Re: dog with pressure sore

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There is a perfectly good reason why sugar is always rationed during times of war. Rest assured it is NOT because it is needed in the soldiers' tea and coffee! It is used as a wound dressing. We met a fellow whose family lived in France during WW11. He told us, everytime bombs were dropped on a city, sugar carts were employed to shovel sugar onto the dead and wounded. This prevented infection from setting in on those who were still alive and preventing stench from rotting flesh of those who were dead. This also gave the doctors a much more pleasant environment to work in as they made their way through the streets separating the dead from the wounded. Sugar is truly a valuable commodity on the battle fields (its only enemy that I know of is excessive moisture - water). Sugar will still flow in temperatures exceeding well over 100 degrees or temperatures well below freezing. The same cannot be said about honey. Barb

Re: dog with pressure sore

It never occurred to me, but you're absolutely right. Regardless of how long I've stored sugar, regardless of storage conditions or containers, I have NEVER seen mold. Barb Leppky wrote:

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This is fascinating information,

Barb! My daughter has an ulceration? I guess you would call it. Have looked at a lot of toe diseases and

think it might be paronychia, which is a staff type infection. We have tried antibiotics, both internal and

topical, microelectricity, CS, DMSO, urine, you name it it doesn’t seem

to help very much or for very long.

Last night I packed it in sugar and there appeared to be some improvement. I can only pack it at night as bandages

are too uncomfortable for her to wear at school.

She is in marching band and that is hard enough on the feet without an injury

because of the type of shoes she has to wear with the uniform. I am going to see how this goes.

Nikki

There is a perfectly good reason why sugar is always

rationed during times of war.

Rest assured it is NOT because it is needed in the soldiers' tea and

coffee! It is used as a wound dressing.

We met a fellow whose family lived in France during WW11. He told us, everytime bombs were dropped on

a city, sugar carts were employed to shovel sugar onto the dead and wounded. This prevented infection from setting in on

those who were still alive and preventing stench from rotting flesh of those

who were dead. This also gave

the doctors a much more pleasant environment to work in as they made their way

through the streets separating the dead from the wounded. Sugar is truly a valuable commodity on the

battle fields (its only enemy that I know of is excessive moisture - water). Sugar will still flow in temperatures

exceeding well over 100 degrees or temperatures well below freezing. The same cannot be said about honey. Barb

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Thanks, Barb.

But I have already treated for fungal and it helped not a whit. However, the sugar showed more improvement

this morning and there was no bleeding and her pain is

decreasing except for the 3 hour marching rehearsal yesterday in those

horrible shoes. But marching

season is only about another month and she won’t give that up. I believe that child would march on stumps

if her feet fell off, she loves band so much.

I am going to continue this treatment and see how it goes.

Will keep it posted.

Regards,

Nikki

That sounds like a fungal infection.

I have my doubts if sugar would work on a fungus (since fungi actually thrive

on sugar). I would suggest to

have it properly diagnosed and if it is a fungus, then you may want to give one

of the following a try - camphor, tea tree oil or oil of oregano. All are powerful anti-fungal agents. Good luck! Barb

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> That sounds like a fungal infection. I have my doubts if sugar

would work on a fungus (since fungi actually thrive on sugar). I

would suggest to have it properly diagnosed and if it is a fungus,

then you may want to give one of the following a try - camphor, tea

tree oil or oil of oregano. All are powerful anti-fungal agents.

Good luck! Barb

Barb,

If you have documentation of this claim I am all ears. <smile> Fungi

thrives on cellulose, that is why it grows on dust, wall paper paste,

wood and vegetative tissue.

Have you ever seen sugar grow mold? Mold can not utilize sucrose.

Actually no microbes will grow on sucrose, or table sugar. It is a

traditional wound treatment and also draws water from edema.

I used to treat fungal skin infections with Sugardine, table sugar

mixed with Betadine Ointment. Worked very well

Oil of Oregano is great stuff! Make sure you buy the high Cravacol

type. I recently used it to clear an abcess in a dog's pad, well on

the side of it, it was swollen and very sore, but with O-o-O it

cleared without even having to open and drain. Just resolved internally.

I use it with Emu Oil, 10 drops to one tablespoon for hot spots on dogs.

