Egg whites....who knew?

[Charlie Pecos]

*Update*: Oops, This is false! Please see Vangelo's post #4 and my post #5 below.




Egg whites . . . Who Knew?
I never heard of this....did you?
Good tip in case of emergency -- or, anytime


BURNS:
A young man sprinkling his lawn and bushes with pesticides wanted to check the contents of the barrel
to see how much pesticide remained in it. He raised the cover and lit his lighter; the vapors inflamed
and engulfed him. He jumped from his truck, screaming. His neighbor came out of her house with a
dozen eggs, yelling: "bring me some eggs!" She broke them, separating the whites from the yolks.
The neighbor woman helped her to apply the whites on the young man's face. When the ambulance
arrived and when the EMTs saw the young man, they asked who had done this. Everyone pointed to
the lady in charge. They congratulated her and said: "You have saved his face." By the end of the
summer, the young man brought the lady a bouquet of roses to thank her. His face was like a baby's
skin.
Healing Miracle for burns:
Keep in mind this treatment of burns which is included in teaching beginner firemen this method. First
aid consists to spraying cold water on the affected area until the heat is reduced and stops burning the
layers of skin. Then, spread egg whites on the affected area.
One woman burned a large part of her hand with boiling water. In spite of the pain, she ran cold faucet
water on her hand, separated 2 egg white from the yolks, beat them slightly and dipped her hand in the
solution. The whites then dried and formed a protective layer.
She later learned that the egg white is a natural collagen and continued during at least one hour to apply
layer upon layer of beaten egg white. By afternoon she no longer felt any pain and the next day there
was hardly a trace of the burn. 10 days later, no trace was left at all and her skin had regained its normal
color. The burned area was totally regenerated thanks to the collagen in the egg whites, a placenta full
of vitamins.
This information could be helpful to everyone: Please pass it on.

[Carmen]

Wow!! Thanks for that info Charlie. Fantastic and so simple.

[Maia Gabrial]

Wow! Thanks for this priceless healing technique. I'll pass the word on.

[Vangelo]

Hi all,

I really wish it was true and it did indeed work but it is unfortunately false according to: http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/Egg-Whites-For-Burns.htm

Regards,
Vangelo

[Charlie Pecos]

Hi all,

I really wish it was true and it did indeed work but it is unfortunately false according to: http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/medical/a/Egg-Whites-For-Burns.htm

Regards,
Vangelo

Oops! Thank you for the heads up. :)


Analysis: As in the case of a similar email recommending a coating of plain white flour to relieve and heal minor burns, the above text advising the use of raw egg whites for the same purpose runs contrary to accepted medical practice.

Up-to-date sources, including the Mayo Clinic and the American Red Cross, recommend treating a minor (first- or second-degree) burn by immersing it in cool water, then covering it loosely with dry, sterile gauze.

Those would be the measures taught to firefighters-in-training — not, as claimed above, applying raw egg whites to a burn victim's skin.

Conventional wisdom did once hold that minor burns were best treated by slathering traumatized skin with oils, salves, and poultices — and even ready-to-hand household items like raw egg whites or flour if no other dressings were available — but this is no longer the case.

Indeed, a 2010 article in the Journal of Emergency Nursing specifically recommends against treating burns with raw egg whites. The study, entitled "First-Aid Home Treatment of Burns Among Children and Some Implications at Milas, Turkey," compares the outcomes of pediatric burn cases in which about half of the subjects had been treated with "inappropriate remedies" such as tomato paste, yogurt, and raw egg whites.

"No data supporting any benefit of applying or placing such types of agents on burned areas has been found," the author noted. Moreover, he wrote, "[t]he risk of infection from applying most of these inappropriate remedies to a fresh burn wound is obvious. For example, eggs can serve as an excellent culture medium for micro-organisms." And, in one particular case cited in a related study, a 13-month-old child with a second-degree burn went into anaphylactic shock after his parents treated it by rubbing a raw egg on his skin. It turned out he was allergic to eggs.

"Many of these burn injuries and incorrectly applied first-aid burn treatments can be avoided," the 2010 article concludes. "Educational programs that emphasize applying only cold water to burn injuries would be helpful in reducing burn-related morbidity."

