Hydo peroxide?

Question

I had a question about this product and someone answer back that it kills the cells inside our own body and if that is true then y doesn't kill our skin cells that are on the outside of the body a cell is a cell right or wrong ... huuuummmmmmmmm!!!!!!!! courious George is still on the stand by .. even thoe it kills mold and its a good cleaning tools and a good aid .. This is good we need to develop something here

Answer 1

Well, the reason you use hydrogen peroxide to clean your cuts and scrapes and all that is to kill the bacteria that might start growing there. The reason that the bacteria dies and our cells don't is because we have organelles called peroxisomes. Peroxisomes break down hydrogen peroxde into oygen and water. That's why sometimes when you put hydrogen peroxide on a cut it looks like it bubbles. The bacteria don't have peroxisomes and they die.

Alternately, if you use alcohol on a cut, both your cells and the bacteria die.

Answer 2

Diluted hydrogen peroxide that you get from the drug store will not hurt you because our cells have peroxisomes, which are organelles that just happen to break down hydrogen peroxide. Bacteria do not have peroxisomes. This is why you can use it to clean a wound, it kills the bacteria but not your skin cells.

Answer 3

Concentrated hydrogen peroxide (>50%) is corrosive, and even domestic-strength solutions can cause irritation to the eyes, mucous membranes and skin. Swallowing hydrogen peroxide solutions is particularly dangerous, as decomposition in the stomach releases large quantities of gas (10 times the volume of a 3% solution) leading to internal bleeding. Inhaling over 10% can cause severe pulmonary irritation.

Answer 4

Aye, my uncle's neighbor ran a helicopter off'f the stuff- the concentrated kind.

What you buy in the pharmacy is a diluted 3% topical solution, suitable for cleaning wounds and ears- see the warning label on the side of the bottle that I'm sure is there.