Sugar heals
wounds faster than antibiotics!
Too
much sugar is harmful for the waistline. But did you know it could help heal
wounds faster than antibiotics? A new research has found that granulated sugar
poured directly into bed sores, leg ulcers and even amputation promotes healing
when antibiotics and other treatments have failed. The sugar draws water from
the wound into a dressing accelerating the healing process, which is prescribed
in African folk medicine, said Moses Murandu, senior lecturer in adult nursing
at Wolverhampton University. He grew up in Zimbabwe where his father used sugar
to heal wounds and reduce pain when he was a child. When Murandu moved to the
Britain, he realised that sugar was not recognised as a traditional medicine
that had something to offer, the Daily Mail reports.
One
of the patients receiving treatment as part of the research is Alan Bayliss,
from Birmingham, who was being treated at Moseley Hall Hospital’s amputee
rehabilitation ward. He underwent an above-the-knee amputation on his right leg
due to an ulcer at the Queen Elizabeth (QE) Hospital Birmingham in January
2013, and as part of the surgery a vein was removed from his left leg. For his
post-surgery rehabilitation, Bayliss was moved to Moseley Hall Hospital where
standard dressings were used but the left leg cavity wound was not healing
effectively. Nurses contacted Murandu and Bayliss was given the sugar treatment
and within two weeks the wound had drastically reduced in size.
Bayliss,
a 62-year-old electrical engineer, said: ‘It has been revolutionary. The actual
wound was very deep – it was almost as big as my finger. When Moses first did
the dressing he almost used the whole pot of sugar, but two weeks later he only
needed to use four or five teaspoons.’ Staff Nurse Jonathan Janneman said: ‘One
of the main benefits has been the morale of the patient. He could see the
cavity in his leg as well as having been unwell and through operations.’ ‘But
the sugar has given something to hold on to. It is amazing that something as
simple as sugar has given him a morale boost – the psychological benefit is up
there with the physical benefits,’ Janneman added. So far 35 patients receiving
treatment have seen their condition improve, with no adverse effects reported,
compared to 16 patients who did not have the treatment.
16.02.2013
Nitric oxide could help lengthen life?
An American study says that nitric oxide, the versatile gas
that helps increase blood flow, transmit nerve signals, and regulate immune functions,
may also help increase longevity of an organism.
Nitric oxide prolongs the life of an organism and fortifies
it against environmental stress, according to the new study. The study
published in the Feb 14 online issue of Cell reveals that a roundworm called
Caenorhabditis elegans, an animal widely used in laboratory studies of aging,
lives significantly longer when fed bacteria capable of manufacturing nitric
oxide. The tantalizing observation points to one of the mechanisms by which the
microbiome, the trillions of microbial cells inhabiting our bodies, may play a
vital role in our health, reports Science Daily.
Our own nitric oxide levels decrease as we get older, a
decline that may contribute to normal aging, says Evgeny Nudler, the Julie
Wilson Anderson Professor of Biochemistry at NYU Langone Medical Center, who
led the new study.
Supplemental bacteria, he speculates, might provide a
healthy boost by supplying humans with some of the missing compound.
16.02.2013
It is best to
act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it
No comments:
Post a Comment