Greetings to the silver list! In response to Gary' request for statements on the above subject.
"Side effects/adverse reactions to colloidal silver." An interesting effect can be duplicated by interested persons, all you need is a dog with fleas. I found one in rather poor shape and gave the puppy a bath. I started with colloidal silver (homebrew). I sprayed his head and entire body...totally saturated his fur with it. In just seconds , his blonde fur became crimson red. The flea eggs released their fluids (I assume this is what happened) and in a significant amount. The adult fleas remained active until the flea shampoo, which followed, was applied repeatedly. Said that to say this....An adverse effect was reported to me by a brother who had been present when a young woman (with an acute infection of the tonsils and at least one inner-ear) put a small amount of colloidal silver into her infected ear. She found that it became uncomfortable rapidly and then became painful. She immediately flushed the ear with water, and had no further discomfort or problems of any kind. What caused this? The rapid death of infectious agents in the ear...excreting their fluids? I don't know the answer. I do know that there were no further problems from the reaction. Also that this was an extreme infection, and very active with pathogens. A solution of only 5ppm was used, BTW. I have also heard a man say that when he put colloidal silver in his irritated eye, a burning feeling insued. He did not make the concentration of the solution known at that time. It may be a number of things. Not knowing the specific information necessary, (ie. the concentration of the solution, the condition of the eye, the purity of the solution, the nature of the reaction, etc.) it is hard to draw any solid conclusions from this event. This type of "testimony" is very common. A lot of the opposition to colloidal silver is based on this type of "testimony". It is my experience that, when 5ppm concentrations are used, there are very little adverse reactions, and no lasting side effects.( This is with topical applications, and with oral use.) A concentration of 5ppm used in an intravenious injection MUST be injected very slowly to avoid a "kill-off" effect. It was recommended to use 5cc of 5ppm solution, injected gradually over a 5 minute period. This was gleaned > from Dr. DeLynn Hansen, a well-known manufacturer of colloidal silver. I have not used this method, but have used an intra-muscular approach with good results. Best to the Silver List! God Bless, Scott
