What is cetrimide?
cetrimide is an antiseptic agent, which means it has different antibacterial, antifungal and other antimicrobial properties and can be used on the skin or mucous membranes to prevent or minimize the risk of infection. It is also a superficial substance, which means that it acts as a cleaning agent with cleaning properties. As a pharmaceutical component is used in various products such as sprays, liquids and creams for a number of purposes, including burns and wound cleaning, for disinfection of skin before injection or surgery and as diluted as painful gingles. Cetrimide is also used to clean and disinfection of surgical tools. Some shampoos and conditioners, including varieties used to treat seborrorrorhea and psoriasis, also contain this antiseptic as an active ingredient, because both antimicrobial and detergent properties are caused by its ability, and destroy cell membranes and destroy the cell structure of many different microorganisms.Ocination, including many types of bacteria, mushrooms and various unicellular organisms. However, it is not effective against all bacteria or spores or viruses. Sometimes it is mixed with clorhexidine, another antiseptic, when used to disinfect wounds.
cetrimide is a relatively new antiseptic and has some advantages over some older types of antiseptics, such as phenol, also known as carbolic acid, which was commonly used as an antiseptic agent in the form of carbolic soaps up to 70 years. For example, unlike phenol, cetrimide is non -toxic when used locally, which means that when applied to the skin or mucosal membranes, and also less irritating the skin compared to carbolic acid. Both of these features mean that they can be used more often with less chance of irritation or other side effects. It also has a residual effect, which means that it constantly protects the treated area of infection for a certain period of timeafter application.
The disadvantages of using cetrimide as antiseptics include that it can cause injury to be cured slower, some bacteria may arouse resistance to it and its efficacy can be reduced if large amounts of pus or other body fluids are present in the wound. It is also not recommended for use in body cavities. This antiseptic has several side effects when used, but causes nausea and vomiting. In rare cases, cetrimide can cause a rash on the skin. Such irritation may also occur in rare cases when using cetrimides, and if this happens, it should use use.