navycop
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What are the statue of limitations on sugar packets? I found some in my lunchbox just now. It is atleast a couple months old. It is the dixie crystal pure sugar. The package from the outside looks good.
Does sugar ever go bad?
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workinforwood
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Powder sugar does not go bad just is bad for teeth. It is a desicant so any organism trying to live in it dies because the sugar sucks out all the moisture needed for life.
workinforwood
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Now you know why preserved foods contain so much sugar
sbwertz
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Sugar inhibits bacterial growth. It is a standard veterinary practice to pack open wounds with sugar to prevent infection and promote healing.
It never really goes bad. It might pick up unpleasant tastes or smells if improperly stored.
It never really goes bad. It might pick up unpleasant tastes or smells if improperly stored.
nava1uni
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It is also a practice in humans with wounds. There is also honey, that is used in wounds that have difficulty in healing. These wounds heal much faster when sugar and honey are used in the wound care process with decreased infection rates.
Jgrden
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You guys gotta be kidding ! ! ! ! Sugar on open wounds?????
C'mon.
:wink:
C'mon.
:wink:srf1114
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Learn something new every day.,
PS this is it for today though!
PS this is it for today though!
KenV
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John -- and it tastes better when you lick the wound ---
(bad humor -- but the devil made me type it). Spider web and honey have long history was wound treatment materials. I will skip the maggots and leach discussion.
(bad humor -- but the devil made me type it). Spider web and honey have long history was wound treatment materials. I will skip the maggots and leach discussion.
wolftat
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All this talk about sugar, honey, maggots, and leaches is making me hungry.
Padre
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You guys gotta be kidding ! ! ! ! Sugar on open wounds?????
C'mon.
It's true! My mom had an open wound on her back for 10 weeks, and they couldn't get it to 'close' when she was in Florida. We brought her up here, and the wound clinic here in Manchester packed it with honey, and 1 week later is was fine.
el_d
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So you just pack the wound with Honey or do you drizzle a little over the top and sprinkle some sugar?
Russianwolf
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Maggots will only eat dead flesh, so they are commonly used in burn wards
Jgrden
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Sheesh, count on that Alaskan sage advice. :biggrin:
sbwertz
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When my husband had bypass surgery, they used CA to glue the sternum back together and to close the whole incision. The only external stitches he had were to hold the drains.
Jgrden
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Noooo !!!
Ya gotta be kidding me ?!?! What happen to the thread and needle????
Padre
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Noooo !!!
When I had my bypass, it was staples, not stitches.
tbroye
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Only if you marry her.
Jgrden
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:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
Longfellow
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The same method was used Feb.2010 when my wife had open heart surgery.
Jgrden
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Sheesh.
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tbroye
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Placing of the mandrel, that and it's size is a scary thought.
TellicoTurning
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When I had my appendectomy a few years back, they use super glue on the incision... healed up with very little indication of a scar... I have to really look for it (until I realized it was under the spare tire)... but still not much scar...
When I had the umbilica hernia and bowel resection last year, they use about half a strip of staples in the incision...