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Medical experts are warning the public of a dangerous trend that has been spreading on social media where people are skipping intensive care units and instead treating COVID at home by inhaling hydrogen peroxide through the use of a nebulizer.
Hydrogen peroxide is a mild antiseptic used topically on the skin to prevent infection on minor cuts and wounds. It is also used as a mouthwash to remove mucus or soothe minor mouth irritation. The Mayo Clinic notes that hydrogen peroxide as a solution has been used to kill the COVID-19 virus on surfaces.
But health experts warn that inhaling the antiseptic can be fatal. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America wrote in a blog post on Sept. 21 that inhaling hydrogen peroxide is dangerous and not a way to prevent nor treat COVID-19.
DO NOT put hydrogen peroxide into your nebulizer and breathe it in. This is dangerous! the foundation wrote. It is not a way to prevent nor treat COVID-19.
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Registry noted in a fact sheet that
inhalation of hydrogen peroxide can cause irritation in the lungs.
Ingesting the substance can also cause stomach irritation and vomiting.
https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2021/09/please-stop-inhaling-hydrogen-peroxide-to-treat-covid-doctors-warn.html
Siwsan
(26,315 posts)padah513
(2,512 posts)When did nonsense become an acceptable substitute for common sense? Just take the shot! Lol
Lovie777
(12,390 posts)the cult rather spend tons of money on cures that don't work, i.e. de-wormer, hydrogen peroxide, etc. than get free vaccines and wear mask.
mucifer
(23,597 posts)wipe down surfaces in the beginning of the pandemic. It is less toxic than disinfectant wipes. BUT I was following CDC recommendations that said you could use hydrogen peroxide to wipe things down.
John Ludi
(589 posts)if snorting pure Tea Tree Oil will ever end up as a "cure" for these people.
mucifer
(23,597 posts)hemlock. So is poison ivy. So is snake venom.
Lots of poisons are natural. Many chemotherapies are made from the vinca plant. They are very toxic if you don't know how to administer them. You can bleed out from too much aspirin that comes from the bark of trees.
The vaccine deniers who are into all the "natural" crap are often not the trumpy vaccine deniers. A lot of them are liberal dems who are very left of center on the social issues.
It's infuriating!
mopinko
(70,294 posts)natural this and bad pharma that. they sell a lot of snake oil, and they ruin a lot of minds.
I'm surrounded by them. My little area is kind of a new age hot spot...the Sedona of Wisconsin, basically...so about a third of the people I know are of that ilk. The Delta variant is starting to make its way into their little bubbleworld...it'll be interesting to see how it all plays out. I like some of these people as people, so I'll be sad if some of them fall prey to the consequences of paradigm they've bought into.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Maybe I should bottle and sell it?
Crunchy Frog
(26,698 posts)If the government's telling you not to, that means you should definitely keep doing it.
getagrip_already
(14,934 posts)Press Release: The US Surgeon General, the CDC, and leading physicians warn that ingesting gasoline will not cure Covid, and could in fact be fatal.
"Gasoline is fine for cars, but terrible for your lungs". President Biden warns "Don't ingest it".
There, that should do it.
LastDemocratInSC
(3,656 posts)They will all end up as blondes.
malaise
(269,254 posts)Cull your herd =that is all
SamKnause
(13,113 posts)Don't they know the cure is mainlining Drano ???