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Hi all,
I thought I'd pass this along for others, in case they ever need it.
A week ago last night, I had to break up a fight between 2 of my dogs. I jumped in fully understanding the risk I was taking; but, as Alpha of my pack, that it was also my obligation to do so. While laying on the aggressor (@ a 70 pound Black Lab) with my legs wrapped around him, he still wouldn't release the smaller dog (@ a 55 pound Heinz57); so, I had to reach under to grab his lower jaw. As can be expected in such cases, the victim nailed me by accident. He released me the second he realized it was me, rather than the other dog; but, by that point, my right hand had already sustained some damage... It was a couple of hours before I had time to treat my hand; since, I had to get everyone settled down, get the aggressor set up with food and water in the quarantine pen (where he's STILL residing, BTW - I refuse to tolerate fights out here), check out the victim's injuries, etc. By that time, I was starting to get a LOT of swelling around where the skin was broken. Initially, I treated my hand (and the victim's bites) with MMS1 at activated 6 drops in a bowl of water and 6 activated drops in my 20oz drink bottle, to sip on over several hours. It was healing really well until a couple of days later, when I had to "walk" 13, 4'x8' sheets of 5/8" OSB about 50' (without gloves!) and it started getting infected again. MMS1 took that infection out, too; and, I was using it about once or twice a day, sometimes adding drops to my drink bottle and sometimes not. Early Sat. morning, my friend had a fight break out between her daughter's Jack Russel and her Llasa Apso, with the Jack Russel being the aggressor. She was able to break it up by grabbing him by the back legs; but, he was able to reach around and nail her hand really badly. She's in her 70's and still partially brainwashed, even though open-minded. She went to the ER instead of calling me. The idiot MD stitched the worst area without even putting a drainage shunt into it!!! Needles to say, by Sun. morning, her hand was SEVERELY swollen, inflamed, and painful. She knew how well my hand was healing; so, at that point, she decided that I might have a better handle on treating dog bites than that idiot MD did. She came over and soaked her hand in MMS1. Since I didn't have an extra kit to send home with her, I tried soaking mine in MMS2 (1/2 level tsp. to @ 4oz of water) while she was soaking hers in the MMS1. When it seemed to be working even better, I sent some MMS2 home with her. The MMS1 already had a LOT of the swelling and inflammation down. She's been soaking her hand in MMS2 a few times a day since Sun.; and, when I saw her hand last night (Tues.), ALL of the inflammation was GONE; and, even where it had been stitched (WITHOUT A DRAINAGE SHUNT!!!) it was healing very nicely. She hasn't needed the pennicillian or pain killers that the ER doc had prescribed. As for my hand, the scabs are coming off; and, other than being careful to not knock off the worst one, I'm back to using it normally. (I've been better at staying on her to soak hers than I have been at soaking my own - largely because I don't have any hot water right now and hate putting my hand in really cold water... )

Anyway... The short version is that MMS2 works even better than MMS1 for healing highly infective skin injuries, such as dog bites. While soaking our hands, we both felt a LOT of "healing itch." It also worked great for knocking out the pain.

BTW, for those who don't know: In the event that stitches can't be avoided altogether, a dog bite should NEVER be stitched shut without a drainage shunt in place. Doing so almost guarantees a severe infection; and, I've known a couple of people over the years who've had to have amputations as the result of dog bites that were stitched shut without a shunt!!!

I know that a few folks might feel compelled to comment about jumping into a dog fight. Save the typing... We both knew what we were risking when we did it. It was worth the risk to us to make sure that our fur-kids weren't severely injured or even killed... Neither aggressor had a prior history of unprovoked aggression. All combatants were current on their shots. We're not sure what caused this behavior; but, we're speculating that it might be related to a lot of coyotes being in heat (even though mine are neutered); and/or, the fact that we've both had to be away a lot more than usual lately. The purpose of this post is to let folks know how well soaking an open wound in MMS2 works to kill the infection and inflammation; NOT to debate what to do if there's a dog fight.

That is really good to know. I've always used the skin spray, but will try this for my next big cut. Thanks so much!

Now, I'm thinking... I have a friend who has lupus and her nails have been affected - I'm wondering what this kind of treatment might do for that. Just noodlin' - I was about to start her on the skin spray, but it wouldn't hurt to do this... Also, she has 3 Shiloh Shepherds, so your info would be good to have in her back pocket, too.

If I get the opportunity to do so, I know someone with severe psoriosus (sp?), who might benefit from it, as well. In the meantime, if anyone has an opportunity to try it for that, I'd like to hear the results.

Thanks for the excellent report Still Learning!!!

It is true I think MMS2 is better on wounds and does take pain away immediately according to a report from my friend genesis2forum.org/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=8&id=3014&Itemid=66 .

Bites are some of the hardest wounds to treat because they are punctures with lots of opportunity for infection, so this is a great testimonial.

Thanks for all the detail Still Learning, I love reports like this.

Michael

Thanks Michael , I was just about to toss another one up for MMS1 and wasp stings; but, I'll do it as a new thread, to make it easier for folks to spot for what it is (and, hopefully, have it filed away in the back of their head if they ever need it...)