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Nurse is correct (Re: That Nurse's Explanation Doesn't Seem Right To Me (Reply to this comment)
by spectrewriter
The nurse doesn't need to go back to school. It's spot-on, if a bit simplified, for laymen. Oxygen is thought of as a good thing, but too much of that good thing is lethal. The extra oxygen kills off the exposed tissue.
You're also mistaken about when it will bubble, but that, too, is irrelevant.
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Jan 01 '10
9:47 pm PST
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Peroxide is indeed dangerous for wounds (Reply to this comment)
by dstuart
I just came from a plastic surgeon's office, where I had been sent by my family doctor for a hand wound that was not healing. The surgeon immediately diagnosed "hydrogen peroxide burn" and said that peroxide was safe to use on a cut or wound only at first, to clean it. After that, it eats skin away and, in fact, gradually eats any tissue away. I had been pouring it full strength on my wound twice a day as I changed the dressing.
Never again! Now I have to wait a month for the burn to heal. The nursing student's advice is right on.
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Jul 08 '09
11:52 am PDT
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Re: i think peroxide is okay for wound care... (Reply to this comment)
by xam47
hospitalized conditions are different. By the time patients get to the hospital they are likely to have had a lot of healing already. Also hospitals are actually quite dangerous places. They are breeding grounds for antibiotic resistant super bugs. This is particularly true in the ICU, but even if you're not in the ICU, the docs are, and they come out and interact with you next! So, the idea is to heal up patients as fast as possible, ship them out, and pray that no infection occurs.
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Jan 31 '08
10:06 am PST
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i think peroxide is okay for wound care... (Reply to this comment)
by xam47
i agree that it is possible for hydrogen peroxide to interact with blood to slow healing. which is why when i use it for wounds, i only use it initially to help sterilize everything, and don't repeatedly wash the wound with it. When it washes away and denatures the products that normally lead to scar formation, they are quickly replaced (there's not much initially anyways). I certainly would not... a couple hours later, reapply peroxide, after the protein meshwork of granulation tissue (prescar) has fromed. It can still be beneficially however especially if the cut was formed with a nonsterile object (knife for example). An initial cleaning, be it with soap, water, saline, peroxide, or whatever you have, is unlikely to slow wound healing after the initially period of time following an open wound.
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Jan 31 '08
9:50 am PST
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Re: Re: That Nurse's Explanation Doesn't Seem Right To Me (Reply to this comment)
by utellit
The warning is accurate. It was published in The Journal of the American Medical Association, and it applies to open wounds. So, unless you have a sore in your mouth feel free to rinse your mouth with H.P. The topic was covered when I was in medical school (2005), but I already knew it since I assist with wound care patients having whirpool treatments. We always use saline.
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Jan 14 '07
10:05 pm PST
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Re: ooh! (Reply to this comment)
by dulcembrown
LMAO I also had to read that sentence twice!!
"If a person has a big sore or wound they are a specialized nurse" ???? And what's with "Never use the same only gauze two days in a row"
Makes no sense!! I feel damn sorry for her patients..... she can't write!!! Sounds like a an air head!!!
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Sep 14 '06
11:57 am PDT
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H2O2 info (Reply to this comment)
by princess_leah
Where can I find information on this? I am currently taking nursing, and I am doing a project with this topic. I am having a hard time finding information on it:) Thank you
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Feb 01 '04
2:51 pm PST
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Re: ooh! (Reply to this comment)
by andyroddickjr
I'm sorry about being unclear on that. This nurse went to school a little bit longer to specialize in taking care of large bed sores and ulcers or long surgical incisions that regular nurses cannot take care of. Just like a doctor can specialize is Pediatrics, Surgery, or Cardiology, this nurse specializes in wound care.
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Jun 27 '01
11:44 pm PDT
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Re: That+Nurse's+Explanation+Doesn't+Seem+Right+To+Me (Reply to this comment)
by andyroddickjr
Thank you very much smartass. Obviously there is going to moisture in a cut or scrape because of a think called blood, which by the way is liquid. Funny how i don't remember saying a damn thing about it not being okay to gargle with hp. Maybe i shouldn't have put eats away the tissue. The reason it does not make sores in your mouth is because you don't have any sores in your mouth. While it is destroying the germs in a wound it is also destroying the EXPOSED tissue's tissue under the skin. SO unless you have an EXPOSED sore in your mouth it will not harm it. By the way, are you a nurse? I didn't think so. Next time you think you of telling someone they need to go back to school, maybe you should know what the hell you are talking about first.
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Jun 27 '01
11:36 pm PDT
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That Nurse's Explanation Doesn't Seem Right To Me (Reply to this comment)
by Stloraine
I don't think HP "eats" away human flesh. It's just not a very strong antibacterial product, that's all. Think about it: it only bubbles when there is moisture present. Nothing happens when applied to healthy flesh with no open sore. It's used as a gargle. Nobody reports their mouth and throat being eaten away. That nurse needs to go back to school.
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Jun 27 '01
8:34 am PDT
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erm... (Reply to this comment)
by dancingpotato
You know what's even cooler when you're six? Knowing that your knee is being eaten away. :)
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Jun 27 '01
5:26 am PDT
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ooh! (Reply to this comment)
by kung_fu_chimp
". If a patient has a big sore or a big wound she is a specialized nurse who does wound care. "
Huh? I had to read that a couple times, still had no idea what you meant... But the information you gave us was awesome, so I figured you put it there for a reason or something.
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Jun 27 '01
1:19 am PDT
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Thanks for the advice (Reply to this comment)
by luv_sunshine
I didn't know this about peroxide. Thanks for the useful information. What information do you have about the newer bandages that are supposed to reduce scar formation?
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Jun 27 '01
12:00 am PDT
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