질염 의심 환자에서 플라즈마 활성수 분사법을 이용한 질 세정 효과

초록

Plasma-activated water (PAW) is functional water in which various ionized gases and free radicals that originated primarily from oxygen and nitrogen gases in the air and water. In this study, PAW was applied by spraying the vaginal wall of vaginitis (suspected) patients, and the vaginal cleansing effect of PAW was evaluated by the sterilization effect on various vaginitis-causing microorganisms. In this clinical study, a total of 94 vaginitis (suspected) patients were randomly assigned, and the vaginal cleansing effect was compared and evaluated by applying betadine treatment (control) and PAW spray method. Vaginal secretions were collected before and after cleansing, and the cleansing effect of infectious microorganisms was evaluated by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for 12 types of vaginitis causative microorganisms (STD). PCR results for infectious microorganisms were compared and analyzed for betadine (control, n=40) and PAW groups (experimental, n=46), excluding subjects with negative STD PCR results before washing. In the case of the control group, PCR-positive patients before betadine treatment were all positive after treatment, and no treatment effect was observed. However, in the experimental group, a significant decrease was observed after treatment compared to before treatment, with Mycoplasma hominis 30±15.28%, Ureaplasma urealyticum 25±9.93%, Ureaplasma parvum 23±8.42%, and Candida albicans 28±10.86%. Also, through comparison between the two groups, it was confirmed that PAW had a better cleansing effect than betadine. Therefore, spray treatment using PAW is expected to be clinically applied to vaginal cleaning of patients with suspected vaginitis as a new alternative to chemical disinfectants, antibiotics, and antifungals.

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