Neville, When ever I think of argyria I always think of the informal survey you did. It was an eye opener for me. If one made a survey I would certainly be interested in the items you suggest. Since you mention it, I will say that it is my opinion that EIS can cause argyria but that there are other forms, eg silver nitrate, that will cause argyria at significantly lower dosages. But any form of silver that can enter the bloodstream can cause argryia if consumed in sufficient quantity over sufficient time. - Steve N
Just my opinion. ________________________________ From: Neville Munn <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Mon Jul 13 18:51:29 2009 Subject: RE: CS>How to tell Stage I argyria from Stage III argyria Hi Steve, [Any suggestions for improvement?] Yep I got one... what about "EIS produced by the accepted means/methods and practices today will *not* cause Argyria". or..."It is unknown, at the time of writing, if EIS taken in conjuction with particular supplements or other stuff could promote the incidence of *any* stage of Argyria". N. ________________________________ Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:25:54 -0500 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: CS>How to tell Stage I argyria from Stage III argyria 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 ________________________________ Find your next place with Ninemsn property Looking for a new car this winter? <http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fninemsn%2Edomain%2Ecom%2Eau%2F%3Fs%5Fcid%3DFDMedia%3ANineMSN%5FHotmail%5FTagline&_t=774152450&_r=Domain_tagline&_m=EXT>
