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What does an EE do if they happen to have polyps?
langwadt:
--- Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 21, 2022, 07:01:45 pm ---The approach is probably interesting, but I could not find any (after admittedly a quick search) other publication on that. Which in itself is not a good sign. ::)
As to implementation, I would be a lot more reserved.
First thing (that I may have missed, or the author may have not stated): is this properly isolated? Is this battery-operated, or otherwise has proper isolation means?
Second thing, it's apparently just a fixed, constant voltage, alterning stimulation. I think this is the wrong way of doing it. It should be current-controlled instead. The resulting impedance between electrodes will vary widely depending on conditions, skin, skin preparation, and other factors. Thus the stimulation current will vary widely. This is definitely neither a good idea for safety, nor for reproducibility.
For those reasons, and the fact it's solely an experiment the author did on themselves, I'm surprised this got even published. Since when experimenting on oneself (with all biases that can come with it) can be a valid scientific approach? :popcorn:
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Several Nobel laurates in medicine did experiments on themselves, it avoids all the medical and ethical approvals needed for human experiments on someone else
borjam:
Go to a real doctor. Some "polyps" can be nasty tumors that require surgery.
eugene:
--- Quote from: TimFox on March 21, 2022, 07:56:14 pm ---Independent of this particular experiment and therapy, there is a long history of real medical science involving experimentation on oneself.
A somewhat recent example, which completely overturned conventional thought about ulcers:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727772-000-zeros-to-heroes-ulcer-truth-was-hard-to-stomach/
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As a teenager I discovered something interesting about acne. The most popular belief is that pimples are simply clogged pores. But anyone with acne knows that keeping your skin clean is not enough. The truth is that the inflammation is caused by bacteria. Benzoyl peroxide, etc is used to kill the bacteria with limited success. What I learned is that the bacteria doesn't survive at temps just a few degrees above normal body temperature. If I ran a fever of more than about 101F for a couple of days, my acne would clear up. I believe that this is the reason that spending a lot of time in bright sunlight helps; it heats the skin.
Anyway, I started covering my face with a cloth soaked in hot water. I did this a couple of times each day for five or ten minutes. I would replace the hot water as it cooled, trying to keep it as hot as I could tolerate. It almost completely cured my acne, which was pretty bad at the time.
I've never heard of anyone else using heat to directly kill the bacteria. Or, if they did, they attributed it to 'drying' of the skin or something misguided.
cdev:
Heat helps resolve all sorts of medical problems.
HackedFridgeMagnet:
@ Electroboom
can you investigate this?
pls I will subscribe.
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