Hi Steve, You make it seem that Argyria is a disease.
Do you think that argyria is a disease? To my mind it is merely a colouration and is perhaps an indicator of something. But I know of no detriment other that the colour. What are the downsides of having argyria? OK, Tony On 13 Jul 2009 at 16:25, Norton, Steve wrote about : Subject : CS>How to tell Stage I argyria from > > OK, so there is no argyria Stage I, II, III or IV defined, but I would > like to suggest that defining different stages of argyria would be much > more useful than the single stage used today. I think that argyria is > greatly under reported because a person has to turn nearly completely grey > or blue for it to be reported as argyria. In actuality, once any of the > visible tissues turns grey/blue that person has argyria and it is just a > matter of how severe a case it is. > I would like to suggest different stages, such as those used for > cancer, to identify argyria and the extent of the argyria. The stages for > cancer are (from Wikipedia): * Stage I cancers are localized to one > part > of the body. * Stage II cancers are locally advanced. * Stage > III cancers > are also locally advanced. Whether a cancer is designated as Stage II or > Stage III can depend on the specific type of cancer; for example, in > Hodgkin's Disease, Stage II indicates affected lymph nodes on only one > side of the diaphragm, whereas Stage III indicates affected lymph nodes > above and below the diaphragm. The specific criteria for Stages II and III > therefore differ according to diagnosis. * Stage IV cancers have often > metastasized, or spread to other organs or throughout the body > > How about something for argyria like: > * Stage I - Argyria is localized to light browning of the gums or > light browning of the skin exposed to sunlight > * Stage II - Argyria is localized to fingernails or a slight > coloring of the eyes. > * Stage III - Argyria is also localized to the face and neck as a > blue/grey color or a significant darkening of eyes. > * Stage IV - Argyria is generally spread throughout the body or a > near or total darkening of eyes. > > The stages I suggest may not be the best. From what I have read, it may be > difficult to determine a Stage I condition. Plus, I tried to cover the > coloring of the eyes (ocular argyrosis) in the proposed stages. Maybe the > eyes should be separate. Does anyone else think that this might be better > than the current single declaration of argyria? Any suggestions for > improvement? > > Thanks, > Steve N > > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
