Silver in bioavailible forms is used in burn and wound treatment.
Just it is used topically on the wound to kill off bacteria / prevent
bacteria growth.
Something that colloidal silver as sold to people won’t.
Look up Flamazine (silver sulfadiazine) on your favorite drug
website
Kay
However I believe that silver in some form is used by the army on burn bandages.
and in US hospitals as well.
Elaine
tests on various bacteria using colloidal silver and it proved to have no effect at all.
I haven’t pitched in on this because I’m not a doctor - I have
strong opinions about dumping unknown chemicals into the human body,
but those are neither here nor there…
A search for “colloidal silver” brought up this interesting page,
though:
Mostly just factual info on what it’s about…
There was an experimental treatment in the 80’s using Colloidal
silver on burns. I was in it. I had 2nd & some 3rd degree burns all
over my thighs and a little on my wrist. After using the salve made
with the colloidal silver, my skin made a full recovery. It doesn’t
tan like the rest of my skin does, and there’s a little discoloration
if you look closely, but you should have seen it before I started the
treatment. It was awful! Now it’s fine.
Not sure what else was in it and it never got approved by the fda.
Amery Carriere
Romantic Jewelry with an Edge.
www.amerycarriere.com
http://www.silver-colloids.com/ Mostly just factual info on what it's about...
Don’t really know how factual this site is. It is operated by
Colloidal Science Laboratory who looks like the source for
“scientific” claims of effectiveness for colloidal silver by some of
the smoke and mirrors sites. It offers “scientific reports” of
studies done with a test group size of one person, not what I would
consider a reasonable statistical sample.
James Binnion
James Binnion Metal Arts
There was an experimental treatment in the 80's using Colloidal silver on burns. I was in it. I had 2nd & some 3rd degree burns all over my thighs and a little on my wrist. After using the salve made with the colloidal silver, my skin made a full recovery. It doesn't tan like the rest of my skin does, and there's a little discoloration if you look closely, but you should have seen it before I started the treatment. It was awful! Now it's fine.
Not sure what else was in it and it never got approved by the fda.
There IS, now a cream used for exactly that, treatment of burns,
called Silvodine or something like that. Doesn’t have colloidal
silver, rather it’s silver nitrate. And it too, does work very well
to keep the burns from getting infected, It is FDA approved. No
doubt the balance of the cream, after the silver nitrate, must have
some pretty alkaline buffers in it to keep the silver nitrate from
causing it’s own (acid) burns…
Peter Rowe
We should rename this "Silver Care" rather than Silverware!!!
My comment! I just have had a “silver” ointment used to help heal a
wound. The Wound Care Nurse said is ISN’T silver nitrate - what form
of silver I didn’t know at this time. I will get the name from her
next visit. She only gave me enough in a sterile cup to apply to the
wound. It is really helping.
Rose Marie Christison
It offers "scientific reports" of studies done with a test group size of one person, not what I would consider a reasonable statistical sample
No, Jim - I realize that and I agree that it’s biased towards
Dear Richard,
Through the use of alternative and traditional healing methods. my wife is still here.
I’m very happy to hear your wife is still with us. I don’t know
whether you liked or disliked my response to the colloidal silver
quackery remark, but I agree with 100% of what you said. I keep
myself healthy by getting a diagnosis from a medical professional
and then finding out what REALLY works. Sometimes it’s a mainstream
modality, sometimes it’s way outside mainstream. But I have saved
myself much grief by choosing to look for alternatives to Doctor’s
advice when it was warranted.
Raymond Brown
Here’s a really useful application for colloidal silver: explosives
detection. Photonics Spectra reports in the December 2009 issue that
Queen’s University Belfast is researching a special gel loaded with
colloidal gold or silver nanoparticles that preferentially absorb
particles containing the explosive compound. The nanoparticles
produce a surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic signal, making trace
explosives detection possible from a simple gel loaded wipe.
Better than drinking the stuff.
Mark Bingham
Fourth Axis
http://fourth-axis.com/tilt-motor-axis-tutorial/