This site has excellent quality and good prices.

http://av-at.com/about.html

Garnet

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Barb,If you have documentation of this claim I am all ears. <smile> Fungithrives on cellulose, that is why it grows on dust, wall paper paste,wood and vegetative tissue. Garnet

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Garnet,

I was referring to Candidiasis ( a yeast fungus). Sorry for not making myself clear. Barb

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This thread is really fascinating. Is there a situation where it would

not be a good idea to pack the wound with sugar? Two of Bear's paws

have been chewed bloody and bottom skin torn off (allergic reaction).

They're partially healing, but I wonder if the sugar particles would be

" abrasive " on his paws when packed in sugar in a dog bootie when walking?

--

Thanks,

B. (human), Bear SD (wise ol' Shar Pei), Sweet Pea SD CGC (clumsy Great

Dane) & Little Pea *meow!* (tuxedo cat) & Little Whiskers (Shar Pei/JRT mix,

future sports star!) in the land of Colorado...

http://home.att.net/~thepeas [updated 01/14/06]

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It hasn't been on my daughter's toe. I moisten it first, though, to help it pack around the wound. Speaking of which, it is not completely healed but there is vast improvement. In time I think it will do the job. Nikki "deaf.way" wrote: This thread is really fascinating. Is there a situation where it would not be a good idea to pack the wound with sugar? Two of Bear's paws have been chewed bloody

and bottom skin torn off (allergic reaction). They're partially healing, but I wonder if the sugar particles would be "abrasive" on his paws when packed in sugar in a dog bootie when walking?-- Thanks, B. (human), Bear SD (wise ol' Shar Pei), Sweet Pea SD CGC (clumsy Great Dane) & Little Pea *meow!* (tuxedo cat) & Little Whiskers (Shar Pei/JRT mix, future sports star!) in the land of Colorado...http://home.att.net/~thepeas [updated 01/14/06]

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A little information misinterpretted is a dangerous thing Barb. Sugar

is a very broad term and means much more than sucrose. The sugar that

Candida feeds on in the body is not sucrose / table sugar! It is blood

sugar which is d-glucose, only.

Starches (chains of sugars) and all simple or compound sugars are

convert to d-glucose in the mouth and stomach. There is more specific

information in any good physiology or biochemistry text book if you

want the exact pathways. Look up the digestive enzymes and where they

are secreted.

Candida occupies the lower gut, for the most part, where its only

access to sugar is what is carried in blood. Although it can also

occur in the lungs, sinuses and other body organs. It is not feeding

on the sugars in your diet. And it does not grow on table sugar so

treating a wound with sugar does NOT encourage fungal growth. What

does encourage fungal growth in a wound is leaking plasma, which

contains d-glucose. Sugar absorbs and removes the leaky plasma so that

fungus does not grow in the wound.

Garnet

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> Barb,

>

> If you have documentation of this claim I am all ears. <smile> Fungi

> thrives on cellulose, that is why it grows on dust, wall paper paste,

> wood and vegetative tissue. Garnet

>

>

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> Garnet,

>

> I was referring to Candidiasis ( a yeast fungus). Sorry for

not making myself clear. Barb

>

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> Thanks for the valuable info! Why then are people suffering from

Candida told to avoid sugar, honey, dried fruits, cookies, candies,

jam etc.,? My " Encyclopedia of Natural Healing " says this - Candida

yeast thrives on sugar. And then lists all the above 'sugar' items.

page 560.

Because dietary sugars are going to elevate the level of blood glucose

over 100 mg/ml, that is they are going to spike your levels of blood

sugar. As well undigested complex carbs that might make it to your

large intestines, where most Candida resides are available to the

fungus to ferment. But mostly it is feeding on d-glucose in your

blood, the hyphae of the fungus penetrates the gut wall and blood

vessels to feed. This is the cause of leaky gut and the origin of the

food and chemical allergies. As these pass through the leaky gut they

enter the peritoneal cavity where the immune system detects a foreign

substance and creates an immune reaction -- allergy.

>I make my own wine and bread and I do know this much - yeast DOES

thrive on sugar - all types of sugars.

I never said yeast does not eat sugar, it does not live in sucrose,

nothing grows in sugar. Yeast will grow in flour if you add only

water, it does not require sugar to grow because it can digest

cellulose and convert starch to sugar. Flour is starch and cellulose

is also present.

>Nor did I ever suggest that treating a wound with sugar would

encourage fugal growth.

Then I misread your message. Others might have as well. It did bear

clarification.

>And what determines our blood sugar levels if not the very foods we eat?

