Thanks A.V.R.A., Your comments seem pertinent to the problem. I haven't actually seen the wound so cannot comment as to its actual size and depth - but will find out. Have you an opinion of Silverlon in a situation like this?
Please go to the end of your message - it seem to have stopped before you completed your thought for " If the infection has become septic, ". Thanks, Steve > ** Original Subject: Re: CS not working on a leg infection > ** Original Sender: "A.V.R.A" <[email protected]> > ** Original Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 11:45:49 +0000 > ** Original Message follows... > > Steve: > > Treating a non-healing wound in a diabetic patient is not easy. Spraying > colloidal silver on it is not usually going to do the trick. Remember, the > primary issue we are dealing with is lack of oxygen to the wound site. The > colloidal silver might be reducing the bacterial count on the surface > temporarily. Once the silver is "deactivated", the infection simply > continues. > > There are a number of ways to approach such an infection. Most of them take > a good deal of work to implement. > > One idea is to drink a large amount of colloidal silver several times daily. > I say idea because the effectiveness of this method is in question. If > enough silver can be delivered via the blood to the site, this will have an > impact on the infection. More importantly, it will help reduce the chance > that the infection enters the bloodstream. > > Brooks also recently posted a method to simulate a hyperbaric treatment by > pressurizing a bag sealed over the appendage in question. This treatment > forces oxygen into the tissues. > > To use silver externally to assist in the infection two things must be > accomplished. 1) The silver must reach the "seat" of the infection and 2) > the silver must maintain contact with the tissues long enough to continue to > reduce the bacterial count. > > The wound type is important here. Is it an open gaping wound? What is the > diamater of the exposed tissue? How deep is the wound? > > Spraying the colloidal silver on the wound, or even soaking a dressing and > applying it to the wound would be largely ineffective if the wound is deep. > > While it is encouraging that your friend's MD recognizes the benefit of > silver as an infection fighting agent, Silvadine ( Silver Sulfadiazine ) is > primarily used to prevent infections on exposed tissue, such as a severe > burn or a skin graft donor site. The cream is also unlikely to reach the > root of a deep infection. > > If the infection has become septic, > ----- Original Message -----From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 5:19 PM > Subject: CS not working on a leg infection > > > > Hello List, > > > > A friend with diabetes has a serious leg infection. I gave him 5 PPM CS, > in a spray bottle, that has some MSM in it. I gave it to him two weeks ago. > I am told he is regularly spraying it on his wound, but it is not healing. > Any suggestions? > > > > He has been referred to an infectious disease specialist but his > appointment isn't until July. A lot of bad things could happen in that > time. > > > > Oh, a new primary doctor prescribed "Silver Sulfadiazine" creme. Know > anything about it? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Steve Radcliff > > > > > > > > -- > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > >** --------- End Original Message ----------- ** >
