Comments by "alex carter" (@alexcarter8807) on "Alexander Fleming: The Father of Antibiotics" video.

  1. Antibiotics being less and less available to Americans due to less and less access to medical care in general, some basic rules for infected cuts etc. If there is pus, let it out! Squeeze it out, prick the area if needed, keep getting that pus out. Hot compresses are very good - the heat hurts the infection germs. Povidone-iodine, tincture of green soap, soap and water in general, are good for cleaning up cuts. Rubbing alcohol, and Bactine if you can afford it (we never could) are good for drying up an infection. If you can't fix up the infection in a few days, or you get a fever or a red line traveling from the wound site, go to the emergency room. At least for now, it's the one point of access for medical care in the US where they can't turn you away. You'll get a huge bill of course, but the first priority is not dying.
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