| abstract |
In the present invention there is disclosed the use of a gel for local treatment of skin diseases and skin preventive treatment, whereby the gel contains more than 90 percent by weight of a drying and/or protein-coagulating lower alcohol containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a mixture of alcohols, primarily ethanol and possible additional adjuvants and auxiliary substances, further a gel-forming substance ensuring a good adherence to skin and giving a matrix form to alcohol or a mixture of alcohols, and which inhibits evaporation of alcohol, prolongs effect of the preparation and after gel drying it forms a protective plastic layer on skin. In the present invention there is further described the use of a combination of the gel-forming substance and alkanol when preparing a medicament containing at least 90 percent by weight of this alkanol and that is intended for treating viral skin diseases or infections caused by ectoparasites. |