[exDemMom]

One of the treatments we use in the jungle (since there is a paucity of medical professionals) to treat jungle ulcers on the skin is to pack the ulcer with table sugar. It is amazing how quickly it works.

That would work because the osmotic shock of exposing the bacteria to the high sugar environment would kill them. (In simple language: the sugar would "pull out" the water from inside the bacteria, killing them.)

[Silentgypsy]

When am I going to learn to read the whole thread before I stick my 2 cents in? Very well said!