| For many years, silver and its compounds have been | | | | end of exposure to silver compounds; if you've been |
| avoided in medical practice for fear of the | | | | taking a high dosage of colloidal silver for a long time |
| supposedly skin-staining side effect known as Argyria. | | | | now and you start showing bluish stains on the skin, |
| Studies show that only overexposure to silver salts | | | | it's a clear sign you've administrated too large an |
| as well as over dosage in uncontrolled therapeutic | | | | amount. Depigmentation products may not be |
| administration may lead to the deposition of the | | | | enough to treat Argyria satisfactorily, but it will |
| mineral at the level of the soft membranes, skin and | | | | reduce the number of granules deposited in the |
| nails. The Argyria cases are mainly specific to the | | | | upper skin layers and around the sweat glands. Use |
| industrial contact with silver salts, affecting workers in | | | | opaque cosmetics with a high sunscreen level as |
| silver mining, metal manufacturing, silver refining and | | | | further depigmentation could be prevented, and they |
| so on. Colloidal silver homeopathic supplements may | | | | will also mask the already installed Argyria signs. |
| be administered without the risk of getting Argyria | | | | How can one prevent Argyria? The only way to do |
| on the one condition that the therapeutic or | | | | so is to avoid taking too large dosages of a colloidal |
| prophylactic dosage be strictly followed. | | | | silver product that you've been recommended. Silver |
| The early symptoms of Argyria include staining of | | | | is absorbed at the sublingual and digestive level in a |
| the gums that afterwards extends to skin or other | | | | matter of minutes; then it remains in the system for |
| soft membranes particularly on the areas exposed to | | | | a few weeks and is afterwards safely eliminated |
| the sun: hands, forehead and nose. However, | | | | through excretions. Normal dosage does not present |
| mention should be made that clinical and physical | | | | any risk to the user; furthermore, even if you took |
| symptoms appear within years of exposure to silver | | | | more colloidal silver than you should have, don't |
| compounds as a high amount of silver gets deposited | | | | worry about turning blue over night. Even taken like |
| in the tissues. Silver doesn't accumulate only in special | | | | that, colloidal silver is not risky for your body, as it |
| parts of the body; it is usually spread throughout the | | | | takes months of over-administration to develop |
| system, though you may not see the outward signs. | | | | Argyria. |
| Argyria treatment involves first and foremost the | | | | |