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Can salt heal a openskin wound?

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Dr. Michael Miller answered

Specializes in Wound care

Painful, not healing: Healing is a delicate process and things that hurt like salt are bad avoid using alcohol, peroxide, hibiclens, betadine, and bleach solutions. Inflammation ( red, hot, swollen, tender) is important so anti-inflammatories (motrin, advil) are bad. Cover the area with a clean dressing changed every other day and protected from trauma. Never put anything in a wound if you would not put it in your eye.

Answered 10/2/2016

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No: Have never used salt to heal a wound.

Answered 9/8/2013

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