Main Usage
Medicine
(1) Magnesium sulfate can inhibit the central nervous system, relax skeletal muscle, have sedation, anti-spasm and reduce intracranial pressure, etc. It is often used to treat convulsions, eclampsia, uremia, tetanus and hypertensive encephalopathy. More than 10 ml of 10% magnesium sulfate deep intramuscular injection or with 5% glucose diluted into 2% ~ 2.5% solution slowly drip. However, it should be noted that direct intravenous injection or large dose of intramuscular injection of magnesium sulfate is very dangerous. Generally, 25% magnesium sulfate can be used at most 15 ml each time. Attention should be paid to the patient's breathing and blood pressure when using the knee reflex is slow is an important sign of sufficient magnesium ion.
(2) Magnesium plays an extremely important role in the metabolism of sugars and proteins. Magnesium supplements should be given to developing children with indigestion and vitamin D.
(3) Magnesium has many physiological functions similar to potassium. Magnesium deficiency is often overlooked because its clinical manifestations are similar to potassium deficiency. In the absence of potassium through filling potassium and symptoms still do not improve, the lack of magnesium should be considered above all the possibility, such ability can make hypomagnesemia is corrected in time. Therefore, long-term infusion patients should pay attention to filling magnesium while filling potassium. Adding 1 g magnesium sulfate to daily infusion can prevent the occurrence of hypomagnesemia.
(4) When patients with cardiac insufficiency use digitalis drugs, magnesium salt can be appropriately supplemented to prevent low magnesium and aggravate the toxicity of digitalis. Magnesium salts are often effective in the treatment of tachycardia.
(5) Oral magnesium sulfate is rarely absorbed in the intestine, so it has no use as described above. But oral magnesium sulfate has good cathartic function, so magnesium sulfate is also called Epsom salt. Oral magnesium sulfate solu
