Monday, April 21, 2008

Things I learned about iodine.

1. It kills bacteria, which makes it a great tool for cleaning out blisters after they burst and might get infected.

2. It turns your skin orange. Kinda like those self-tanning lotions, except brighter.

3. It smells.

4. It does not poison you, contrary to what the oh-so-wise Mr. Boyle taught in high school chemistry. In fact, my soon-to-be-a-nurse friend told me they use it to sterilize wounds, etc., in the OR.

1 comment:

Liliya said...

we used salt with iodine in Ukraine to help and get radiation out of the system after Charnobyl, also they use it for wounds all the time. I was half yellow all my childhood:)

sad that ur not going camping - its going to be a blast - but hey we have a whole spring