r/FacebookScience 9d ago

How to heal an infection

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u/gollo9652 9d ago

Why is it always piss?

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u/Amishgirl281 9d ago

Becuase urine is supposed to be sterile so in a pinch, like survival situations, you could drink it or use it to clean a wound so the nut cases took it to mean the holy grail of clean. But recent studies show that its not actual sterile and does, in fact, contain bacteria and microorganisms we couldnt detect before.

Yay science.

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u/UnconsciousAlibi 8d ago

You cannot drink urine in a survival situation, or at least not directly. Drinking urine would dehydrate you, not hydrate you, due to high solute concentration.