Pouring hydrogen peroxide in your ears to cure common colds

Started by bandit957, August 29, 2019, 10:57:54 PM

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bandit957

Anyone else ever do this? I read about this on a website back in 2004, and I began trying it. I think it works, but I can't be 100% sure, since I always try it early enough that the symptoms may just be a false alarm anyway. Once back in 2015, I failed to try it, because I got wrapped up in an episode of 'CHiPs'. When the show was over, it was too late. It should be done early.

Disclaimer: I'm not a medical professional. Before you try anything like this, read up about it first.
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Max Rockatansky

Parents sure thought it worked but I always thought it was Placebo Effect.  My wife thinks the same thing about Vicks Vabor Rub on the chest as a cold remedy. 

jp the roadgeek

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 30, 2019, 12:46:12 AM
Parents sure thought it worked but I always thought it was Placebo Effect.  My wife thinks the same thing about Vicks Vabor Rub on the chest as a cold remedy.

That one actually works.  It does loosen up the mucus in your chest and makes your cough more productive.  My mom started me on that from a young age.
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Scott5114

There's no way it could work–a cold is an upper respiratory infection and doesn't involve the ear canal.

Unless your head is shaped like a Speak-N-Spell.
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Never heard of this being a cure for colds, but it is one method for cleaning your ears if you get a wax buildup. Don't know whether it might be effective at relieving that clogged feeling you often get in your ears when you have a cold.
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Actually, yes.

Works quite well, although it's not an overall "cure", it reduces the swelling and congestion in my head.

I used a 50/50 mixture with peroxide and isopropyl alcohol. I'll use a needle-less syringe to inject a few drops into my ear canal; keep your head tilted to one side for a few minutes at a time. I've found it reduces the swelling and inflammation of my ear canal, which happens to me twice a year when flying, and gets compounded during descent and landing. Or just from some random air pocket which won't nicely leave my ear until I can take a hot shower.

bandit957

Quote from: Scott5114 on August 30, 2019, 03:16:35 AM
There's no way it could work–a cold is an upper respiratory infection and doesn't involve the ear canal.

Unless your head is shaped like a Speak-N-Spell.

I guess my head is shaped like a Speak & Spell. It's seemed to work for me for the past 15 years.
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MNHighwayMan

Quote from: bandit957 on August 30, 2019, 10:29:54 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on August 30, 2019, 03:16:35 AM
There's no way it could work–a cold is an upper respiratory infection and doesn't involve the ear canal.

Unless your head is shaped like a Speak-N-Spell.
I guess my head is shaped like a Speak & Spell. It's seemed to work for me for the past 15 years.

The placebo effect is a powerful phenomenon.

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: jp the roadgeek on August 30, 2019, 03:11:08 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 30, 2019, 12:46:12 AM
Parents sure thought it worked but I always thought it was Placebo Effect.  My wife thinks the same thing about Vicks Vabor Rub on the chest as a cold remedy.

That one actually works.  It does loosen up the mucus in your chest and makes your cough more productive.  My mom started me on that from a young age.

I'll have to try that out the next time I have the cold.  She also thinks it's funny to break out the Vicks whenever someone has the slightest problem.  Apparently some people think it's some sort of elixir or something like that?

bandit957

Back around 1989, I saw an article about some baseball player who ate VapoRub to cure colds. I've never tried this, and I probably wouldn't recommend it.
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inkyatari

Remember that there is no cure for the cold. You can make the symptoms less terrible, but there's no cure.

As for hydrogen peroxide, the only thing it's good for, as someone else pointed out, is cleaning your ears.  Research has shown that when used on a cut, it does not help prevent an infection.
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kphoger

And VapoRub doesn't actually open up your nasal passages.  It just makes them feel like they're opened up, which can be just as nice.
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Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 30, 2019, 10:47:12 AM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on August 30, 2019, 03:11:08 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on August 30, 2019, 12:46:12 AM
Parents sure thought it worked but I always thought it was Placebo Effect.  My wife thinks the same thing about Vicks Vabor Rub on the chest as a cold remedy.

That one actually works.  It does loosen up the mucus in your chest and makes your cough more productive.  My mom started me on that from a young age.

I'll have to try that out the next time I have the cold.  She also thinks it's funny to break out the Vicks whenever someone has the slightest problem.  Apparently some people think it's some sort of elixir or something like that?
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Quote from: inkyatari on August 30, 2019, 11:54:54 AM
As for hydrogen peroxide, the only thing it's good for, as someone else pointed out, is cleaning your ears.  Research has shown that when used on a cut, it does not help prevent an infection.

Oh it's good for other things too, but only when far more concentrated than the stuff you can buy at the store is:
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Quote from: inkyatari on August 30, 2019, 11:54:54 AM
Remember that there is no cure for the cold. You can make the symptoms less terrible, but there's no cure.

As for hydrogen peroxide, the only thing it's good for, as someone else pointed out, is cleaning your ears.  Research has shown that when used on a cut, it does not help prevent an infection.

Actually, it is a very effective antiseptic against a broad spectrum of microbes, not only bacteria, but viruses, yeasts and spores. It is so effective, in fact, that it can damage new formation of cells = this may inhibit healing and promote scar formation.

MNHighwayMan

Quote from: US 81 on September 01, 2019, 06:16:03 AM
Quote from: inkyatari on August 30, 2019, 11:54:54 AM
Remember that there is no cure for the cold. You can make the symptoms less terrible, but there's no cure.

As for hydrogen peroxide, the only thing it's good for, as someone else pointed out, is cleaning your ears.  Research has shown that when used on a cut, it does not help prevent an infection.
Actually, it is a very effective antiseptic against a broad spectrum of microbes, not only bacteria, but viruses, yeasts and spores. It is so effective, in fact, that it can damage new formation of cells = this may inhibit healing and promote scar formation.

Again, you're not considering concentration. The three percent solution (or whatever it is) you can buy at Walgreens probably does very little/jack shit. But I'll guarantee that thirty percent hydrogen peroxide solution will kill a lot of things–maybe even the user. :)

In_Correct

Quote from: bandit957 on August 29, 2019, 10:57:54 PM
Anyone else ever do this? I read about this on a website back in 2004, and I began trying it. I think it works, but I can't be 100% sure, since I always try it early enough that the symptoms may just be a false alarm anyway. Once back in 2015, I failed to try it, because I got wrapped up in an episode of 'CHiPs'. When the show was over, it was too late. It should be done early.

Disclaimer: I'm not a medical professional. Before you try anything like this, read up about it first.

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Quote from: Scott5114 on August 30, 2019, 03:16:35 AM
There's no way it could work–a cold is an upper respiratory infection and doesn't involve the ear canal.

Unless your head is shaped like a Speak-N-Spell.

The Eustachian tubes beg to differ. The ears, nose, and throat are all connected, hence ENT specialists.
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Quote from: MNHighwayMan on September 03, 2019, 08:18:49 PM
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Quote from: renegade on September 04, 2019, 04:04:38 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on September 03, 2019, 08:18:49 PM
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Quote from: In_Correct on September 04, 2019, 07:24:31 PM
Quote from: renegade on September 04, 2019, 04:04:38 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on September 03, 2019, 08:18:49 PM
Now if only there were a treatment for capitalizing every word in a post.
Thanks.  It's a Fakebook practice that should die a flaming, horrible death.

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Quote from: In_Correct on September 04, 2019, 07:17:21 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on September 03, 2019, 08:18:49 PM
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