Treatment of Skin Infection Ulcer with Hypochlorous Acid Water

In the past several years, Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aereus (hereinafter called MRSA) is becoming the main cause of infections in the hospital. Since our ward combines plastic and reconstructive surgery with dermatology, patients of chronic diseases and skin ulcer due to confinement sore as well as those who need high-tech and long-term treatments are concentrated.

Under these circumstances, it is known that strong acidic electrolyzed solution (hereinafter called Hypochlorous Acid water  or function water) has a powerful bactericidal effect, can be easily produced, and is very cost-effective. The bactericidal effect of Hypochlorous Acid water comes from physical function of oxidation-reduction potential, which is proved to have very low toxicity compared to chemical agents.

Among others, bactericidal effects of Hypochlorous Acid water are reported to be effective against not only general germs such as yellow staphylococcus, coliform (Escherichia coli) and bacillus pyocyaneus (Pseudomonas aeruginosa), but also against drug resistant bacteria such as MRSA. Hypochlorous Acid water is also said to have even virucidal and bactericidal (effectively kills viruses and bacteria).

We have applied Hypochlorous Acid water to treat 10 patients of infectious skin ulcer by washing the lesion. In comparison with the effects by salt water, we had the following impression about function water:

(1) The lesion was cleaned and benign granulation occurred more rapidly.

(2) Epithelium formation from surrounding tissues was made more quickly.

(3) The total period of treatment was shorter.

As to MRSA, lavage by Hypochlorous Acid water made it turn negative quicker than that by conventional method.

However, we also had a hunch that it is not easy to completely kill bacteria in deeply infected lesions.

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