Unlike alcohol, peroxide comes with a warning label that says harmful if swallowed.
Actually, here's a quote about peroxide for you:
"CUTS AND SCRAPES Hydrogen Peroxide, Iodine, Rubbing Alcohol, Mercurochrome When the skin isn’t broken, it’s hard to beat iodine for killing bacteria. That’s why doctors use it to clean an area before surgery. But when there’s a cut, says dermatologist Robert Kirsner, a spokesperson for the American Academy of Dermatology, full-strength iodine, hydrogen peroxide and rubbing alcohol can be toxic to skin cells, impeding healing. The chemical reaction (and bubbling) that occurs when hydrogen peroxide hits the skin isn’t only cleaning the wound — it’s killing healthy cells. And that stinging from the rubbing alcohol? This stuff hurts because it’s wiping out healthy tissue.
Putting iodine on cuts and wounds kills bacteria, says VanRooyen, but it won’t clean the wound. “You want to protect the good tissue, and iodine doesn’t do that.” Mercurochrome also kills bacteria, but as the name suggests, it contains mercury, which is toxic, and not generally recognized as safe, says the FDA. Today, doctors don’t use Mercurochrome."
if you want to use peroxide that even doctors won't use anymore and most of them recommend against using it, knock yourself out.
Me? I'd prefer to take the doctor's advice, not yours.
well,
Number one, if you drink rubbing alcohol, or Seabreeze, or witch hazel
or any other disinfectant, you will become sick, too, as these are toxic
if swallowed, too.
And you shouldn't put neither in your eyes, either.
Simply talking, a lot of commonly used disinfectants have warning label "harmful if swallowed" or "for external use only" or "do not put in your eyes".
Number two,
you need to recognize that things like iodine come in different strengths, too.
Number three, of course a lot of disinfectants like iodine does not clean the wound, but it is not the role of disinfectant to actually clean the wound - it is to DISINFECT IT.
You clean the wound with sterilized water, then disinfect it.
Number four, a cut is actually an open wound, even if minor.
Number five, VanRooyen is not telling the whole truth - alcohol for example is commonly used, for example have you ever had your blood drawn? what do they use after to disinfect the prick?
And
after the surgery? still iodine.
Why do the newborn babies have yellow bellies after their u-cord is cut? Iodine. and On open wound. sometimes, Pyoctanin.
Is all relative,
I am just saying you need to know your chemistry and biology to understand what are you talking about.
H20 is regular water, which means 3% peroxide is just one level up from this regular water.
It is not that strong a solution, but enough to kill for example, anaerobic bacteria.
I also used peroxide on scraps, abrasions, minor open wounds etc thru all my
childhood and I am fine.
The only thing dreaded about peroxide - it stings.
There sure are better things to disinfect for this fact alone, Polysporin for example.
Number six.
While I do recommend using peroxide, iodine and rubbing alcohol on MINOR
wounds up to a dollar in size
even I wouldn't pour such a stinging stuff on an anything bigger than that-
it's a common sense.
It's just hurts too much.
Except if absolutely necessary - in the absence of any other disinfectant, and the time is of great importance.
Fuzzy
