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2. Dakin's solution - Wikipedia

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   In modern typical usage, the solution is applied to the wound once daily for lightly to moderately exudative wounds, and twice daily for heavily exudative wounds or highly contaminated wounds. [ 3 ] The healthy skin surrounding the wound should preferably be protected with a moisture barrier ointment (e.g., petroleum jelly ) or skin sealant as ...

3. Saline (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Saline (also known as saline solution) is a mixture of sodium chloride (salt) and water. [1] It has a number of uses in medicine including cleaning wounds, removal and storage of contact lenses, and help with dry eyes. [2] By injection into a vein, it is used to treat hypovolemia such as that from gastroenteritis and diabetic ketoacidosis.

4. Inadine - Wikipedia

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   After a few days the dressing has a tendency to dry out, and must be changed often. Left on too long, it can engage with wound tissue and wound secretions when drier, and be more difficult to remove. [4] This tendency to adhere to wounds is usually resolved by soaking the wound for a few minutes with normal saline. [3]

5. Caustic pencil - Wikipedia

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   Typical caustic pencil with detail of dried, oxidized, and inactive chemical. A caustic pencil (or silver nitrate stick) is a device for applying topical medication containing silver nitrate and potassium nitrate, used to chemically cauterize skin, providing hemostasis or permanently destroying unwanted tissue such as a wart, skin tag, aphthous ulcers, or over-production of granulation tissue. [1]

6. Alginate dressing - Wikipedia

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   In the form of fibres trapped in a wound, alginate is readily biodegradable [15] and can be rinsed away with saline irrigation. Subsequent removal therefore, does not destroy granulation tissue, making dressing change virtually painless. The ease of biodegradation is exploited in making alginate sutures used in surgical wound closures.

7. Urea-containing cream - Wikipedia

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   Urea, also known as carbamide-containing cream, [clarification needed] is used as a medication and applied to the skin to treat dryness and itching such as may occur in psoriasis, dermatitis, or ichthyosis. [1] [2] [3] It may also be used to soften nails. [3] In adults side effects are generally few. [4] It may occasionally cause skin ...