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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 09:14:38 JST goatsarah

   Got some gum soreness. Usually I’d dab hydrogen peroxide on it, but it’s strangely difficult to get here (in Portugal every supermarket sells it).

   So instead I got chlorhexidine. Went and did a bit of Googling for scientific papers, which resulted in finding out that, and I quote, “chlorhexidine is more effective than povidone iodine and hydrogen peroxide for treating diseased or inflamed gums, but less effective than sodium hypochlorite”

   SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?

   Talk about using a sledgehammer to crack a nut!

   I have no plans to use sodium hypochlorite as a mouthwash.

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     mobbsy (mobbsy@mas.to)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 17:19:34 JST mobbsy

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     @goatsarah Colgate Peroxyl is fairly easily available as a Brand Name H2O2 mouthwash - e.g. https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/250579174 ?

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Sunday, 20-Aug-2023 23:48:21 JST goatsarah

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     You can’t make explosives with household concentrations.
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 00:22:59 JST goatsarah

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     @pseudomonas I used them a lot post SRS
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     Adam (pseudomonas@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 00:23:00 JST Adam

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     @goatsarah was reading earlier about bleach baths (they're very dilute hypochlorite, but supposedly effective for skin infections.)

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 00:46:41 JST goatsarah

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     • Adam
     @ajlanes @pseudomonas Was advised salt water baths. I added a touch of bleach on my own initiative.
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     ajlanes (ajlanes@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 00:46:42 JST ajlanes

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     • Adam
     @goatsarah @pseudomonas Was that advised by the surgeons or your own invention? I just had the “douche with videne” regime for the first few weeks.
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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 00:48:47 JST goatsarah

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     • Dr David Mills

     @Dtl it’s 97% water. Buy a 500ml bottle, there’s 15ml of peroxide in it.

     Good luck.

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     Dr David Mills (dtl@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 00:48:48 JST Dr David Mills

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     @goatsarah you can, you don't even have to try very hard. Teenage me knows it very well.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 00:55:33 JST goatsarah

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     • Dr David Mills
     @Dtl AIUI, the generic medical grade stuff has always been 3%. Much more and you start getting chemical burns.
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     Dr David Mills (dtl@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 00:55:34 JST Dr David Mills

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     @goatsarah Oh, they've really reduced it!
     No plans to try any time. Got my scare from that stuff when I made about 10x more than I thought I was going to. Still not much, but more than I was willing to be around.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 02:27:30 JST goatsarah

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     • Adam
     @pseudomonas Easiest thing to make with regular bleach is chlorine gas. It liberates it without even trying hard.
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     Adam (pseudomonas@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 02:27:32 JST Adam

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     @goatsarah ah, I thought you meant bleach - you can make nitrogen trichloride with regular bleach although you'd be pretty stupid to try it.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 03:39:37 JST goatsarah

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     • Adam
     @pseudomonas Dead is dead
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     Adam (pseudomonas@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Aug-2023 03:39:38 JST Adam

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     @goatsarah yes, but that's not explosive, just hazardous.