Abstract
The boric acid concentration in the blood of 21 hospitalised patients, having been treated with wet compresses of boric acid over several days, has been determined. Only in 1 patient a significant rise of the boric concentration was found, probably due to a preexisting kidney damage. On the basis of the assumption that a therapy with boric acid may be dangerous to patients with kidney diseases, laboratory experiments have been carried out with rabbits whose kidneys had been artificially damaged prior to the boric acid application. It could be demonstrated that the half value time of boric acid in the blood was significantly prolonged. In using boric acid, therefore, special care must be taken with regard to existing kidney damages, as the toxic limit in the blood may easily be reached through cumulation.
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