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When you become a mother, several questions about how to care for your baby pop up in your head all the time. This statement is one of the great truths about first-time mothers.
It is very common that doubts permeate all 9 months of pregnancy and that they continue to appear more and more after delivery and as the baby grows. And one of the most common and most pertinent questions of mothers is about how to treat minor irritations on the baby’s skin.
These irritations are quite common, since the skin of the little ones is very sensitive, which makes itching and small wounds, something recurrent. In these cases, bathing in potassium permanganate is a great possibility to deal with these small problems in a calm way that does not harm your baby’s skin in any way.
But what exactly is this type of bath? How do I prepare it to improve my baby’s skin problems? Where to buy potassium permanganate? Can he harm the baby in any way?
Well, as we said at the beginning of the text, it is quite common for mothers’ doubts to multiply more and more. And that is why today’s text will deal with exactly all the aspects that involve potassium permanganate. Come on?
What is the Potassium Permanganate Bath for?
It is a chemical compound that has been used for centuries to treat skin irritations, especially the wounds that chicken pox brings. Because it has an antiseptic action, this type of compound serves very well to eliminate fungi and bacteria from the skin of a child.
The main advantage and what makes potassium permanganate so attractive is that it does not cause any side effects or harm the skin of children, which provides security for mothers to continue using this product.
How to Give the Potassium Permanganate Bath?
To buy potassium permanganate tablets, just visit any pharmacy or drugstore. It is a very common and inexpensive product , which makes it much easier for mothers who wish to bathe their children in potassium permanganate.
To prepare the bath, it is necessary that a 100gm tablet is diluted every 4 liters of water in a bathtub or bucket suitable for bathing. Although the bath itself does not cause any damage to the skin of children, direct contact with the tablet can cause redness and skin irritation and, therefore, it needs to be well diluted for the bath to happen.
Care at the time of preparation
For that reason too, it is recommended that the tablet go straight from the box to the water , without having the touch of your fingers. This is because it can be harmful for those who are preparing the bath and also to prevent the same mother who touched the pill from having contact with the baby afterwards.
After the tablet is diluted and the water at a pleasant temperature, the bath can be given normally for a maximum of 10 minutes. This is the time required for the chemical compound to have an effect on the baby’s skin irritation.
It is important to dry with a soft towel and without rubbing, thus avoiding any irritation. These baths should be repeated for several days in a row until the chicken pox wounds disappear or the skin irritation, whatever it may be, is also gone from the baby.
It is worth it?
Although there are some risks of giving a baby a potassium permanganate bath, the balance turns out to be more positive than negative. This is because it is enough to take the necessary care and pay attention so that the bath has only the beneficial effects that this chemical compound has.
Of course, it is also necessary to keep all pills out of the reach of children so that they do not come into contact with their skin or be ingested, which can cause major problems.
In the end, potassium permanganate ends up being a cheap and practical option to treat various types of skin problems and, therefore, it also ends up being the best home option for this type of treatment.
Doubts arise in the minds of mothers all the time. Doubts about the most varied topics involving babies and this is something quite common, so don’t feel bad about researching every detail about the care that should be taken with your baby.
The potassium permanganate bath is something that may be unknown to many people and that can help mothers to take better care of their children when it comes to skin irritations.
It is always good to have several options to deal with problems of this type, of course always remembering to visit a doctor when necessary. All of this is part of the growth of the child and also of the woman as a mother.
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My name is Dr. Alexis Hart I am 38 years old, I am the mother of 3 beautiful children! Different ages, different phases 16 years, 12 years and 7 years. In love with motherhood since always, I found it difficult to make my dreams come true, and also some more after I was already a mother.
Since I imagined myself as a mother, in my thoughts everything seemed to be much easier and simpler than it really was, I expected to get pregnant as soon as I wished, but it wasn’t that simple. The first pregnancy was smooth, but my daughter’s birth was very troubled. Joana was born in 2002 with a weight of 2930kg and 45cm, from a very peaceful cesarean delivery but she had already been born with congenital pneumonia due to a broken bag not treated with antibiotics even before delivery.
