Band aid is also known as benzalkonium chloride patch, commonly known as germicidal elastic band aid. As the name suggests, many people stick it as soon as they have trauma. It is one of the most commonly used surgical drugs, so it is commonly known as "hemostatic plaster". Do you know about the daily magic of band aids? Let's have a look.
Another wonderful use of band aid
1. If the glasses are broken or the screws are lost, band aids can be used to connect the glasses legs and glasses. There is no problem in using them in a short time.
2. The tent or sleeping bag has a small hole. When there is no repair glue, band aid can be used temporarily to prevent the tent from leaking water or sleeping bag.
3. You can roll the plastic into a funnel, tear off the dressing in the middle of the band aid and put it in the middle of the funnel to filter out the impurities in the water.
4. Car sick friends, before going on the road to find a small restaurant to pieces of ginger, with band aid on the navel, to prevent carsickness is very easy to use.
5. The shoes you just bought don't fit your feet. Maybe the heel will get stuck. If you stick a band aid on the back of the shoes, the situation of foot sticking will be alleviated a lot.
6. If the weather is too dry, the joint of fingers and nails will often crack, and the pain will be unbearable. Cut off the adhesive part of the band aid and cover the crack directly. After pasting, the pain can be stopped immediately.
Band aid is strictly prohibited in six cases
- The wound is large. For patients with larger wounds, bandage gauze can not completely cover the wound, but the adhesive tape is not good. Patients in the replacement, easy to tear the wound, increase the wound area, at the same time, the wound under the adhesive tape is more prone to infection and allergy.
- Allergy to adhesive tape. If you are allergic to adhesive tape, band aid is not recommended. Many people may have allergic symptoms. They are allergic to the adhesive tape of band aid. At this time, skin itching, swelling, and even small blisters may occur, which is easy to be infected. It is not recommended to use band aid.
- Wound contamination. If the wound is contaminated or foreign bodies are suspected, such patients are advised to go to the hospital for thorough debridement or removal of foreign bodies, and then bandage treatment. If the wound is infected, band aids should not be used.
- Burns and scalds. Bandages are not recommended for burns and scalds, which can cause infection on the wound surface. If you are scalded by accident, it is recommended to use cold water to cool down and then apply scald ointment. If it is serious, it is recommended to go to the hospital for treatment.
- Animal scratch. If the animal bites or is scratched by the animal, it is not recommended to use the band aid, because the use of the band aid will cause bacteria to spread in the wound and cause infection. At this time, the wound needs to be cleaned with soap water, and then it is injected into the hospital for rabies vaccine.
- Skin furuncle. In patients with skin diseases such as skin furuncle, band aid is not conducive to the drainage and absorption of pus in the furuncle, but is conducive to the growth and reproduction of bacteria. Generally, it is recommended to wash with warm water in the early stage, and apply 70% alcohol around the furuncle for disinfection to prevent the infection from spreading to the nearby hair follicles, or apply ichthyolith ointment. When there is pus head, carbolic acid can be applied at the apex. If there is wave motion, facial furuncle or systemic symptoms, it needs to be treated in the hospital.
