As stated here many times, argyria is a multi step process based on the photographic process. If you have a high content of silver salts in your blood, and are exposed to the sun, some of the silver salts will reduce to silver atoms, and with a high level of silver salts in the blood with the developing agents that can be present in the blood, these atoms can get plated out on by more silver until the particles grow in size to an extent that they gets lodged in the tissues. So there are many things at play here:
1. silver salts must be present in the skin to be photoreduced and uv light must be present to do the reduction. 2. sufficient silver salts must be present so that the reduced silver grows rapidly enough that it becomes lodged in the tissues So basically if you have high silver salts for a period of time, and you are in the dark you are ok, and if you are in the sun but the silver salts are at a low enough concentration that any photoreduced particles are flushed out of the skin before they can grow to a large size that gets stuck you are ok. However note that if you have already photoreduced particles stuck in your skin, then ANY silver compounds in your blood will then to make them grow, sunlight or not! That is why if a person has early stages of argyria, it can be aggravated even with EIS, it is important to never get the seed particles in the skin. Although EIS with a 5% or greater particle concentration has as far as I know never caused the condition (fingernails notwithstanding), high concentrations with high ppm of silver salts and low concentration of particles can cause it because there are insufficient particles to prevent it (that is act like a sponge and reduce the silver salts before they can reduce in the skin). I highly recommend to never take EIS in excess of 20 or so ppm. Since you have to have light and silver compounds to form seed particles, then taking silver before you go to bed should be less likely to cause any problems than taking it in the morning. I hope this helps explain why the sun is needed, as well as lower dosages of EIS are harmless. Marshall Heidi & Lee Sulkosky wrote: > This may be a stupid question but does this mean you are at greater risk for > argyria if you spend a lot of time in the sun? I love the sun and would > hate to stay out of it! Heidi > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marshall Dudley" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 11:39 AM > Subject: Re: CS>CS over dose / Gray Face > > > Good information in there, but there is one glaring error. Sunlight does > not oxidize colloidal > > silver, if it did that it would cure argyria. They have it backwards, > sunlight reduces > > (deoxidizes) silver compounds to produce silver particles. Silver oxide > is soluble, silver > > particles are not. > > > > Marshall > > > > Dino Ciccarelli wrote: > > > > > I don't know if any of you have read this book: > > > > > > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/097086440X/ref=sr_11_1/102-0323967-7481733? > %5Fencoding=UTF8 > > > > > > but I have, and there is a section in there regarding "A Possible Cure > > > for Argyria"... > > > it sounds like very good information... I've taken the time to type it > > > up into a document for anyone who might be interested to read it... > > > not sure how long I will keep it up on the site (copyright and all), > > > however, it is a good book and I would recommend it... > > > > > > the link to the possible argyria cure: > > > > > > http://www.blanblu.com/silverlist/argyria.doc > > > > > > a few notes from me regarding Dr. Gruenn's and the author's > recommendations: > > > > > > 1) 4,000 mg of vitamin C per day (just be careful with the dosage, I > > > would say, find your dosage within "bowel tolerance" and you should be > > > ok) > > > 2) I would say that some sauna therapy (FIR if available) can only > > > help in this situation, since it is really the best way to eliminate > > > debris from the body. I don't think that drinking water alone would > > > do it. Of course, should one choose to pursue sauna therapy, all the > > > more then should one make sure to follow the recommendation on > > > multiple mineral supplementation. > > > > > > hope this helps... > > > > > > Bob, I work with your son Mike, so if you wish to borrow the book, by > > > all means, let me know, and I will give it to Mike for him to bring it > > > to you. Also, there is a place in Troy that has a FIR sauna, if you > > > wish to know the info, please, don't hesitate to ask... > > > > > > good luck! > > > dc > > > > > > -- > > > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > > > > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > > > > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > > > > >
