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Medical Forum / General / General / April 2005A new band-aid technology that replaces all the old ones.
Now I have not yet created this new technology except in my mind. But I suspect it is already in existence but I am simply not aware of it. Experience: recently I have been struggling to remove every wart off of my body and down to a couple on my finger and about 4 on my feet (plantair warts as they are called). The salicylic acid in EQUATE or CompoundW are inadequate to remove warts and just a waste of time and money. But in the gel solution of EQUATE as you put the ointment on a wart it hardens and turns white and seals the wart. So from have observed EQUATE in action, although it never solves any wart problem because it is too weak. It gives me the idea of what an ideal Band-Aid should be like. We all know that band-aids are superficial and a bother to keep on and often slight pain to remove so whether a bandaid ever does anything beneficial at all is questionable. It slows the air from healing the wound. So what EQUATE tells me is that if we had a Ointment that was a gel form that you drop onto the wound and it hardens quickly and seals the wound so that outside contaminants cannot get into the wound. Well, we would have a better Band-Aid than those silly tapes with a sponge in middle. So I envision the new age band aids is some form of a gel drop that you cover a small cut and it seals the cut and stops the bleeding hopefully and seals the wound from outside contaminants. I suspect such a application is already found and in existance? Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies > So I envision the new age band aids is some form of a gel drop that you > cover a small cut and it seals the cut and stops the bleeding hopefully > and seals the wound from outside contaminants. > > I suspect such a application is already found and in existance? Now I am mindful that I have many young readers of my posts. And want to Caution and Warn them. I used EQUATE above as an analogy to search for something like EQUATE to make a new age bandaid. I never apply EQUATE to an open wound or cut because the fear of it entering my bloodstream. Do not use EQUATE as a bandaid because it is not a bandaid and that it would get into your bloodstream if a fresh wound. Whatever is found that replaces bandaids is something that can be put onto the fresh wound and not be harmful if it enters the bloodstream. Again, I used EQUATE only as an analogy. Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies We know of sewing together a wound or cut to stem the bleeding. But I want something more convenient than sewing. I cannot use the wart compound such as gel form of EQUATE for that is no good for the bloodstream but I want something of that consistency so that I apply it to a cut and stops the bleeding. And is nonharmful if it gets into the blood stream. Now I suppose ice slows the bleeding. But would it not be nice if some petroleum-jelly had the consistency of a heavy like glue. So that you applied it to a cut and it sort of glued together the sections of the injured skin. Perhaps there is some sort of glue like compound. Some glue flakes that sprinkled into the wound and the blood turns the flakes into a glue and like magic the bleeding is stopped and it wears off in a couple of days. So we really need a vast technology improvement to band-aids. Band aids of those strips of tapes with a padding in the middle are almost useless. They retard healing. They do nothing to stem the flow of blood. They are a nuisance when pulling off. They have more bad features than any good features. So there must be some compound that when you apply it to a cut, it seals the cut and stems the bleeding. And it keeps the wound from infections. And it wears off naturally in about 2 or 3 days. Perhaps it has already been invented or discovered and I am not aware of it. But the days of those pitiful band-aids should be over with. Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies > So there must be some compound that when you apply it to a cut, it seals > the cut and stems the bleeding. Perhaps something like those "cut men" in boxing use to rapidly close a cut. > > So there must be some compound that when you apply it to a cut, it seals > > the cut and stems the bleeding. > > Perhaps something like those "cut men" in boxing use to rapidly close a > cut. Yes, what exactly is boxer's bleeding stuff? Is it some form of glue and vaseline? I remember Elmer's glue that white stuff is water based, perhaps it is a mix of Elmer's glue. Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies >> Perhaps something like those "cut men" in boxing use to rapidly close a >> cut. > > Yes, what exactly is boxer's bleeding stuff? I don't know for sure. But I have heard that different cut men have different ways of doing it, sort of "secret recipes" if you will. And that the better their concoction, the farther they go in the business. Perhaps someone who knows better can say something more definitive. Just dip the affected area in pure Lavender oil. Seals the area nicely. Great for burns. However, some things like over a pus area or anywhere it obviously needs to bleed/work itself out is best not sealed for awhile. > > > So there must be some compound that when you apply it to a cut, it seals > > > the cut and stems the bleeding. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots > of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies > Just dip the affected area in pure Lavender oil. Seals the area nicely. > Great for burns. However, some things like over a pus area or anywhere it > obviously needs to bleed/work itself out is best not sealed for awhile. Well lavender comes from a plant species and not sure what the oil portion is. What I want is something that really fast quickens the bleeding to stop. Medicine has sewing but I want something for small cuts such as cutting off a wart. By the way, my newest preferred method of wart removal is a razor blade. Those old fashioned razor blades that I can hold in my fingers like a knife and simply in one fast stroke cut off a wart. I stock up on those old fashioned razor blades in case they decide to stop making them. I heard in the science news that sprinkling pepper (another plant source) into a cut quickens the bleeding to stop. But I wonder if this can infect a wound. Nay, what I want is some sure and safe means of quickening the bleeding to stop. Something like a water based glue perhaps in powder form that when I get a minor cut I sprinkle this powder and the water in the blood turns the powder into a glue like hard coating that the bleeding stops quickly. Archimedes Plutonium www.iw.net/~a_plutonium whole entire Universe is just one big atom where dots of the electron-dot-cloud are galaxies ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm not a Galen or Hippocrates but I have 50 years experience with band-aids and antiseptics. The main purposes of the band-aid are... (1) Keeping the wound clean. The band-aid delays drying and scabbing, and it should not be used more than 24 hours. (2) A tactile reminder that there is an injury. This keeps you from repeating any behavior which might re-open the wound. I disagree about the value of a glue and the closing of the wound, because you might seal in anaerobic bacteria with the glue. Oxygen molecules are good germ killers, much better than glue mixed with water. My own preference is mercurochrome directly to the wound, then the loosely fitting band-aid. What's the professional opinion? David H ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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