Michael, if you haven't read up on shingles, you really should. There's a vaccine available (approved for folks 50 years old and older) that significantly reduces the chances of a recurrence. Shingles is a huge problem for older folks. If you ever had chicken pox, the shingles virus is in your system and can reactivate itself at any time.
http://www.cdc.gov/shingles/vaccination.html http://www.cdc.gov/shingles/vaccination.html ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote : This is my experience with colloidal silver: I have used it as an eye wash - works real well. I had shingles about 3 years ago - lesions up and down one leg - every time they started burning and itching, I sprayed colloidal silver on them (Source Naturals brand) and within usually 2 minutes, all burning and itching would stop. Really helped a LOT. I had also used it previously to treat a candida problem I had and it absolutely worked. At that time I was taking about I think 4 tablespoons a day for about a month or maybe 6 weeks. I used a brand called Germ Slayer - the FDA ran them out of business a few years ago. They were selling to a lot of people who had Lyme disease. I talked with one or two who swore that a 3 or 4 month regimen of colloidal silver cured them. My cat that came to me as an ill kitten was losing fur on one paw - the vet thought it was ringworm, but the test proved negative - when the vet had no idea what was causing the hair loss, I began spraying the Source Naturals colloidal silver on his paw three times a day - the hair loss stopped within a day and after three days of treatment, the hair all grew back. I find it interesting that while the regular medical community reviles and ridicules the use of colloidal silver, claiming it has NO therapeutic effects at all, even claiming that silver itself has no anti bacterial, fungal or viral effect, major pharmaceutical companies make and market silver products to the medical community. They make dental silver nitrate compounds for treating mouth ulcers among other things, wound dressings with silver and coat medical devices with it too. http://www.mddionline.com/article/protecting-devices-silver-based-antimicrobials http://www.mddionline.com/article/protecting-devices-silver-based-antimicrobials http://www.mddionline.com/article/protecting-devices-silver-based-antimicrobials Protecting Devices with Silver-Based Antimicrobials | MD... http://www.mddionline.com/article/protecting-devices-silver-based-antimicrobials The current economic climate has forced hospitals to scrutinize their spending in an effort to reduce costs and increase revenue. As a result, many hospitals are fo... View on www.mddionline.com http://www.mddionline.com/article/protecting-devices-silver-based-antimicrobials Preview by Yahoo "Among the silver-containing items exhibited at the APIC conference were textile products such as operating gowns, mattress covers and bed linens. Wound-care products also make major use of antimicrobial silver. With respect to wound dressings, studies have shown that dressings containing silver increase the comfort level for burn patients by minimizing adhesion between wound and dressing, thereby reducing pain when changing dressings. Antimicrobial-silver sprays are also used to protect surfaces likely to collect infectious organisms and silver-based coatings are also increasingly used in medical devices such as catheters and tubing to prevent surgical-site infections. The antimicrobial effects of silver have been known since ancient times, but only within the last five years has silver been used more extensively to control healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). This has been in response to efforts by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and by legislative mandates forcing hospitals to prevent the occurrence of HAIs." That is from this article: http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2011/07/infection-control-products-driving-the-use-of-silver.aspx http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2011/07/infection-control-products-driving-the-use-of-silver.aspx Infection Control Products Driving the Use of Silver http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2011/07/infection-control-products-driving-the-use-of-silver.aspx Silver usage has grown exponentially in medicine and health-related products, notes The Silver Institute, which has been tracking its increased usage. View on www.infectioncontroltoday.com http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2011/07/infection-control-products-driving-the-use-of-silver.aspx Preview by Yahoo A Pharmacological and Toxicological Profile of Silver as an Antimicrobial Agent in Medical Devices http://www.hindawi.com/journals/aps/2010/910686/ http://www.hindawi.com/journals/aps/2010/910686/ A Pharmacological and Toxicological Profile of Silver as... Abstract Silver is used widely in wound dressings and medical devices as a broad-spectrum antibiotic. View on www.hindawi.com http://www.hindawi.com/journals/aps/2010/910686/ Preview by Yahoo