As would a reduction in the circulation of forwarded emails touting unscientific "miracle cures."

[Carmen]

Well, I asked my body wisdom about this and got a yes to using egg whites on burns!! So, maybe others should check it out that way. Of course, an allergy to eggs would be detremental. Another excellent healer is honey, specifically manuka honey from New Zealand. Its great on infections and wounds in humans and animals. My husband rubbed it on his sisters knee that was an angry infected red and watched the colour change before their eyes! I have also used manuka honey on a horse I had with a wound in his chest you could stick your fist through. You couldnt bandage it so we just packed it with manuka honey and it healed perfectly. Couldn't even see where the wound had been.

[seko]

My girlfriend new about it since when she was a teenager(a while ago) hihihi.

She used egg whites once on a burn and told me that is does work.

[Carmen]

Thanks seko. The medical establishment do not endorse any natural remedies. They don't cost anything!! But saying that, there are some that are included, especially by enlightened GPs. And also I have heard of hospitals using honey.

[NeverMind]

Like Carmen said, honey - any honey, as long as it doesn't have artificial additives - is a wonderful healing substance for burns, but also for sore gums and for wounds.

And of course, there is lavender oil, another nature's burn soother. In fact, aromatherapy practically started as a result of a burn that was healed by pouring - accidentally - lavender oil on it.

You can use egg whites as a means to bring down fever, though.
Many people say that smearing the soles of the feet with liquid egg whites, replacing them as they dry, works fast.
I haven't tried it myself because, well... I never get sick. :)
(Touch wood, as my aunt would say!)

[PixieDust]

my girls' skin is allergic to eggs. I found this out after they got into the egg basket before i could put the eggs up and decided to break each one and try and swim in the mess. That was fun in so many ways...

they use to be allergic to them if they ingested them but i kept introducing them in small amounts and now they can eat them... they dont usually straight up but if they have potato salad with eggs or fried rice they dont break out. I'll have to try the honey if they ever get burnt.

is manuka honey easy to come by? would local honey be better or does the manuka honey have a special quality to it?

[NeverMind]

ANY local honey, PixieDust.
Just make sure it does not have any additives, including sugar (of course!).

[Carmen]

Actually, I wasn't recommending honey for burns, only for wounds and infections. Have no knowledge of it used for burns, but maybe other people do. Manuka honey seems to have stronger anti-bacterial action coming from NZs equivalent of Tea Tree.

[Corncrake]

I have used organic honey to draw out boils and on wounds over the years with great success and my local medical centre has endorsed it. Honey is truly miraculous stuff and has been found in ancient tombs over 2 thousand years old crystalised but still edible!

[Jay]

Paw Paw (or Papaya) is a healer.... worked for me ... burns heal faster. Also very good for healing internally - eg: kidney ailments

[Tane Mahuta]

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WOW!!!..... I'm never gonna eat another omelet again! I've learnt something!


TM

[conk]

Thanks seko. The medical establishment do not endorse any natural remedies. They don't cost anything!! But saying that, there are some that are included, especially by enlightened GPs. And also I have heard of hospitals using honey. Exactly! I trust old wisdom, home remedies, etc. before I trust anything that comes from the established systems.

Now honey is well known for healing wounds, among many other attributes. The honey should be raw, unheated, unfiltered.

[ThePythonicCow]

is manuka honey easy to come by? would local honey be better or does the manuka honey have a special quality to it?

I bought a couple of 500 gm jars of UMF 16+ Manuka Honey (http://amzn.com/B000M6CTZG) some five or ten years ago. The brand I have, "Natura Prime" seems to be out of business, but I'd expect ordering New Zealand Manuka online to be a normally reliable way to get it. I use mine anytime it might be useful, and I still have most of it left. It's dense, and a little goes a long way it seems.

I once burnt my arm across a car battery. I could see the bare bone of my arm, the flesh having been removed in an instant flash. The electrical current welded together the metal links of my watch band. All I ever did was put a raw honey dressing on it, and it all healed up straight away, with the barest of a slight scar. Fortunately no major tendons, nerves or blood vessels were fried, so it was just a case of letting the flesh heal without infection.