I've not heard about the infertility
info. I do know some folks will get an odd "taste" when using
DMSO bare handed. I find when using on a horse or another person I can
sometimes taste smoked oysters, others get garlic or bananas
(:>) If I put it on my own owies there is no taste, go
figure.
A serious caution with it is not to mix
anything that shouldn't be absorbed with DMSO. Be sure your hands are
clean, no bug spray, paint thinner, chemicals, etc. It
is a "carrier", for want of a better word. This can be good or bad
depending on what it is.
DMSO is a good disinfectant, wonderful on burns,
stings, bruises, sprains, etc. I've seen vets just slather it on
when they had stitched big ugly wounds to keep the swelling from pulling
stitches out.
I've heard/read of injecting it into the spinal
cord injuries to reduce swelling.
When we first had occasion to use DMSO on one of our horses about 20
years ago, we were specifically told by the vet to wear gloves and to ensure
that the DMSO did not make direct contact with our skin (issues with the
potential for it causing infertility in humans, etc.). Is that not
correct?
"I hope you don't have to use it but DMSO applied to insect
stings and bites will sure take the "sting" and itch away."
-- Evelyn Allen
"To the world you might be one person, but to
one animal you might be the world"
