this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2025
741 points (98.3% liked)
Microblog Memes
11223 readers
1573 users here now
A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.
Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.
RULES:
- Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
- Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
- You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
- Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
- Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
- Absolutely no NSFL content.
- Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
- No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.
RELATED COMMUNITIES:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
My daughter's dog that is a climber got on a shelf and knocked a basket off that had a large bottle of Tylenol in it. She chewed the bottle up.
I got home and saw some pills and a demolished bottle on the ground. Vet tech friend said to induce vomiting with hydrogen peroxide.
Didn't have any of that, but I did have some minty mouthwash with peroxide and no xylitol in it. Dog willingly drank it, puked with foam, drank a bit more, puked more foam, then I dug through the mess.
No pills or any sign of the color on the pills. She's still kicking.
how are you alive? H2O2 is like the basic necessity of every first aid kit. when you get a cut or scrape at home do you just like, ignore it?
do you even have bandaids or triple antibiotic ointment?
As far as I understand it, you shouldn't put peroxide on most, or maybe even any, wounds. It indiscriminately kills good and bad bacteria as well as your body's cells. So it can make the wound take much longer to heal.
Similar, but I think different, with iodine. You shouldn't use it in most cases.
The recommendation is to use warm soapy water to rinse/clean the wound really good. That's all.
If the wound is deep enough or gnarly enough that this doesn't seem reasonable? Well, peroxide wasn't gonna help you anyway, go to the doctor.
I'm happy to be wrong here, to be corrected. But this is how I understand it.
Also I do keep peroxide in my cupboard, as well as rubbing alcohol. Their uses just aren't for wounds.
Peroxide is actually a pretty terrible wound cleanser. Does as much damage to the healing tissue as to any bacteria, which is why you seldom see it used in the hospital. Honestly you are better off with lots of clean warm water and mild soap. If you really want to get wild, find some true antibacterial soap with chlorhexidine (hibiclens is the big brand name in the US) and wash the wound with that. Just don't use it on the face bc it's really bad for the eyes.
I guess.
I grew up on a farm. every cut, stab, or scrape was done on some rusty, shit caked, dirty metal thing or some sharp blade covered in blood. so peroxide was always used because the risk of some bacteria left behind for infection was greater than the risk of scar tissue.
my wounds heal pretty quickly, so it's not something I've had to deal with.
Just because we do something for a long time doesn't mean it's the right thing to do. In most cases, forceful irrigation with sterile saline is the best way to handle a dirty wound.
What a completely unnecessary comment
I see what you mean, but if mine was unnecessary, what does that make yours?
👍