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    treating battlefield wounds with Sugar/Honey

    Brother just send me these two links and I think they are both useful as we all have sugar and probably honey in our house.

    http://www.ehow.com/how_5693114_trea...nds-sugar.html

    http://www.ehow.com/how_5689579_use-...at-wounds.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by murphman View Post
    Brother just send me these two links and I think they are both useful as we all have sugar and probably honey in our house.

    http://www.ehow.com/how_5693114_trea...nds-sugar.html

    http://www.ehow.com/how_5689579_use-...at-wounds.html
    Sugar effort it concern in different ways. It is normally aseptic constrain the progress of microorganisms. It absorb up humidity and thus assist decrease the swelling general to injured tissue. Sugar may also offer the vittles or boost for tissue to invigorate.
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    I've heard of both, but never tried either.

    However, from experience, I'd avoid granular objects - sugar, pepper, etc. It can be a real PITA to get off the wound once you're at the hospital. No, it doens't just rinse off - you get it in the congealed blood, which then has to be removed to see the wound. And then they have to get out all the pieces of stuff that you shoved onto the wound. Typically before the lidocaine goes in.

    No real-life experiences on the treating end with honey.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Caduceus View Post
    I've heard of both, but never tried either.

    However, from experience, I'd avoid granular objects - sugar, pepper, etc. It can be a real PITA to get off the wound once you're at the hospital. No, it doens't just rinse off - you get it in the congealed blood, which then has to be removed to see the wound. And then they have to get out all the pieces of stuff that you shoved onto the wound. Typically before the lidocaine goes in.

    No real-life experiences on the treating end with honey.
    I would use neither. We have people come to the ER from time to time with all sorts of home remedies smeared on their wounds. Ultimately it just makes the wound harder to clean and repair. Clean, and bandaged wound. Keep other crap out of it.

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    I think the application is for remote, field expedient use, and not as a default protocol. Thus, is honey (with its history of use) any better than doing nothing other than irrigation?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Iraq Ninja View Post
    I think the application is for remote, field expedient use, and not as a default protocol. Thus, is honey (with its history of use) any better than doing nothing other than irrigation?
    I would suggest no. I do not like the idea of putting a sugary organic material in a wound that is most likely laden with bacteria. That is just a setup for trouble.
    Last edited by jknopp44; 06-14-12 at 16:34.

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    Here ya go...here's another similarly scholarly review of something you should keep in mind for, you know, when the SHTF and it's EOTWAWKI, and your bunker mate has a gallbladder attack.

    http://www.gallbladderattack.com/coffeeenema.shtml




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    Sugar will help to coagulate.. You must control bleeding to survive.. Just saying.. Ron
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kokopelli View Post
    Sugar will help to coagulate.. You must control bleeding to survive.. Just saying.. Ron
    Yes, I've heard the same.

    Regarding the fear of giving sugar to bacteria, I am not sure. There is one school of thought that goes: excess sugar is used to preserve fruit, because in high concentrations, sugar makes for a hostile environment for bacteria...

    I'd like to see any scientific evidence...
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    Quote Originally Posted by pmarc View Post
    Yes, I've heard the same.

    Regarding the fear of giving sugar to bacteria, I am not sure. There is one school of thought that goes: excess sugar is used to preserve fruit, because in high concentrations, sugar makes for a hostile environment for bacteria...

    I'd like to see any scientific evidence...
    Pub Med is a good source.. Ron
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