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Can a chemical like peroxide touch a wound?
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Perioxide: Wound care experts do not like the use of hydrogen peroxide in a wound since the chemical can kill good cells along with its 'cleansing' activity. Keep it away from your wounds and seek help from your clinician.
Answered 9/16/2014
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No: Those trained in wound care don't use peroxide for wound care.
Answered 9/29/2016
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Real Answer: The real question is what not to do that slows down healing. Avoid using alcohol, peroxide, hibiclens, betadine, and bleach solutions. Inflammation ( red, hot, swollen, tender) is important to healing so anti-inflammatories (motrin, advil) are bad. Cover the area with a clean dressing changed every other day and protected from trauma. Antibiotics do not help healing unless it is truly infected.
Answered 8/23/2013
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