Thats so simple and smart. Why is it we so often have to make things harder than they have to be? <chuckle>
Gail Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 12, 2015, at 8:09 PM, Neville <[email protected]> wrote: > > I simply wet an ordinary bandaid, or bandage dependant on wound size, with > silver and place on wound. That dressing is kept wet with silver using a > syringe as often as possible/feasible and is not removed for changing for > several days, as you say Jane. I've always done this for any injury I've > ever had. Of course I would consider an alternative treatment if my leg was > cut off <g>. > > I also did this for toenail fungus (haven't a bloody clue as to how I got > that?), sprayed directly on toe and wet the sock around the area of that toe > before putting shoe on each day. Did this for a couple of weeks until I > considered the fungus was killed, it then took about 2-3 years for the nail > to regrow normally. The silver may have killed it in a matter of days > however, I don't know? > > N. > > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CS>Silver dressings > Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 11:05:13 +1000 > > I did wear the bandaid for several days and through a few washes otherwise > there was no skin break - but I knew it would do the trick & it did & yes I > have used silver dressings extensively for burns patients for many years > while I was nursing. I have to say I am disappointed it contains aluminium. > > Jane > > The silver bandaid has a layer interwoven with aluminum thread and another > one with silver thread. When body fluids provide the electrolyte, a battery > effect is created which sends silver ions headed towards the aluminum..only > to get lost in the wound. > > It is in all respects, a "CS" generator wrapped around your finger. > > The silver dressings such as silverlon and acticoat are used with small > amounts of electrical current to produce the silver ions in the wound. Often > used in burn wards now. > > Ode
