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What does an EE do if they happen to have polyps?
Assafl:
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--- 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.
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One would wonder if the heat kills the germs like the peroxide does. Or it softens the oxidized fats that clog the pores (as a trans fat it becomes hard at higher temps). And that allows opens the pores up.
Sunlight might work also because of UV.
Assafl:
--- Quote from: cdev on March 22, 2022, 11:29:39 pm ---Heat helps resolve all sorts of medical problems.
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I am sure it creates as many problems as it solves. Heat related issues (burns, heat stroke, dehydration, exposure to sunlight causes cancer) etc.
But so does cold. Sprained ankle? Ice helps. Ben Gay gives a feeling of cold and heat. But it may be just a chemical irritant. Like peppers cause a sensation of pain. But not real pain.
Too much cold and you get limbs amputated.
Generally speaking heat and cold is bad. We need to be at a constant 37C. Unless there is an infection. Or trauma. Oh - and testes perform best at 34-35C. Why? Maybe whomever designed is had the wrong version of the spec. So the lazy engineer put them outside.
eugene:
--- Quote from: Assafl on March 26, 2022, 06:17:20 pm ---One would wonder if the heat kills the germs like the peroxide does. Or it softens the oxidized fats that clog the pores (as a trans fat it becomes hard at higher temps). And that allows opens the pores up.
Sunlight might work also because of UV.
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Good point about the UV in sunlight.
Assafl:
--- Quote from: 3roomlab on March 26, 2022, 06:41:21 pm ---reading the article reminds me of an omron electric massage device which i still have but seldom use, the discharge voltage pulses is up to 90v. the sensation is electrifying :-DD
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Ah TENS. Yet another quasi-quackery of medical “science”. It works. Sometimes.
With no hypothesis except that it stimulates or (IMHO more likely) causes the release of endorphins.
As an example, When there is a painful acne (or any other boil or carbuncle) sometimes pushing against it is extremely painful - and then becomes numb. I am sure electrocuting the carbuncle will result in the same.
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