So What If You Are Blue? Oral Colloidal Silver and Argyria Are Out: Safe Dressings Are In

@article{Okan2007SoWI,
  title={So What If You Are Blue? Oral Colloidal Silver and Argyria Are Out: Safe Dressings Are In},
  author={Denis Okan and K. Woo and R. Sibbald},
  journal={Advances in Skin \& Wound Care},
  year={2007},
  volume={20},
  pages={326-330}
}
For centuries, humans have been exposed to silver-containing compounds by means of the natural environment, water vessels, industry, and medicines. Long-term ingestion or excessive application of silver preparations can lead to generalized argyriaVa blue-gray discoloration of the skin, eyes, and internal organs, resulting from silver salt deposits in the tissues. Recently, the popularity of natural medicines and the volume of health advice on the Internet have increased. Some health food and… Expand
View on Wolters Kluwer
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
20 Citations
Background Citations
7

Topics from this paper

    20 Citations

    Citation Type

    Citation Type

    Characterization and evaluation of silver release from four different dressings used in burns care.
    Antibacterial effect of dressings containing multivalent silver ion carried by zirconium phosphate on experimental rat burn wounds
    • G. Luo, Jin Tang, +8 authors M. Fitzgerald
    • Chemistry, Medicine
    • Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society
    • 2008
    Clinical and Forensic Aspects of the Different Subtypes of Argyria
    Active Silver Nanoparticles for Wound Healing
    Colloidal Silver Induces Cytoskeleton Reorganization and E-Cadherin Recruitment at Cell-Cell Contacts in HaCaT Cells
    Silver deposits in cutaneous burn scar tissue is a common phenomenon following application of a silver dressing
    Size and dose dependent effects of silver nanoparticle exposure on intestinal permeability in an in vitro model of the human gut epithelium
    Antibacterial Mg-Ag biodegradable alloys
    Extremely concentrated silver nanoparticles stabilized in aqueous solution by Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA)
    MASD part 3: peristomal moisture- associated dermatitis and periwound moisture-associated dermatitis: a consensus.
    • J. Colwell, C. Ratliff, +6 authors J. Black
    • Medicine
    • Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society
    • 2011
    ...
    1
    2
    ...

    References

    SHOWING 1-10 OF 19 REFERENCES
    Silver deposition and tissue staining associated with wound dressings containing silver.
    Silver-coated dressing acticoat caused raised liver enzymes and argyria-like symptoms in burn patient.
    • M. Trop
    • Medicine
    • The Journal of trauma
    • 2006
    [Increased serum and urinary levels of silver during treatment with topical silver sulfadiazine].
    Silver absorption and antibacterial efficacy of silver dressings.
    Determination of silver in blood, urine, and tissues of volunteers and burn patients.
    Severe generalized argyria secondary to ingestion of colloidal silver protein
    Exposure-related health effects of silver and silver compounds: a review.
    Scar-localized argyria secondary to silver sulfadiazine cream.
    Argyria secondary to ingestion of homemade silver solution.
    Preparing the wound bed 2003: focus on infection and inflammation.
    ...
    1
    2
    ...