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Paul Karason, The Man Who Turned Blue
By Viola | January 12, 2008
Paul Karason, The Man Who Turned Blue
Paul Karason, now 57, developed a case of dermatitis about 14 years ago. He decided to use Colloidal Silver as a treatment and drank the solution and rubbed it on his skin for many years.
Colloidal Silver is made by extracting silver from metal and in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the treatment is not considered safe or even effective. Paul Karason’s skin turned blue and he has been living with it for over a decade. There is no cure and he has to live with blue skin for the rest of his life.
By many the remedy has been praised as a cure for all for about any illness, disease and any health problem there is. It has also been said that Colloidal Silver does none of this. In fact, there is a condition called “Argyria”, where after ingesting the liquid the skin, nails and gums show a blue-gray discolouration. .
If an old friend of Karason wouldn’t have asked what he had done, he said he didn’t even realize it was happening, as the changed happened so gradually. It seems that Karason suffers from “Argyria”, which is irreversible and linked to Colloidal Silver.
Some other potential side-effects of Colloidal Silver include:
è Neurological problems
è Seizures
è Indigestion
è Kidney damage
è Skin irritation
è Headaches
è Fatigue
Karason is still drinking small amounts of Colloidal Silver and has not sought medical attention for his skin discolouration. He says, “I do tend to avoid public places as much as I can.”
Because of the change of his skin colour, Karason has moved from Oregon to California seeking acceptance.
Man’s skin turns dark blue
Viola’s comment:
Colloidal Silver is commonly used in hospitals in the treatment of wounds and also burns. It has many antibacterial properties. It is even available in the form of a silver bandage from “Curad”. According to Curad, the bandage company:
“Laboratory testing showed that silver reduced bacterial growth like Staph. aureaus, E. coli, E. hirae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa — a powerful germ that does not respond to many antibacterials — in the dressing for 24 hours.”
To kill bacteria, silver ions are even used in washing machines now.
Studies show that silver-coated urinary catheters are used to help reduce urinary tract infections. Incidences of UTI are reduced by 47%. Silver-coated urinary catheters are more expensive, but reduce the cost overall. Not to forget, Colloidal Silver has been used internally as a natural antibiotic.
The internet is a very popular place for the purchase of Colloidal Silver and you must be very careful with contaminated versions, counterfeit or sub-par.
For sure Colloidal Silver has some benefits, but to me Paul Karason’s blue-gray skin discolouration is a very important reminder that even natural remedies as well as treatments could carry side effects and that taking large amounts of any supplement, can throw your body out of balance.
Personally, I have taken Colloidal Silver myself and found it very helpful. It has been given to me by a friend who is a knowledgeable natural health therapist. I would strongly recommend informing yourself before ingesting anything you are not familiar with.
Topics: Dare2bAware |
January 22nd, 2008 at 6:41 am
Yes, argyria (skin greying) is a very real side effect of excessive usage of colloidal silver.
But diabetes, pancreatitis and heart disease are very real side effects of excessive usage of sugar.
Cirrhosis of the liver and heart failure are very real side effects of the excessive usage of iron supplements. ‘
Kidney malfunction, calcification of soft tissue within the body, cellular toxicity and impaired immune function are very real side effects of excess usage of calcium.
Muscle pain, fatigue, irritability, depression, schizophrenia, fever, liver damage and anemia are very real side effects of the excessive usage of Vitamin A.
What’s more, DEATH is a very real side effect of the excessive usage of…water (it’s called “drowning”).
None of those side effects justify being afraid to use the substances mentioned. Why? Because the key phrase involved in each one is “excessive use.” When used in moderation, these substances are not only benign, but helpful. When used in excess, they can cause serious health consequences.
It is exactly the same with colloidal silver. If you use it in moderation it is completely harmless, and in fact extremely beneficial for boosting immunity and warding off infections of all sorts. It even helps the body heal from chronic degenerative diseases such as lupus, MS, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, Lyme disease and a host of others that often are caused by underlying hidden infections. But if used in excess daily over long periods of time, the result can be argyria, or skin-staining. It is a harmless, but cosmetically unappealing condition resulting from silver particles being pushed to the skin (the body’s third major organ of elimination) at which point they oxidize (or tarnish)from exposure to the sun.
Out of the estimated 10 million users of colloidal silver throughout North America, only a very small handful have been naive, ignorant or ill-informed enough to take such excessive quantities over such long periods of time to result in skin-staining. It is ridiculous to blame the substance for the mis-use by the person. That’s kinda like saying water is terrrible for you because several thousand people a year die in it due to drowning.
For anyone interested in learning about safe and common sense colloidal silver usage, please visit our web site at www.thesilveredge.com and download our FREE special report titled “What’s the “Safest” Daily Dosage for Colloidal Silver?” which uses the EPA’s (Environmental Protection Agency) own figures to determine how much colloidal silver is safe to take daily. Just use the link in the located in the upper left-hand corner of the home page.
Also, if you want to learn even more about the safe usage of colloidal silver, a company called Life & Health Research Group has recently placed their one-hour, studio-quality Colloidal Silver Secrets video on sale for only twenty bucks. If features Steve Barwick, author of The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual, being interviewed relentlessly by television personality Kristyn Burtt on just about every aspect of colloidal silver usage you can imagine. Check it out now at www.lifeandhealthresearchgroup.com
January 29th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Hi Spencer - thanks for that. It is always nice to read opinions.
Viola