Contents:
- Medical Video: Tilapia fish skin helps burn victims heal in Brazil
- Is it true that tilapia skin can be a burn medicine?
- How to treat burns with tilapia skin?
- How can tilapia skin treat burns?
Medical Video: Tilapia fish skin helps burn victims heal in Brazil
Have you ever had a burn? Maybe almost all of you have experienced it. For example, when exposed to sparks from cooking oil while cooking or when accidentally your feet nudge the exhaust motor that is still hot. Definitely imagine how painful it is. There is a burn medicine that is claimed to be very effective without using ointment but uses the skin of tilapia or what is known in Indonesia as tilapia.
Is it true that tilapia skin can be a burn medicine?
The idea of using fish skin as a medicine for burns begins with the difficulty of stocking frozen pork skin tissue or tissue from human skin (containing collagen) which is usually used in treating burns. This difficult situation also requires Brazilian researchers to look for other alternatives. So one of the treatments found to treat these wounds is to use the skin of tilapia or tilapia.
Previously researchers in China had researched this and practiced it in mice. The difference is in Brazil, their researchers immediately use it to patients. At the time of the study, 56 patients who experienced second- and third-degree burns were tested using the treatment. The result is unexpectedly, tilapia skin heals burns even faster than treatments that use ointments.
The method of treating burns using tilapia skin, or tilapia, was carried out by a team of doctors at the Dr. Jose Frota Institute Burns Unit in Fortaleza, a region in northeastern Brazil. The medicine for burns with tilapia is also believed to be the first in the history of health.
This research has begun to be developed by a research team headed by Dr. Odrico Moraes two years ago, at the Nucleus of Research and Development of Medicines (NPDM) at the Federal University of Ceara (UFC). The researchers found that it turns out that tilapia skin contains moisturizer, collagen and is more resistant to disease. Though usually this fish skin is often thrown away, after the meat is consumed.
How to treat burns with tilapia skin?
Treatment of burns using tilapia is very easy. Tilapia skin that has been processed in such a way that is sterile and safe to use for medical treatment is then placed directly on the affected part of the burn then covered with a bandage. When used fish skin does not need to be replaced.
After 10 days, the doctor will remove the bandage. The fish's skin has dried up and burns are claimed to be healed. The pain in patients with burn wounds is claimed to be directly reduced when attached to tilapia skin. So patients will not depend on painkillers anymore.
How can tilapia skin treat burns?
Well, you must be wondering why tilapia can be a medicine for burns. Actually the tilapia skin contains high collagen, which gives longer moisture. This is useful for creating new tissue to replace the burned tissue. In addition, this skin is also rich in omega 3 which is an antioxidant. This component can soothe the inflammation that occurs so that patients can feel more comfortable during the healing process. Its use is also safe because this skin is biocompatible with human skin.
Another reason why the treatment of burns in Brazil popularizes the use of tilapia scales is because the population of these fish is very large. Of course, with so many fish resources, the price of treatment using fish is much cheaper than other methods of treatment.
In addition, the treatment of using the skin is more effective because it is quite once used and after a week, the fish skin is removed. Obviously with this low price, this method of treatment will greatly help the community. Approximately, will this method also be used in Indonesia?
