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Flushing of the nose with furcilin
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Flushing the nose with furatsilinom helps to eliminate the common cold and such diseases of the paranasal sinuses, as a sinusitis.
Furacilin is a common medical preparation-antiseptic, it effectively eliminates bacteria and viruses, increases immunity. The range of its use is quite wide; most often the drug is available in the form of tablets that have a yellow color.
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Indications
Furacilin is used as an antiseptic in various medical fields. For example, an aqueous solution of this drug is indicated for washing the nose and maxillary cavity, as well as in the treatment of sinusitis and empyema of the paranasal sinuses.
Flushing of the nose with furcilin for sinusitis
Sinusitis is one of the types of sinusitis - it is usually treated with a variety of antiseptics and antibacterial drugs that can prevent bacteria from replicating in the nose. Among such antiseptic drugs is also furatsilin, which also has the name nitrofural.
Furacilin actively resists a large number of gram-positive, as well as gram-negative bacterial agents. Once on the walls of the nasal mucosa, it begins to interact with bacteria-activators of sinusitis, and prevents their reproduction.
After washing the nose with furatsilinom at a genyantritis symptoms of the disease noticeably decrease - pass pain, reduces edema, and discharge from the nose becomes noticeably less.
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Equipment
Furacilin has very good antiseptic properties. It is sold in several dosage forms - like powder, tablets and a ready-made solution.
The technique of carrying out the washing procedure is quite simple. It is carried out using a syringe. Before this, it should be checked with your doctor about the correct method of performing the rinsing with the existing stage of the disease.
The simplest method of washing is as follows: the patient needs to bend over some vessel, or a sink or bathtub and turn his head sideways. The syringe should be inserted into the nostril. If the procedure was done correctly, the fluid that entered one nostril will flow out of the other. If you accidentally hit the solution in your mouth, you should immediately spit it out.
After the procedure, you must not take a horizontal position for a short period of time. Each new washing procedure should be carried out with a fresh portion of the treatment solution. The treatment course lasts approximately 5-7 days. Washing is performed every day 3-4 times.
How to make a solution of furacilin for nasal lavage?
If you do not want to buy a ready-made solution of furacilin in the pharmacy, you can make it yourself - from the tablets of the same medicine. One of them must be dissolved in water. Since the tablet is slightly soluble in water, it is necessary to crush it to the state of powder. The resulting mixture is poured into boiled water (100ml of liquid is necessary) and wait about 1 hour. During this period of time, the tablet should completely dissolve, but just in case, you should carefully strain the resulting solution. After this, you can start the procedure of washing the nose. The proportions of furacilin for washing the nose are 1 tablet of medicine per 0.5 cup of warm water.
Washing of the nose with furacilin in children
Before the procedure for washing the nose with furacilin the child, you should consult a doctor - it is necessary to find out if the baby has any problems with the respiratory tract (for example, a curved nasal septum), because of which it can be harmful to him.
As a tool for washing, you can use a syringe or syringe without a needle. This procedure can be carried out for children over 2 years of age.
First you need to fill the syringe with a solution. The child should bend over and take a deep breath. After this, it is necessary to enter the syringe into the nostril and gently squeeze it, waiting for the solution to start flowing through another nostril. After this, you need to pull out the syringe, not releasing it until it completely exits from the nostril. During the washing process, the child should keep his mouth ajar and do not breathe. After the procedure, he should blow his nose.
But young children who have not reached the age of 2 years, wash the nose with a syringe is not allowed, since the liquid from the nose they can easily penetrate into the Eustachian tubes.
Rinse the nose with babies with a pipette. In this case, the child is put on his back and, holding his head, dig in a few drops of furatsilina in both nostrils. After that, the mucus should be pulled out of the nose using a small pear.
Flushing the nasal cavity with furacilin during pregnancy is possible without any restrictions.
Complications
Flushing of the nose with furicilin should occur only in an inclined position, and the head can not be thrown back. If this is done, the solution can penetrate the Eustachian tube, because of which development of inflammation of the middle ear, or otitis media, is possible). As a result of improperly performed washing of the nasal cavity, this complication occurs most often.
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