Medical honey and the role in pediatric emergency wound management

Abstract

The use of complementary medical treatment in wound management has continued to grow throughout the world.There is a large body of evidence to support the use of honey as a wound dressing for a wide range of types of wounds.Clear guidelines for the use of honey in pediatric wound care do not exist. We present an update of present knowledge using honey as a form of complementary medicine in pediatric wound management.

Long Time Coming - Medihoney™ is also Gaining Ground in Pediatrics

“…The relevance of inexpensive but at the same time highly effective medicines is steadily increasing in today's society. It is therefore no wonder that medicinal honey, whose antibacterial effect was already known in Ancient Egypt, is becoming increasingly popular [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. The active principles of medicinal honey have been largely deciphered today: The most important component of honey promoting the healing process is considered to be the enzyme glucosidase [5,8,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20].…”

“…The cell-decomposing property, on the other hand, stems from the high osmolarity typical of sugar. Positive side effects of honey is that pain rarely occurs in the wound area and local or systemic side effects are absent, promoting tolerance for children [1,2,3,4,9,12]. Whether the characteristic antibacterial and anti-inflammatory mode of action of honey also applies to children and adolescents is being scientifically investigated in the Ped Mind Institute (PMI), which was founded in September 2010 [1,2,3,4].…”

“…Positive side effects of honey is that pain rarely occurs in the wound area and local or systemic side effects are absent, promoting tolerance for children [1,2,3,4,9,12]. Whether the characteristic antibacterial and anti-inflammatory mode of action of honey also applies to children and adolescents is being scientifically investigated in the Ped Mind Institute (PMI), which was founded in September 2010 [1,2,3,4]. By conducting bigger patient studies under the direction of Dr. Stefan Bittmann, the efficiency with different wound types as well as the healing process will be assessed in order to be able to optimize corresponding therapy measures with Medihoney™ especially for children and adolescents [1,2,3,4].…”

Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens Occurrence in Kazakh Honey Samples

“…In addition to BoNT produced by C. botulinum , toxins released by some unusual Clostridium baratii and Clostridium butyricum strains were also reported as causative agents of infant botulism [11]. Infant botulism cases mainly present during the first 6 months of life [12]. The incubation period of infant botulism is reported to be a minimum of 3 days.…”