The use of colloidal silver

http://health.centreforce.com/health/silver.html

By the early 1900's the antibacterial colloidal silver became the choice of medical practitioners. It proved to be enormously effective against infectious organisms and extremely safe to use, without the negative side-effects associated with drugs. The use of silver as a medicine was widespread until World War II when antibiotics became the standard treatment for infections.

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Big Pharma scientists "testing" colloidal silver

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD005486.pub2/a...

Abstract
Topical silver treatments and silver dressings are increasingly used for the local treatment of contaminated or infected wounds, however, there is a lack of clarity regarding the evidence for their effectiveness.

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Three RCTs were identified, comprising a total of 847 participants. One trial compared silver-containing foam (Contreet®) with hydrocellular foam (Allevyn®) in patients with leg ulcers. The second trial compared a silver-containing alginate (Silvercel®) with an alginate alone (Algosteril®). The third trial compared a silver-containing foam dressing (Contreet®)) with best local practice in patients with chronic wounds.

The data from these trials show that silver-containing foam dressings did not significantly increase complete ulcer healing as compared with standard foam dressings or best local practice after up to four weeks of follow-up, although a greater reduction of ulcer size was observed with the silver-containing foam. The use of antibiotics was assessed in two trials, but no significant differences were found. Data on pain, patient satisfaction, length of hospital stay, and costs were limited and showed no differences. Leakage occurred significantly less frequently in patients with leg ulcers and chronic wounds treated with a silver dressing than with a standard foam dressing or best local practice in one trial.

Authors' conclusions

Only three trials with a short follow-up duration were found. There is insufficient evidence to recommend the use of silver-containing dressings or topical agents for treatment of infected or contaminated chronic wounds.

If silver dressings do not heal "leg ulcers" then silver dressings do not work ??

Leg ulcers is not about bacterial infection, it is about bad veins. "Cronic wounds" may be the same or something else

Leg ulcer

http://www.circulationfoundation.org.uk/help-advice/veins/leg-ulcers/

What causes leg ulcers?

The most common underlying problem causing chronic leg ulcers is disease of the veins of the leg. Venous disease is the main reason for over two thirds of all leg ulcers.

Venous Disease (caused by veins not working) - about 80% of leg ulcers
Arterial Disease (caused by the arteries not working) - about 15% of leg ulcers
Other causes (includes diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis as well as some rare conditions) - about 5% of leg ulcers

They are using it themselves