Steve: Treating a non-healing wound in a diabetic patient is not easy. Spraying colloidal silver on it is not usually going to do the trick. Remember, the primary issue we are dealing with is lack of oxygen to the wound site. The colloidal silver might be reducing the bacterial count on the surface temporarily. Once the silver is "deactivated", the infection simply continues.
There are a number of ways to approach such an infection. Most of them take a good deal of work to implement. One idea is to drink a large amount of colloidal silver several times daily. I say idea because the effectiveness of this method is in question. If enough silver can be delivered via the blood to the site, this will have an impact on the infection. More importantly, it will help reduce the chance that the infection enters the bloodstream. Brooks also recently posted a method to simulate a hyperbaric treatment by pressurizing a bag sealed over the appendage in question. This treatment forces oxygen into the tissues. To use silver externally to assist in the infection two things must be accomplished. 1) The silver must reach the "seat" of the infection and 2) the silver must maintain contact with the tissues long enough to continue to reduce the bacterial count. The wound type is important here. Is it an open gaping wound? What is the diamater of the exposed tissue? How deep is the wound? Spraying the colloidal silver on the wound, or even soaking a dressing and applying it to the wound would be largely ineffective if the wound is deep. While it is encouraging that your friend's MD recognizes the benefit of silver as an infection fighting agent, Silvadine ( Silver Sulfadiazine ) is primarily used to prevent infections on exposed tissue, such as a severe burn or a skin graft donor site. The cream is also unlikely to reach the root of a deep infection. If the infection has become septic, ----- Original Message ----- From: <svr9...@att.net> To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 5:19 PM Subject: CS not working on a leg infection > Hello List, > > A friend with diabetes has a serious leg infection. I gave him 5 PPM CS, in a spray bottle, that has some MSM in it. I gave it to him two weeks ago. I am told he is regularly spraying it on his wound, but it is not healing. Any suggestions? > > He has been referred to an infectious disease specialist but his appointment isn't until July. A lot of bad things could happen in that time. > > Oh, a new primary doctor prescribed "Silver Sulfadiazine" creme. Know anything about it? > > Thanks, > > Steve Radcliff > > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
