So, Is Ingesting Colloidal Silver or Gold Dangerous?

[Monique]

I had never heard of this condition before until I saw it on television today: it is a rare condition where the skin turns grey due to the ingestion of colloidal silver. Silver-protein complexes are deposited in the skin, which causes the skin to permanently to discolor colloidal silver is used in alternative medicine, I'd stay far away from it. http://homepages.together.net/~rjstan/argyria_photos_intro.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...ve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12780705&dopt=Abstract

 

[Evo]

I had never heard of this condition before until I saw it on television today: it is a rare condition where the skin turns grey due to the ingestion of colloidal silver. Silver-protein complexes are deposited in the skin, which causes the skin to permanently to discolor colloidal silver is used in alternative medicine, I'd stay far away from it. http://homepages.together.net/~rjstan/argyria_photos_intro.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...ve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12780705&dopt=Abstract

It never ceases to amaze me how many people willingly ingest these questionable (at best) substances. Very interesting Monique.

 

[JamesU]

Wow, I've never heard of this.

 

[Craps]

I had never heard of this condition before until I saw it on television today: it is a rare condition where the skin turns grey due to the ingestion of colloidal silver. Silver-protein complexes are deposited in the skin, which causes the skin to permanently to discolor colloidal silver is used in alternative medicine, I'd stay far away from it. http://homepages.together.net/~rjstan/argyria_photos_intro.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...ve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12780705&dopt=Abstract

It is really "cool".

 

[hitssquad]

The authors report a case of a 71-year-old man who developed myoclonic status epilepticus and coma after daily ingestion of colloidal silver for 4 months resulting in high levels of silver in plasma, erythrocytes, and CSF. Despite plasmapheresis, he remained in a persistent vegetative state until his death 5.5 months later. Silver products can cause irreversible neurologic toxicity associated with poor outcome.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...ve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15111684

 

[arildno]

I had never heard of this condition before until I saw it on television today: it is a rare condition where the skin turns grey due to the ingestion of colloidal silver

Well, not QUITE in the style of King Midas, but close enough..

 

[Craps]

Execelent !

Well, not QUITE in the style of King Midas, but close enough..

Oh my gosh, please trust me, I was really trying to think up the most appropriate term to describe the article posted by Monique but unfortunately I finally ended up with "cool" only.
It must be "close", because it is STILL closed, that is why.

 

[Monique]

Well, not QUITE in the style of King Midas, but close enough..

Yeah, I wonder if the same thing happens if you ingest colloidal gold?

 

[hitssquad]

I wonder if the same thing happens if you ingest colloidal gold?

I couldn't find anything on PubMed regarding health problems relating to colloidal gold supplementation. In fact, I couldn't find any PubMed references to colloidal gold supplementation at all. Colloidal silver supplementation, on the other hand, turns up a lot of references on PubMed.