Soap water for gastric lavage Soap water for gastric lavage is a liquid made of ordinary soap. Soap water is made by cutting a clean piece of soap into small pieces and adding warm water to fully melt the liquid.
Gastric lavage is suitable for patients who take deadly poison orally, and it is best to take the poison within one hour. Because of slow absorption or slow gastrointestinal peristalsis, gastric lavage can be done within six hours. There are many liquids for gastric lavage, and soapy water is one of them. At present, normal saline is widely used for gastric lavage in clinic, and soapy water is not suitable for all toxic poisoning. For example, trichlorfon poisoning cannot be used for gastric lavage, otherwise it will aggravate the poisoning.
Soap water has disinfection effect. Soap water does have a disinfection effect, as follows: Soap water solution is weakly alkaline and has a certain inhibitory effect on germs. It can also neutralize the local acidic environment caused by some bites. Such as bee or mosquito bites. Soap water molecules have a hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic tail. In water, an empty cell will be formed to wrap dirt (germs), and at the same time, the molecular group of dirt (germs) will be divided as small as possible for easy discharge. The osmotic pressure of 20% soapy water is higher than that of bacteria, which can dehydrate bacteria to some extent.
Cleaning wounds bitten by dogs, cats and other animals can prevent rabies. If you are accidentally bitten or scratched by a dog or cat, you can wash the wound with soapy water first and then see a doctor. Because soapy water is an instant noodle activator, it is easier to clean the virus attached to the wound. Another reason is that soapy water is alkaline, and a small amount of alcohol is generated in the production process, which can decompose glycoprotein and lipoprotein of rabies virus, and shift virus loses its appeal.
Alcohol can also kill viruses. According to reports, animal experiments have proved that washing within 30 minutes after animal bites can wash away 20%-40% of the virus and reduce the incidence of rabies. Soap water with a concentration of 20% is the best. If you are stabbed by rusty nails, you can't apply soapy water. This method should use iodophor.
If you are accidentally stung by a bee in the wild, or bitten by a literal ant, you can apply soapy water to the wound to stop itching, and it will stop itching soon. It turns out that bees and mosquitoes secrete acidic venom.
Soap water is alkaline and can neutralize its acidity to form salt, so it can quickly relieve itching and pain. Note that if you are stung by bees, you need to apply vinegar, because the venom secreted by vinegar bees is alkaline.