Yes the foods we eat do determine our blood sugar levels. As well as

the functionality of our pancreas which excretes the hormones insulin

and glucagon. Glucagon counter balances the action of insulin at the

cell membrane level and stop its action.

Garnet

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>

>

> >A little information misinterpretted is a dangerous thing Barb. Sugar

> > is a very broad term and means much more than sucrose. The sugar that

> > Candida feeds on in the body is not sucrose / table sugar! It is blood

> > sugar which is d-glucose, only.

> >

> > Starches (chains of sugars) and all simple or compound sugars are

> > convert to d-glucose in the mouth and stomach. There is more specific

> > information in any good physiology or biochemistry text book if you

> > want the exact pathways. Look up the digestive enzymes and where they

> > are secreted.

> >

> > Candida occupies the lower gut, for the most part, where its only

> > access to sugar is what is carried in blood. Although it can also

> > occur in the lungs, sinuses and other body organs. It is not feeding

> > on the sugars in your diet. And it does not grow on table sugar so

> > treating a wound with sugar does NOT encourage fungal growth. What

> > does encourage fungal growth in a wound is leaking plasma, which

> > contains d-glucose. Sugar absorbs and removes the leaky plasma so that

> > fungus does not grow in the wound.

> >

> > Garnet

>

> >>

>

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I went back to my original post to see if it did indeed need clarification. I was responding to Nikki, who wrote

"This is fascinating information, Barb! My daughter has an ulceration? I guess you would call it. Have looked at a lot of toe diseases and think it might be paronychia, which is a staff type infection. We have tried antibiotics, both internal and topical, microelectricity, CS, DMSO, urine, you name it it doesn’t seem to help very much or for very long. Last night I packed it in sugar and there appeared to be some improvement. I can only pack it at night as bandages are too uncomfortable for her to wear at school. She is in marching band and that is hard enough on the feet without an injury because of the type of shoes she has to wear with the uniform. I am going to see how this goes." Nikki

I responded with, "That sounds like a fungal infection. I have my doubts if sugar would work on a fungus (since fungi actually thrive on sugar). I would suggest to have it properly diagnosed and if it is a fungus, then you may want to give one of the following a try - camphor, tea tree oil or oil of oregano. All are powerful anti-fungal agents. Good luck!" Barb

Garnet also wrote - ">> >A little information misinterpretted is a dangerous thing Barb."

The information Nikki provided was that she thought it might be paronychia. If you look closely you'll see I suggested she have it properly diagnosed. I did research paronychia and found this: (In my opinion, a proper diagnosis is in order to determine whether the disorder is caused by bacteria or a fungus, because the same treatment [sugar] cannot be used on both). Barb

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001444.htm

Paronychia is a fairly common superficial infection of the skin around the nail. It usually results from injury to the area from biting off or picking a hangnail, or from manipulating, trimming, or pushing back the cuticle.

Disorders include:

Bacterial paronychia (caused by bacteria)

Candidal paronychia (caused by a specific type of yeast)

Fungal paronychia (caused by a fungus other than Candida)

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Barb wrote, ">>Nor did I ever suggest that treating a wound with sugar would> encourage fugal growth. " > > Garnet responded with, "> Then I misread your message. Others might have as well. It did bear> clarification."

Re: dog with pressure sore>> >> >> >A little information misinterpretted is a dangerous thing Barb. Sugar>> > is a very broad term and means much more than sucrose. The sugar that>> > Candida feeds on in the body is not sucrose / table sugar! It is blood>> > sugar which is d-glucose, only. >> > >> > Starches (chains of sugars) and all simple or compound sugars are>> > convert to d-glucose in the mouth and stomach. There is more specific>> > information in any good physiology or biochemistry text book if you>> > want the exact pathways. Look up the digestive enzymes and where they>> > are secreted. >> > >> > Candida occupies the lower gut, for the most part, where its only>> > access to sugar is what is carried in blood. Although it can also>> > occur in the lungs, sinuses and other body organs. It is not feeding>> > on the sugars in your diet. And it does not grow on table sugar so>> > treating a wound with sugar does NOT encourage fungal growth. What>> > does encourage fungal growth in a wound is leaking plasma, which>> > contains d-glucose. Sugar absorbs and removes the leaky plasma so that>> > fungus does not grow in the wound. >> > >> > Garnet>> >> >>>>> > > > > > List Home Page:> > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/DimethylSulfoxide-DMSO> > Books:> DMSO Nature's Healer by Morton > MSM The Definitive Guide by Stanely MD and Appleton, ND >