Just thought I would share this link that I found last week regarding nebulizing. It is a "cautious" link. http://silverdata.20m.com/nebulizers.html It doesn't really answer the original question about osmotic pressure however. Caroline --
On Mon, 15 Oct 2001 08:20:46 Steven Geigle wrote: >yes, I've just completed nebulizing 7-8 sessions over the last few days to >wipe out a respiratory infection that snuck by me. In each session, I >inhaled maybe one ounce. I experienced no problems whatsoever..my lungs >felt excellent after each session...I think the worst that can happen is >that the additional moisture will help losen up the mucus and dead bacteria >in the lungs. I know my doc told me a good hot shower was like heaven for >the lungs...getting lots of steam into the lungs is very therapudic. > >Happy nebulizing! > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Marshall Dudley" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 7:09 AM >Subject: Re: CS>Physician Warns of Possible Side Effects When Nebulizing CS > > >[email protected] wrote: > >> List: I had a (too) short conversation with my physician daughter (she >> gets very cranky whenever I bring up CS) who was predictably >> distraught to here that I intended to use a nebulizer to administer CS >> for various ailments including anthrax. She said something about the >> osmotic pressure in lung tissue could be disrupted by nebulizing CS. >> Would someone please explain what she was talking about, and second, >> would those who have used CS in a nebulizer please let us know how >> long you've been nebulizing CS, and if you have ever suffered any side >> effects. Thanks Roger > >She is saying that the water will cause the saline wetting of the lung >tissue to be diluted, thus causing the cells to absorb more water and >possibly cause some type of problem. > >This is pure nonsense. The amount of water in the colloidal spray is so >slight that it is virtually invisible. It evaporates spontaneously in >less than a second. If this were a problem then taking a walk in a >heavy fog would be deadly, since the amount of water breathed into the >lungs would be many times that from the nebulizer, and out species would >have died out long ago. Heck people can "drown" and be revived after >getting the water out of the lungs and be fine. > >Marshall > > > >-- >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]> > > > Make a difference, help support the relief efforts in the U.S. http://clubs.lycos.com/live/events/september11.asp
