Marshall, Interesting. So the few folks with argyria are walking, human photographs, the silver compounds a kind of photo emulsion. Reid
Marshall Dudley wrote: By golly I think you have hit the nail on the head. I never could figure out how you could get argyria from the proteins before, but now it makes sense. Here is what I think: Argyria is caused by exactly the same process that film development uses. That is initially particles are formed or present which then grow when in the presence of silver ions and a developer. If taking salts of silver particles are formed upon exposure to light, thus argyria will only form in areas exposed to light (which seems to be the case). In the case of CS ions can also plate out on the particles when the blood is alkaline and there is developer present (I.E. caffeine). But due to the ratio of particles to ions, the ions can only grow so big before all the ions are used up, and they will not be big enough to cause them to get trapped in tissues. Even if a few did get trapped, they would be trapped throughout the body mass, instead of just at the surface, so it would not be seen. In the case of silver protein, the proteins will get used where cells are being replaced rapidly (this might make it good for treating cancer). One of these places is the skin which is continually shedding and being replaced. Thus the silver might get concentrated in the skin, then once it is there ionic silver will plate out on the particles until they become big enough to absorb light giving argyria again. The only question is, when the proteins get split up to their base amino acids, will the silver still be bound? Marshall -- 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>
