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Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world.
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Hydrogen Peroxide should not be one of the best antiseptic in game #74336

Open Brroleg opened 4 months ago

Brroleg commented 4 months ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

For example it says here https://www.houstonmethodist.org/blog/articles/2022/jun/should-you-put-hydrogen-peroxide-on-a-cut-or-scrape/ "Hydrogen peroxide is actually detrimental to wound healing," says Dr. Yaakovian. "It prevents healing rather than promoting it."

Solution you would like.

In the game Hydrogen Peroxide is too common and too good. Nerf it by making it more realistic - by making it suppress healing of the body part it applied to

Describe alternatives you have considered.

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harakka commented 4 months ago

The same applies to alcohol, hydrogen peroxide is not special in this regard. Our wound cleaning is just generally nonsensical.

Hyperseeker commented 4 months ago

This is likely intended to be addressed in the upcoming wounds system, which would allow a comprehensive approach to handling different kinds of, well, wounds. Replacing a "cut" wound with a "burned cut" wound (as in chemical burn, although heat is also detrimental for wound healing) seems like something the developers intend to happen, given the conversations on Discord.

dominic-dimico commented 3 months ago

I'd just like to add that I use hydrogen peroxide in real life over alcohol for minor cuts and abrasions. That is because, while alcohol is a superior disinfectant, it causes mild pain for a minute or so, especially when applied to a bleeding wound. Just a thought for balancing H2O2 against alcohol in case you do decide to nerf the disinfectant quality to real-life levels.

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zachary-kaelan commented 2 months ago

Realistically, I'm not even certain that there's evidence that antiseptics have any impact on wound healing, unless an infection would otherwise be likely. And I've heard that using saline wound wash after an injury is one of the the most important things for that.