Freshwater fish tilapia skin is effective for burns treatment

ByRogerio da Silva

Even if mild burns are released, it will cure in a few days, but severe burns will require the skin to be transplanted by skin grafting. Transplanting not only human skin, pig skin and artificial skin are also used. Under such circumstances, in Brazil, treatment using "tilapia peel" has been done, and it has given great effect.

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Treatment with tilapia peel has been undertaken by Ceara State University since 2014 and clinical trials have been conducted since human effects were seen in mouse experiments.

There is a case of Maria de Silva as a case actually saved by tilapia skin. Please be careful when playing, as the picture below will be showing a somewhat vigorous treatment in progress.

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Maria, who was a waitress, was involved in the explosion of the gas range at his office, and he suffered a burn injury of two degrees in his arms.


So I got a treatment to stick tilapia peel from above burned part. Tilapia's skin is rich in type 1 and type 3 collagen required for skin repair, and tension and moisture content is also larger than human skin. Although the skin being used has been sterilized once and it is necessary to replace it several times during the treatment period of several weeks, the number of exchanges is fewer and the amount of analgesics used is smaller than that of cream and gauze treatment That's right.


Mary 's skin was rewarding for treatment and returned to a pretty beautiful state. The patient did not feel pain during treatment and the treatment cost was low.


There is also a picture of Josue Bezerra Jr.'s case. This also shows a state of quite lively therapy with tirapia peel paste after burns.

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Mr. Bezerra who served as electrical supervisor also got a big burn in the work and received treatment with tilapia's skin.


Although the skin of the tilapia is affixed around the arm, it is clearly understood that the original skin is torn.


Tilapia's skin is also rich with feet. According to Bezerra, he did not feel any effect at the first night, he said his arms were hot as if it were burning, but he said that he was getting familiar with his eyes.


However, there is also a view that this "tilapia peel" therapy was able to have been made because it is Brazil.

Dr. Jeanne Lee of the University of California, San Diego said that animal derived skin substitutes would be subject to rigorous examination by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and animal rights groups, which could raise costs and was donated Considering the balance with supply of human skin, I do not think that tiller peel skin will be used in American hospital.