Is sea water good for killing germs for new wounds?

However, if you incurred the open wound while in the water, that you needed to leave the wound to dry and flush it well with fresh water before applying anything to it. read more

Fast forward to today and our nations top soldiers, Navy SEALS even say that if they have a scrape or cut, they know that being in the sea water will clean them up and speed up the healing process. What happens when the sea salt enters the wound is it forces the moisture out of the cells that are causing the swelling. read more

As swimming in the warm ocean water is not a good choice to heal your open wound, you might want to take a look on other things that can speed up your wound healing, such as: Keeping your wound bandaged and moist. read more

How salt water help healing wounds faster. One reason why salt water is widely used for wound healing is that it helps kill certain types of bacteria infesting the wound site. When these bacteria are killed, the wound site is cleaned and thus, the infection is inhibited, so that it will not spread into the other skin areas or getting worse. read more

Please DISREGARD advice that suggests that the salt in sea water (or any NaCl for that matter) will kill bacteria. At that concentration it will have NO effect. To be lethal to vegetative bacterial cells, the salt would need to be very much more concentrated. read more

Salt water is different from sea salt water. Salt water is sterilized whereas sea salt water is not. The ocean is full of bacteria. Think about how many things we and other animal species deposit into the ocean. If you linger too long thinking about it, you may never wish to go back into the ocean again. The bottom line is the ocean is filthy and sea water is not good for healing wounds. It is true iodine is a known antibacterial agent. read more