Hello Im new here...hehe

 

I have this wierd question... and Im hoping that someone can help me out

 

I now this may sound wierd, but Ive read that by "upgrading" water (H2O) to H2O2.. it becomes something very good...

 

that the new H2O2 is capable of destroing bacterias which we hate....and being capable of destroing deseases like cancer and HIV..

 

Now, when I heard this I though, wtf, its like....its water....with an additionall oksygen molecule... but then again..who knows...

 

Thats why I did this, asking you people.. to get someones thoughts and knowledge on this...

 

So what do you think about H2O2?

 

Dr. J

H₂O₂ is hydrogen peroxide.

 

It is corrosive and highly reactive (to the point of being explosive). It is mutagenic and therefore can be considered a carcinogen if inhaled or ingested, so as a cure for cancer it might not be that helpful.

 

I'd imagine it kills pathogens brilliantly in vitro, but in the human body it's going to do more harm than good.

hehe, okey, thanks for comfirming it... I was starting to wonder if the cure was that easy...hehe

If only

H2O2 is a GREAT cure for disease. Kill the disease by killing the organism

 

By organism I mean the infected human, of course

Peroxide is used alot as an antibacterial by our cells. It's also used to break down stuff that cells bring inside them. It's contained in little vesicles called peroxisomes that stop it wreaking havoc inside the body. These fuse with what ever needs peroxiding and empty their contents, but don't allow the peroxide to enter the cell.

Hospitals use weak peroxide solution as an antiseptic. It's used to clean wounds. It foams and bubbles on contact with with the wound, which looks quite impressive. It's quite good on sloughy wounds though. Cleans them up nicely. The bubbling releases oxygen, which also inhibits any anaerobic bacteria than may be present.

I wouldn't recommend drinking it though.

No, probably not a good idea.

Explosive burps == teh bad.

Just one small addition. If I had a choice between using hydrogen peroxide or triple antibiotic cream on a minor wound, I would use triple antibiotic cream. It's less likely to leave scars.

Peroxide will remove blood from fabric. People used to use it to bleach their hair - it was not all that attractive, and those who used it were known as "peroxide blondes".

Just one small addition. If I had a choice between using hydrogen peroxide or triple antibiotic cream on a minor wound, I would use triple antibiotic cream. It's less likely to leave scars.

 

True. Having said that, they only use it as a first step in cleaning dirty wounds, road-rash, bites, sloughy wounds, that kind of thing. After it's done its job, it's rinsed off with normal saline, and the wound is dressed with something like betadine.

 

I saw a rocket car at Santa Pod that ran on hydrogen peroxide. That looked a lot more fun than cleaning wounds.

the 1`st rocket packs (as worn at the L.A Olympics some years ago) were H2O2 over a silver mesh catalyst, the resultant Steam was plenty to send the guy flying

 

as for a "medicine" Topical use only, in vitro would prove fatal!

and consumed as a beverage you`ll destroy your stomach and asophagus as it burned the mucuos membranes away and shriveled the now white frothing flesh, a perfectly horrible way to die I should imagine?

Probably not with hospital solution. It's only something like 2% or 0.2% (can't remember which). It fizzes up on contact with blood, but doesn't sting at all and it's not even strong enough to bleach the hairs on your hand.

A small point in reply to Lucid Dreamer...I would rather use hydrogen peroxide to clean a wound nowadays (even if it stung like hell) considering the numbers of antibiotic resistant bacteria that are kicking around now! Just something to consider when GP's are STILL prescribing antibiotics like they are going out of fashion.