occlusion (air-tight seal): If you want to increase the effects of a drug that can be treated by occlusion of the area to bring about an additional effect . Particularly well suited for occlusion hands, feet and the scalp (head cover). The main application area for occlusive dressings are more dry, flaky or laminated with strong horny layer dermatoses. Occlusive application of urea or salicylic acid ointments on their hands or feet can solve thickened horny layers in hand and Fußekzemen. Often you can only so as to achieve that a drug can penetrate the usually resistant stratum corneum and can exert its effect.
fat wet mode of action: As mentioned above, is understood to be the simultaneous application of ointments and aqueous solutions. This form of local therapy is very useful, for example, in atopic dermatitis. By applying ointment to reach the necessary re-oiling the skin. At the same time-scale moist dressings (eg, tubular bandages in the extremities) cool the skin and thereby contribute itching.
fat wet mode of action: As mentioned above, is understood to be the simultaneous application of ointments and aqueous solutions. This form of local therapy is very useful, for example, in atopic dermatitis. By applying ointment to reach the necessary re-oiling the skin. At the same time-scale moist dressings (eg, tubular bandages in the extremities) cool the skin and thereby contribute itching.
addition to the base and the active ingredient found in many of the local drug treatment or additives such as preservatives and dyes and odor. However, it is often the additives that cause allergies in patients. For this reason, ointments, creams, etc. in hospitals often directly - without additives, but then less stable for - made.
local therapy in other medical specialties
In ophthalmology then either eye drops or eye ointments. This is a way to high drug concentrations targeted to reach the anterior segment. The choice of the basis (ointment or drops) is not nearly as much as in dermatology. Also in the Oto-Rhino-Laryngology means for local treatment of ear, nose and mouth of the cave in drop or spray form are available. Diseases of the external genital organs are also used by urologists and gynecologists partially treated with topical medications (eg, vaginal suppositories). But even here, as in the oral cavity, many diseases are also treated by dermatologists.
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