The concept that concerns us in this review is used especially in the field of medicine since the reference it proposes turns out to be a condition without equanom to keep any infectious or bacterial agent away from patients.
Substance that keeps away or prevents the development of infections or pathogenic microorganisms
A antiseptic is a substance that prevents, blocks the development of pathogenic microorganisms that generate infections, or directly eliminates them outright.
These antimicrobial substances are applied to living tissue or to the skin, as recommended by the medical specialist, in order to reduce the infection or putrefaction that the place of the body that is infected by a microbe presents.
The antiseptic allows to effectively eradicate microbes and any harmful agent that is capable of infecting or inflaming wounds.
How to use
It is applied to healthy skin, burns, mucous membranes, and open wounds to eliminate any microbes that may affect them and thus generate the asepsis of the area.
Ethyl alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, and iodine are some of the most common antiseptics.
Meanwhile, antiseptics must be distinguished from antibiotics and disinfectants, although they are commonly associated with different actions, because for example antibiotics destroy microorganisms in the body and disinfectants destroy microorganisms but in non-living objects.
Difference with disinfectants and antiseptic classes
On the other hand, disinfectant products are usually harmful to human health while antiseptics are harmless to health and do not imply any danger.
Among the most common antiseptics we find: alcohol (the most common are ethanol and propane or a mixture of both, it is popularly known as surgical alcohol and is used to disinfect the skin before giving an injection), iodine (It is used in an alcoholic solution known as tincture of iodine, as a pre and post operative antiseptic; the spectrum it has is very wide, therefore, they are very effective. Doctors do not recommend it at the request of the healing of minor wounds because its effects are counterproductive, inducing the formation of scars and increasing the healing time of the wound in question), boric acid (It is generally used as suppositories in cases of vaginal yeast infections and as an antiviral to reduce the time of the cold, it can also be found in creams for burns and its main function is to soothe), Chlorhexidine gluconateIts main use is to combat skin infections and gingivitis or inflammation of the gums. Most mouthwaves contain it, and sodium chloride (It is used as a general antiseptic and also as a mouthwash for its effectiveness).
We have already addressed the antiseptics that are the result of a chemical procedure in the preceding lines, however, there are many others that have an absolutely natural origin, which we will list below, and to which we can resort in the case that we need them and we want a natural option.
Natural antiseptics
The saliva that is constantly present in our oral cavity is a great aid when it comes to eliminating harmful microorganisms that can affect this area.
On the other hand, honey is an effective antiseptic to which is added a very fast healing capacity and cell regeneration.
For its part, onion is another of the natural options and that is why it usually appears as a component of many natural remedies.
It can be applied to wounds in various ways, boiled, roasted.
And garlic is one of the most powerful fungicides that exist in nature, for example, it is widely used to satisfactorily solve the problem of fungi.
It can be applied directly to the affected area in a paste format.
The so-called athletes foot can use it without problems and check its effectiveness. This situation happens when a fungus proliferates on the skin of the feet, on the fingers, on the heels, and can also appear on the hands and between the fingers of the hand.
