Hi everyone. I'm not sure how to make a post, hopefully this is correct. I would like to introduce myself. My name is Hollie, I am a cardiac nurse, a mom and a wife. Although I am trained and employed to work in the traditional medical world, I am very interested in natural cures and remedies. My family and I eat very healthy, and we avoid most traditional medications. A co-worker recommended that I buy colloidal silver when my 15 month old son got sick for the very first time a few weeks ago. (He began daycare several weeks before that..) He was diagnosed with pneumonia, strep throat and bilateral ear infections. I reluctantly gave him the prescribed antibiotics and I didn't look into the silver. Then, a few days ago, he came down with a fever again, and after another visit to the ped, he was diagnosed with another set of ear infections, and prescribed to a heavier antibiotic- Augmentin. Yesterday, I was beside myself, wanting to do what's best for my son, but super reluctant to go through a whole new course of antibiotics just 3 weeks since his Amoxicillin. I did some research online about the colloidal silver, and I decided to go out and buy some. I also picked up the Augmentin, since I have no experience with the silver, and I gave him both. I used drops in his ears and I gave him 1 tsp by mouth. I also took 1 tsp, and gave my husband several tspns, as he is also ill. Today I was pretty surprised to see that there just doesn't seem to be a lot of information out there about colloidal silver. I know that it is used in the ointment on newborns eyes after they are born, and also read that Nasa uses it to purify water. I don't doubt that it is beneficial. I am curious as to how beneficial. Could it be a cure for HIV//cancer? Also agraria- is this common? Should I be worried? Of course, I don't want my baby's skin to turn blue! Then I read that it can cause neurological issues like seizures. Does anyone have any evidence to support harmful side effects? Any success stories? Sorry so long... Looking to forward to hearing from you.
-Hollie
