The role and efficacy of potassium permanganate solution include its use for skin disinfection, gastric lavage and cleansing.
Potassium permanganate solution is used for acute dermatitis or acute eczema with secondary infection, to clean ulcers or abscesses, for gastric lavage and first aid treatment of snakebite when oral morphine opioid, strychnine or organic poison poisoning, and also used for disinfection of fruits, eating utensils and so on.
It should be noted that the high concentration of potassium permanganate solution is corrosive, repeated use of dilute solution may sometimes cause corrosive burns. Patients who take it orally may have nausea and vomiting corrosive edema, browning of the oral mucosa, and even liver and kidney damage and cardiovascular function inhibition, circulatory failure and other adverse reactions.
The use of medicinal solutions need to be freshly prepared for different diseases require different concentrations of treatment, patients need to strictly control the concentration of medication, to avoid overdensity resulting in solution damage to the skin, potassium permanganate solution is irritating, but also can make the skin, fingernails (toes) coloring.
Patients with the above symptoms, do not buy and take medicines on your own, it is recommended to go to a regular medical institution and under the guidance of the doctor reasonable use of medication to avoid adverse reactions.