Scratch all scratches can be treated with red medicinal fluids.

![image]( Failed to focus one second or two while slicing onions, then your finger cut. Or you fall tripped on a pebble while crossing the road, and now not only your pants are torn, but your knees also become victims. Usually, hell, for the business of falling-awake like this red medicine is often a rescue thing. But why yes, red medicine feels stinging when applied to the wound?

Why does red medicine feel pain when applied to the wound?

Red medicine is an antiseptic solution designed to weaken or stop the growth of germs and bacteria to prevent the risk of infection in open wounds, such as blisters, scratches, or burns. In an antiseptic liquid product usually contains alcohol and hydrogen peroxide. Well, these two ingredients that activate the pain signals in the body and trigger a burning sensation of burning.

When applied to the wound, alcohol activates vanilloid receptor-1 (VR1), which is responsible for creating a burning sensation when the receptor is exposed to heat or certain chemical compounds - such as capsaicin in chilli. VR1 is usually only activated in high temperatures (40ºC or so). Therefore, these receptors will usually not be lit unless it is true that your body is being burned alive. However, when the alcohol comes into contact with VR1, the body core temperature threshold decreases below usually. So you suddenly feel like burning, but it does not.

Meanwhile, hydrogen peroxide in a red drug activates another receptor kempok, known as the transient receptor potency ankyrin 1, or TRPA1. TRPA1 is thought to be involved in the sensation of pain caused by hydrogen peroxide. This is what causes the underlying skin pain after you apply the red medicine to the wound.

But, not all wounds can be treated with red medication

To treat scratches, incisions, erosion, mild scratches is not necessary - it should be treated with red medication, such as hydrogen peroxide, iodine (Betadine®), or alcohol. Applying a red medication to lightly indiscriminate injuries can actually irritate the skin and disrupt the healing process. So, next time your skin is scratched scraped the former fall (again), immediately rinse the wound with clean running water.

If no clean water is available, you can use a brine solution, non-alcoholic wet wipes, or a soft washcloth - as long as the fibers are not fibrous or hairy so that no material is stuck in the wound. Then dry well and cover the wound with gauze, to keep the wound area clean while recovering.

In critical situations where no clean water or other ingredients are available to treat wounds, red medication may be used sufficiently. Remember to always wash the wound first with running water until clean and dry well before dropping red medication. Afterwards, wait for the red medicine to dry first on the skin, then the wound closed bandages.

Do not use red medication to treat open skin injuries - such as deep cuts from accidents with knives or other machines, deep iris cuts, animal bites, large burns (bigger than moles), or wounds. All of this is a type of skin wound with rapid and wide bleeding. Povidone iodine (the active ingredient in Betadine®) does not have a healing effect on these lesions.