#chlorhexidine solution

Chlorhexidine solution is a chemical solution which acts best in its saline formations. It has a number of saline compounds like polibiguanide, dihydrochloride, digluconate etc. it is well known so far and used so wide that it has been enlisted on the World Health Organization’s list of essential medicine. A list of the most required medicines which are needed to set up a basic health system.

Chlorhexidine solution is used in a multipurpose way. Both the human medication as well as the veterinarian medication is benefitted with the help of Chlorhexidine solution. The solution acts efficiently as antibacterial and antifungal when it is applied in lower concentrations. When applied in denser combinations this solution can hamper the epidermal cells and itching or a slight burning sensation can rise as a result.

Chlorhexidine solution is especially active against the gram positive and gram negative bacterial families. It can also fight against facultative anaerobes, aerobes and yeasts. The effectiveness of this chemical can be positively reduced with the presence of any sort of iron compounds or protein compounds. Thus it should not be applied when the wound is with blood. It should be applied only then when you have cleansed the wound of the blood and gore.

This solution can be effectively used as dental aids. Mouthwash and other medical mouth care products use Chlorhexidine solution as an active ingredient. Chlorhexidine helps actively in preventing tooth decay. Nepal is the first country in the world to use Chlorhexidine in treating the umbilical cord of newborn babies. It has proved to be greatly effective in treating the umbilical cords of the new borns of both human beings as well as animals. At present poor countries like Nepal and other developing countries use this medicine in this particular use.

The Gluconate variety of Chlorhexidine solution is effective in fighting off the post and pre surgical disinfestations of animals. Surgical scrubs, skin wounds’ cleansers and germicidal handwashes which are used during such surgeries as castration, docking, imputing, abrasions etc are made of active Chlorhexidine saline compounds.

Chlorhexidine digluconate solution of 4% is even more effective than soap when the question arises of cleansing. Especially poultry farming has been greatly benefitted with the use of Chlorhexidine solution.