Silver Nitrate Sticks 6" Caustic Applicator 100/Tube

Description

Silver nitrate sticks contain 75% silver nitrate and 25% potassium nitrate
Effective for removing skin tags, warts and unwanted skin tissue
100 disposable sticks per tube
Activates with moisture / water
4 Year Shelf Life
Silver Nitrate Sticks for Cauterization used to remove unwanted skin
tags, warts, aphthous ulcers, or over-production of granulation tissue
by chemically cauterize the skin by providing hemostasis or permanently
destroying unwanted tissue. Silver nitrate sticks contain 75% silver
nitrate and 25% potassium nitrate that allows the chemically
cauterization process to occur. 100 disposable stick per vial tube. The
silver and potassium nitrates in caustic pencils is in a dried, solid
form at the tip of a plastic stick. When the material is
applied to a wound or lesion, the tissue moisture or blood dissolves the
dried nitrate salts, which then chemically burn the tissue. It requires
moisture for activation. Silver nitrate sticks are often used for minor
hemostasis where patients are not under general anesthesia, and where
electrocautery would be painful and inconvenient. One common use of
silver nitrate sticks is in Emergency Medicine, to control epistaxis
(nosebleed). The stick is rolled on the affected mucous membrane or
visible blood vessel in the nares (nostril) where the chemical
cauterization stops the minor bleeding. If the bleeding is too copious,
the chemical cautery may not be effective, as the flowing blood can wash
away the chemical before it can react with the tissue. It can also be
accidentally spread to undesirable locations where it can cause skin
staining and tissue burns. This is especially important, as it is often
used in the nose where accidental aerosolization can occur, splattering
the clinician or other parts of the patient and causing unintentional
burns. Accidental application to unintended tissue is treated with
copious water irrigation.