Outdated Medical Advice Medicine
BUSTED Comprehensively false

Hydrogen peroxide is best for cleaning wounds

Damages healthy tissue; saline or water is better

✗ The myth everyone repeats

Use hydrogen peroxide to clean wounds.

✓ What is actually true

Peroxide kills bacteria but damages healthy healing cells. Modern care recommends saline or water. Antibiotic ointment is better for prevention.

Believed 1920โ€“2005
Year Revised 2010
Why Changed New Evidence
Confidence Fully Debunked
Region Worldwide

Reception

7/10
6/10
The receipts 2 sources
  1. Peroxide Wound CarePRIMARY
  2. Wound AntisepticsREFERENCE

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