Purulent wound

When bacteria overcome the cutaneous or mucosal barriers and penetrate body tissues, a bacterial infection is present Frequently the body succeeds in removing the invaders, without outward signs of disease, by mounting an immune response. If bacteria multiply faster than the body s defenses can destroy them, infectious disease develops with inflammatory signs, e.g., purulent wound infection or urinary tract infectioa Appropriate treatment employs substances that injure bacteria and thereby prevent their further multiplication, without harming cells of the host organism (1). 

Keywords silicon dioxide, medicinal chemistry, surface chemistry, sorbent, efferent therapy, enteosorption, medicinal preparation, infectious diseases, detoxication, bioactive silica, purulent wound, pyoinflammatory diseases, diarrhea... 

Results of the above-outlined research into physico-chemical and medico-biological properties of BAS, conducted at the Institute of Surface Chemistry of the NAS of Ukraine in collaboration with Vinnitsa State Medical University, named after N.I. Pirogov, and other medical institutions of Ukraine and Russia give reasons to infer that Silics is an active medicinal substance which on its own can function as a therapeutic agent. Sorptive detoxication with the aid of the bioactive silica brings about a profound effect in the case of acute intestinal infections, diarrheas of various origins, viral hepatitis, as well as for local treatment for pyoinflammatory diseases and purulent wounds. 

Purulent wounds, Localized aerobic Sorption of microorganisms,... 

Table 11. Effect of Silics on the dynamics of a wound process in treatment for patients with purulent wounds.

When Silics is used for the management of purulent wounds or odontogenous phlegmons, it exerts a marked effect on all the phases of a disease process, which manifests itself in the acceleration of healing of wounds, with the time interval necessary for restoration of the function of an injured organ being shortened by 3-4 days (Table 11). In such a case it is possible to perform a more effective debridement of a wound from necrotic tissues, to attain more rapid granulations and epithelisation. 

Using the natural polymer, hydrated cellulose, alumina nanocrystalline materials were successfully fabricated. The structure simulates the complex architecture of the origin biological matrix. They were composed of oxide nanograins, mesopores, and the branched system of capillars. These nanostructured alumina fibrous material possess the high absorption ability and may be used as drainage of purulent wound in medicine. 

Traditional use An infusion of the herb is drank to treat chronic catarrh of the bronchial tubes, migraines, and hypertension, for bladder and kidney pain, and is used during menopause. It is applied externally in the form of compresses, plasters, and as a wash, which are used as an emollient and analgesic to treat furuncles, carbuncles, purulent wounds and inflamed,... 

Traditional use A decoction of the leaves is used as a diuretic and as a treattnent for cystitis, gastric diseases, lung tuberculosis, headaches, and to detoxify snake bites. Decoctions, infusions, extracts, and juice are used as a bacteriostatic, antiinflammatory, antispasmodic, and expectorant, and also to treat enterocolitis, stomach ulcers, liver diseases, malaria, bronchitis, pertussis, bronchial asthma, allergic conjunctivitis, as well as to heal wounds, furuncles, skin ulcers, and purulent wounds (Plant Resources of the USSR 1990). 

Traditional use The aboveground parts are used to treat fevers, stomach ulcers, headaches, epilepsy, to improvement digestion, and as an antiseptic. It is used in bathes to treat bladder diseases, polyarfluliis, osteomyelitis, deforming arthrosis, and trophic ulcers. The leaves are used as a antispasmodic and anti-inflammatory. A decoction of the leaves is used as a mouth wash for acute respiratory diseases and throat illnesses, periostitis and is applied externally to purulent wounds and furuncles. The decoction of the leaves and inflorescences are used to treat tachycardia and asthenia (Plant Resources of the USSR 1991). 

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