kiddies sometimes have a compress with this drug. But before using it is necessary to consult a doctor.

It is impossible to determine the integrity of the membrane on your own, you need to be examined by an otolaryngologist, who has special tools for diagnosing such conditions.

In some cases, children are allowed to put cotton wool coats soaked in diluted camphor alcohol in the sore ear. How this is done will be described below.

Sometimes the drug is used as a rubbing cough. In this case, we must remember that the child in any case should not inhale toxic camphor fumes. To treat cough this way can only children who have reached the age of 6 years and older, I repeat, with great caution! Remember that an infant with a cough cannot be rubbed with camphor in any way, even if it is diluted with water. Similar procedures cannot be carried out even if the young patient has a fever. Camphor has a warming effect and this, at a temperature of 37.0 or 38.0, can greatly complicate the condition of the child.

Camphor alcohol is allowed (with the observance of safety measures) to treat acne in adolescents, as well as to make compresses on this sore spot with this remedy for sprains and severe bruises.

Pharmacy drug diluted in half with water and heated to room temperature. The solution should not be cold or hot. Gauze, folded several times, moistened in this composition, after making a hole in her ear. A wet compress is applied to the parotid area, the auricle must pass through a hole cut in gauze. The design is covered with a sheet of compress paper (sold in pharmacies), it also makes a hole. The third layer is dry and sterile cotton, after which the multilayer ear bandage is attached with a plaster or bandage wrapped over the head.

Compress can not be put on the night. It generally should not be used if the child has purulent inflammation of the ear, so as not to provoke an early spread of infection.

From sterile cotton wool it is necessary to twist the turunds and dip them into the pre-warmed camphor spirit diluted with water. It is necessary to enter into the eyelet only after you make sure that the medicine does not drain and does not drip from the turunda. It should be wet, but not wet. Turunda is administered shallowly and no more than 15 minutes.

This method also has a warming effect, and therefore the same contraindications as in the case of a compress.

To grind the chest and back camphor alcohol must be diluted with water. The procedure should be carried out carefully, covering the nose and mouth of the child with a wet towel (to avoid the penetration of volatile camphor airborne vapors into the respiratory tract). Pre-lubricate the skin with baby cream, so as not to provoke allergic dermatitis, rub the heated solution in light circular and arc-like movements from the center of the chest (or spine) to the ribs.

Teenage acne will pass much faster if you dilute your face and neck area with diluted half-camphor alcohol once a day.

In place of injury or stretching, you can put gauze soaked in camphor alcohol, “warm” with cotton wool from above and fix with an elastic bandage. Before applying the compress do not forget to treat the skin with baby cream or liquid paraffin.

• Before the first use you need to conduct a home test for allergies. Apply a drop of diluted camphor alcohol to the child on the back of the hand, in the ear space. If after two hours in these places there is no redness or local swelling, the drug can be used. If an allergic reaction appears, it is better to refuse treatment with this agent.

• When applying a compress to the child from time to time (every five minutes), monitor the condition of the skin. If you notice severe redness or the child begins to complain of a noticeable burning sensation under the compress, the procedure should be stopped immediately.

• The general course of drug treatment should not exceed 3-5 days.

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