Thursday, November 3, 2011

Were You born with a Silver Spoon in Your Mouth?

“It’s alright for him. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth,”

As you may know, this well-known phrase describes someone who has been born into wealth and has never had to go without.

David Cameron the current British PM and most of his cabinet qualify for this description as do a lot of politicians on both sides of the House of Commons.

However, the phrase itself may have origins in sound common sense. Silver is actually very good for babies when they are teething because a cold smooth silver implement, such as a spoon will sooth the gums and also kill bacteria in the mouth.

In bygone ages when infant mortality was high, sucking on silver would have undoubtedly helped babies fight off infection.

Today doctors are finding that silver has a number of medicinal uses.

Silver can be used to treat infection and kill bacteria. Wound dressings containing silver are being used more commonly these days because so many people have become resistant to antibiotics and are suffering from antibiotic resistant infections, such as MRSA.

Silver kills infection without introducing extra drugs into the patients’ system.

Silver has disinfectant properties so is an ideal material for reconstructive orthopaedic surgery, bone prostheses and cardiac devices.

There is a branch of New Age treatment that advocates using colloidal silver for just about everything, from head colds to cancer.

Colloidal silver is a liquid suspension of silver particles that is often taken orally. However, medical advice is that it should be avoided because there is no real proof of any positive benefits plus the risks of adverse side effects from Argyria.

Agyria or silver poisoning, is a condition caused by over exposure to chemical forms of silver, silver dust or sliver particles and an interesting side effect is that it turns the skin blue.

A Californian man who drank large quantities of colloidal silver per week for years in an attempt to cure his acid reflux problems, made the world news in 2007 after his entire skin turned bright blue.

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