Until this morning everything I had read seemed to indicate that there were no documented cases of argyria from use of CS. But, there was a link posted on the Yahoo CS club
http://www.chetday.com/colloidalsilvergenerator.htm that contains a warning that includes references to three documented cases of what appear to be CS-caused argyria: "Concerning graying of the body, there have been three reported cases of argyria in the recent medical literature. The first was a 35-year-old woman who had a bluish-gray discoloration of the skin and nail beds (Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology, August 2000). She had been taking 25 mcg/tsp daily for one year. In the second case, a 38-year-old woman went to an emergency department of a hospital because of a grayish discoloration to her face (Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology, August 2000). She had been taking 1/4 of a cup of a colloidal silver solution 3 times a day for 8 months to try to cure her Lyme disease. Lastly, a 56-year-old man got irreversible argyria after taking 1 teaspoon of a colloidal silver product (containing 200 ppm silver) 3 times a day for the past 3 years (Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, Feb. 2001)." To be honest, this makes me a bit nervous since I'm taking about 8oz a day to keep a chronic low-grade infection at bay. But, it flared back up a few days ago even while taking that dose, and it's taken two days of much larger doses to kick it back down again. -- John A. Stanley [email protected] -- 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]>
