ABikerSailor
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Peroxide is not lethalWhile gargling with Hydrogen Peroxide in a 3% solution of water is safe, swallowing Peroxide will kill you.
If you swallow Clorox, you are swallowing poison.
If you swallow Pinesol, you are swallowing poison.
If you swallow Iisopropyl Alcohol you are swallowing poison.
Disinfectants are NOT for internal use.
Actually, it depends on what kind you drink, and how much. A little will make you sick and want to puke, but a lot will burn your stomach and kill you.
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What would happen if you drink hydrogen peroxide?
Answer (1 of 32): Household Hydrogen Peroxide, 3% is given to dogs or cats if they have ingested a poison. It's solely to induce vomiting. This is to only be used if you saw or someone else saw them eat a poisonous plant or mouse poison. Act as quickly as possible and pour 1 capful of the solutio...
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Children who swallow small amounts of household hydrogen peroxide have few if any problems. The most common symptom is stomach upset and possibly an episode of vomiting. When peroxide is swallowed, it generates oxygen bubbles in the stomach. If there are enough of them, they stretch the stomach out and the child vomits up the foam. Hydrogen peroxide can be mildly irritating, so the child could complain of a bit of mouth soreness and stomach distress. A small drink of water or milk usually is all that's needed. Hydrogen peroxide is not absorbed from the stomach into the body; once a child's stomach settles down, no other problems are expected.
It's different if someone drinks a large amount of household peroxide. When this happens, it's usually on purpose. There can be a lot of stomach irritation and even burns that require a trip to the emergency room and possible hospital admission.
Drinking higher concentrations of hydrogen peroxide can be very dangerous because it can cause tissue burns. "Food grade" hydrogen peroxide is sometimes used as an alternative therapy for a variety of conditions: allergies, arthritis, HIV, diabetes, emphysema, lupus, shingles, warts, and irregular heart rhythms, among many others. (These recommendations are not based on scientific evidence.) Users are instructed to put a few drops of the concentrated hydrogen peroxide into a glass of water. Users often store the hydrogen peroxide in the refrigerator - and that's the dangerous part of this practice. People mistake the bottle of concentrated hydrogen peroxide for something good to drink. Children and adults who swallowed concentrated hydrogen peroxide suffered severe injury, and in some cases died.