Can beriberi be disinfected with alcohol?

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2025-04-30 22:01:06 Views: 42 times

Beriberi patients are not allowed to use alcohol for disinfection, because beriberi is a skin damage that belongs to fungal infection. If alcohol is used for disinfection, it may cause certain stimulation due to alcohol components, especially causing damage to the stratum corneum on the skin surface, thus causing skin barrier function to be significantly affected, which is not conducive to beriberi skin recovery. If fungal infection does form, mainly external application of antifungal ointment, such as external application of terbinafine cream or external application of a certain amount of miconazole nitrate cream. If some people show beriberi erosion or exudation, so do not use alcohol for external rubbing, because there may be secondary infection due to the stimulation of this drug, or the formation of an irritating inflammatory reaction.

Can beriberi be disinfected with alcohol?



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