In a message dated 11/4/04 5:02:30 PM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
> The thing I worry about is not > the silver doing damage but the neuro toxins produced on the die-off doing > the damage. Slow recovery is better than a fast one if you are going to > cause a large die-off and maybe brain damage due to large neuro toxins > produced by the die-off of the bacteria. Hi Dave. We do see this in the horses being treated for EPM with CS -- a die-off of the protozoa being dumped into the bloodstream, which you could consider neuro toxins since the protozoa inhabit neurological cells -- so they get worse before they get better. But it doesn't result in brain damage - in fact the horses that have cerebral lesions invariably get better too. But I agree with you -- slow recovery is better than a fast one, particularly if you're not dealing with a life-threatening situation. Frequently, with the horses, we ARE dealing with a life-threatening situation -- well, ultimately all EPM horses are life-threatened -- and we don't need to be being conservative. Just thought you might be a little bit comforted by the fact that brain damage just isn't part of the package. MA
