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#193991 - 01/20/10 08:06 AM Re: 7 Common Survival Tactics [Re: MostlyHarmless]
EMPnotImplyNuclear Offline
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The problem with the saliva he mentions is your friend salivating on your wound

Another term for infection incurred from someone elses mouth is fight bite. Take a look
http://www.ispub.com/journal/the_interne...e_injuries.html


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1779160
Human fight-bite injuries of the hand. A study of 100 cases within 18 months.
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100 consecutive patients whose finger had been bitten by another person, or who had cut it on a tooth in a fight, have been studied. 82 healed completely but 18 eventually needed amputation. Early and thorough debridement is required, plus a suitable mixture of antibiotics. Once infection is established in bone or tendon sheath, amputation is often needed, but most infected joints can be saved.

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#193995 - 01/20/10 12:54 PM Re: 7 Common Survival Tactics [Re: sybert777]
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Sorry Sybert, brain glitch. It happens when you get older. It'll happen to you someday too laugh . Fixed it though. Don't know how that happened. Maybe something with the 7 in the post title and I think we were commenting on one of your posts the same day as well. Again apologies. I'd like to promise it won't happen again but unfortunately it probably will. Anyway, no blood no foul, as we used to say on the driveway basketball court.
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#193999 - 01/20/10 01:09 PM Re: 7 Common Survival Tactics [Re: CJK]
Mark_F Offline
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Originally Posted By: CJK
Is there a 'guarantee' that your saliva with infect you....NO. Think about it though.....these bacteria are already IN your body. So your immune system will probably not 'see' them as too big a threat.


That reasoning doesn't always work. There are plenty of harmful bacteria in the body kept in check by their location. Case in point the bacteria in your intestines. Now if the location is compromised, say by a knife wound or gunshot wound, the bacteria are freed from their confines and the infectious bacteria proceed to spread into the abdominal cavity causing all kinds of problems. Of course there are other mitigating factors here as well. The biggest issue is of course to stop the bleeding and repair the damage. This is complicated, however, by the bacteria released. Per my original disclaimer I am no expert and am quickly getting in over my head here. Would appreciate some input from those in the know here. Either back me up or correct me. wink
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#194032 - 01/20/10 09:57 PM Re: 7 Common Survival Tactics [Re: Mark_F]
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OK. doesnt matter to me really, i know about the brain glitches because my mom gets them ALOT!! she calls everything "that one thing" its fun trying to decode that! @ MF No not that! i meant Mark!


Edited by sybert777 (01/20/10 09:59 PM)

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#195156 - 02/05/10 04:13 PM Re: 7 Common Survival Tactics [Re: sybert777]
EchoingLaugh Offline
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my .02

Bacteria from someone else's mouth would IMO be more likely to cause infection. I am currently in Microbiology an had to write an article review on bacteria and the human body (how and where it was arranged Abstract ) Most people have mostly the same bacteria, but each person has different levels and about 20% of the content is different.

Bacteria can be good, when it stays where it is supposed to be, when it gets new places, bad results.

minor wounds, my saliva works pretty good, has for years.

major wounds keep clean as possible.

minor=bleed out, major no outflow to keep clean.
Bleed it out to clean it--old advise that even docs use.
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