H202 to treat septic infections?

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medic82942003

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Stupid yank on line. Came home after breaking my leg. In truth I have a torn calf muscle, a MCL strain, and a stress fracture of my right leg. Can't do much for 6-8 weeks. Been reading a bit on what to carry in your kit. I used to carry hydrogen peroxide in my first aid kit for simple things. Wound cleaning ect ect. read a article on the Great war WW1. They stated troops were treated for wound infection with copius amounts of h202 on wounds to prevent gangriene/sepsis. Any people read anything on this.? They said it was vodoo medicine. Hail Mary type of stuff- If no other options and you are stuck in the middle of no where with no medivac, they state treat the septic wound with 3 percent H202 3-4 times a day and it will help prevent sepsis. Gangriene. Any input on this?
 
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Used it a lot before as an mouth/ teeth cleaner instead of using regular toothpaste , salt also to brush teeth.
Both salt and sugar is good for small open wounds too , it drains the liquid away from the wounds like salt does, most prefer sugar for obvious reasons.. salt hurts lol

(WOUND FIRST AID: Cuts and scraped skin benefit from sugar. Sugar is an antibiotic that naturally kills germs. Not only will that it speed the healing of the skin tissue. Clean wound and sprinkle a little over the cut or scrape.)

hydrogen peroxide is not antisceptic , it;s great for wounds or equipment ,desinfectant and sterilizing
But does nothing for infections other as loosening debris in wounds.
H2O2 as far as i know is inactivated by enzymes in the skin making it useless as an antisceptic.

P.S. I am not a medic but its commonly used in FA kits or on the work floor.. at least i do
 
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Hydrogen peroxide was commonly used for cleaning wounds. it was very good, but some research was undertaken and found that it did do some dammage to the tissue in a wound and actually could prolomh the wound healing process.

I never had anyone get any infections after a wound was cleaned with hydrogen peroxide, but these days you will see just plain old sodium chloride flushes being used. Its the research and i feal the namby pamby fluffy nice approach everyone seams to have these days.

we also used Tinc Benz for sealing skin back down when people had massive blisters of where the skin had pealed back off their feet. was common practice when the british army were on the change over from DMS Boots to Boots Combat High.

Just be aware if you are considering dabling with hydrogen peroxide that it comes in various strengths and it does burn so no using the toilet immediately after using it or you will become an olympic sprinter lol
 
Tea Tree oil kills bacteria and any other micro-organisms on contact, so its also good for athletes foot and such like. However it works by eroding the skin of the cell so will kill live skin cells (those under the surface) and those in more sensative areas (don't use for any itchiness in the crotch area or around the eyes.) You can also dab it on a sore throat or broken tooth but should not take any amount internally (and it tastes foul). It also repels insects and usually stops itching from insect bites.
You can get it in bottles of pure stuff and also in wipes (generally sold in cosmetic sections of Superdrug etc.)
I've used it a lot on smaller wounds but only use it as an initial cleaner until I can get the wound dressed to keep it clean. I think if you used it continually it would stop the wound healing.
 
yeah I use hydrohen peroxide all the time on wounds to clean up the debris and gunge around them. no real problems with delayed wound healing byt it is important as one poster has already acknowledged that the strength you use and buy is known to the user.

2-3% is fine- any more than this and your causing a chemical burn and then you delay wound healing...keep out of the eye and have it labelled as to the % diluted.
please note this is veterinary wounds which tend to be pretty full of crap, mud and environment . ( im a vet...not a veteran but a veterinarian)
 
Hydrogen peroxide is just not to be recommended any more - even the orthopaedic surgeons have stopped using it intraoperatively, and that's during sterile procedures as well as dirty. Even at the dilute strength it kills cells around the wound (which are less sturdy than any bacteria in the wound) and so you then have dead cells in the wound, which is just food for the bugs. Never mind sterile saline flushes, good old soap and water sorts most wounds out, and without the irritation.
 
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