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Natural remedies can be very safe and effective if used correctly. However, there is a misconception that all things natural are safe. Colloidal silver is a good example of this as many people are told it is safe to take. It has been marketed as a health product for years which is alarming and a big concern. While colloidal silver may well be effective, it is important to understand that it is toxic and dangerous.
To many, this statement will possibly label me as a crank, but I ask you to please keep an open mind and engage your thinking powers on the subject! How insane would it be to have a mercury bath? It was only a few centuries ago that this was standard medical practice. The result, of course, being the death and suffering of many people.
Silver is very similar to mercury as a heavy metal, just have a look on the periodic table. Silver has no known physiological role in any function in the human body. Although silver does effectively kill bacteria and viruses, the toxic effects of heavy metals far out weight the beneficial effects. Mercury is also effective in killing viruses and bacteria, but is obviously too toxic to use in such a manner.
The understanding of the effect of even low grade heavy metal poisoning is only just beginning to emerge. It is suspected that many neurological diseases are a result of heavy metal poisoning as the brain tends to be an area that heavy metals (especially silver and mercury) have an affinity with.
Information about silver poisoning has been recorded in medical texts since the 1800’s and includes liver and kidney damage; irritation of the eyes, skin, respiratory (upper respiratory irritation such as itchy, red, or watery eyes, sneezing, stuffy or runny nose, sore throat and nosebleeds); intestinal tract irritation; changes in blood cells; decreased night vision, conjunctival deposits; and corneal deposits.
To look at some scientific evidence – therapeutic IV administration of 50mg or more is lethal, provoking pulmonary edema, hemorrhage and necrosis of the bone marrow, liver, and kidneys (Fowler and Nordberrg, 1986).
Silver deposits can also result in neurologic deficits. Westhofen and Schafer (1986) reported the case of a 55-year-old woman who developed progressive hypogeusia, hyposmia, vertigo, cutaneous hypoesthesia, and weakness after nine years of self-administered silver salts to treat oral mycosis. Subsequent examinations of this patient revealed silver sulfate deposits in the perineuria of peripheral nerves, as well as in the basal membranes, macrophages, elastic fibers and muscle fibers.
Topical application of silver in man also causes immune system changes with leukopenia secondary to bone-marrow depression (Caffee and Bingham, 1982).
Contrary to the marketing of silver as a health product, it has no known function in the working of the human body, but it can accumulate and have long term effects.
