Sepsis
is a serious infection that spreads throughout the body in three stages –
sepsis, septicemia and septic shock – ultimately triggering massive
inflammation that begins shutting down organ function, resulting in death, if
not controlled quickly.
The
CDC has declared sepsis a medical emergency that strikes nearly one million Americans
a year, and kills an astonishing 258,000 people a year nationally. That’s
because if a case of sepsis advances to the septicemia and septic shock stage,
the resulting organ failure is fatal between 28% and 50% of the time.
Weakened
immunity is said to be the top reason for contracting sepsis after an infection. And according to MayoClinic.com, “Antibiotic
resistant bacteria are often the root cause of the infections that trigger
sepsis.”
Thankfully,
colloidal silver has a long history of successfully combating the condition,
especially in its early stages. Here’s
the scoop no one else is talking about…
Hi, Steve Barwick here, for The Silver Edge…
This past September a gentleman named Michael
Bergers claimed his life was saved by doctors after he contracted sepsis from a
paper cut that apparently became infected.
According to a news article
by CBS local news, Bergers “had a little cut on his finger that turned into
sepsis” resulting in “a three week medically induced coma.”
In other words, in order to save his life,
the doctors had to put him into a coma, and then treat him aggressively with
powerful antibiotics and other drugs. Berger
later told CBS, “It scared the hell out of me.”
According to the local CBS news affiliate in
Philadelphia:
“Sepsis is often triggered by a flesh
eating bacteria that can cause organ failure. Michael describes the shock,
“They said I was circling the drain, I had a 50/50 shot from what they told me,
I had a 50/50 shot of living.”
Fortunately, Michael was treated
quickly at Kennedy Hospital in Cherry Hills, N.J., which has a special program
that’s reduced deaths from sepsis.
… Michael says he’s completely
recovered now and doesn’t know where he picked up the sepsis. While commonly
linked to hospital infections, the CDC says 80 percent of sepsis cases happen
outside hospital settings.”
Michael Bergers was a fortunate man. But every year in this country hundreds of thousands
of Americans aren’t nearly as fortunate.
History of the Use of Colloidal Silver
in Sepsis and Septicemia
Michael Bergers wasn’t treated with colloidal silver. However, in the early days of colloidal
silver usage, thousands of sepsis
victims were indeed successfully treated with various forms of antimicrobial
silver.
For example, according to a 1901 entry in
the Journal of the American Medical
Association (volume 36, page 252, January 26, 1901), “Silver…has been successfully employed
in many forms of general sepsis."
And according to a 1901 entry in The American Journal of Medical Sciences
(volume 121, page 605) titled “Colloidal Silver as a Specific”:
"Dr. P. Viett advocates the use of colloidal silver as an
efficient means of combating sepsis. He reports a number of illustrative cases,
all resulting favorably. Should his results be substantiated, a distinct
advance step in therapeutics can be recorded….
In two severe toxemic cases of scarlet fever and in one of
diphtheria favorable results followed promptly after the introduction of the
treatment. The results were equally striking in two patients suffering
apparently from acute appendicitis. Three patients suffering from puerperal
sepsis recovered.
From his experience in the twenty cases reported, the author is
led to believe that as an effective agent against various pyogenic organisms
colloidal silver should be regarded as taking first place, and that the results
are certainly encouraging that an internal antiseptic has been made
practicable."
According to Dr. J. Roberts Deering, M.D., writing in a 1901 edition of the Southern Practitioner (vol. 23, page 21) about other practitioners
who had begun employing colloidal silver in their fight against infections that
were turning septic:
“Crede claimed that the Colloidal Silver has a very beneficial
influence and often effects a rapid cure in recent and chronic sepsis and
furunculosis, when secondary changes in the vital organs have not occurred.
He and others have treated osteomyelitis, phlegmonous angina,
furunculosis, erysipelas, so-called gonorrhoeal and articular rheumatism, etc.,
by this method.
Various reports, some very enthusiastic, have been presented ; on puerperal fever, cerebrospinal meningitis, acute mastitis, malignant scarlet fever, divers septic processes, furunculosis, and finally in purpura in the horse).
Various reports, some very enthusiastic, have been presented ; on puerperal fever, cerebrospinal meningitis, acute mastitis, malignant scarlet fever, divers septic processes, furunculosis, and finally in purpura in the horse).
Wilcox's own experience in septic phlebitis, of which an unusually
large percentage has occurred in his typhoid fever cases, has been most
satisfactory …In one instance of septic phlebitis following amoebic dysentery
the results were almost marvelous."
According to Dr. John Zahorsky, M.D., writing in the May 6, 1899
issue of Medical Review, in an
article titled “The Therapeutic Value of Soluble Silver”:
“Crede states that he has had no deaths from sepsis in his
surgical hospital since the introduction of silver salts and colloidal silver.
There seems, therefore to be quite a large number of clinical
cases reported to induce the clinician to give this medicament a trial.
It is stated that eight to twelve hours after the inunction the
temperature falls and all symptoms of sepsis become ameliorated."
(In several of the above cases, an ointment or oil containing a
very strong solution of colloidal silver or a silver salt similar to silver citrate
was actually rubbed forcefully into the skin in order to induce silver absorption
throughout the body. Learn more, here.)
According to a January, 1900 issue of the Albany Medical Annals
(volume 21, no. 1):
“This
'colloidal silver' is almost entirely soluble in water and albuminous fluids,
and apparently hinders the development of and destroys certain pathogenic
germs, viz., staphylo and streptococci, to such an extent as to very often
effect a rapid and absolutely surprising cure in recent cases, and also in
chronic ones, such as slow sepsis and furunculosis, where secondary
changes of vital organs, such as abscesses, or gangrene, have not occurred.”
In other words, as long as
silver was introduced into the body before
the function of vital organs was seriously affected, it appeared to stop the developing
sepsis in its tracks.
While most of this fascinating history regarding the use of
antimicrobial silver in fighting sepsis is long forgotten, a 1995 issue of the Journal
of Industrial Microbiology (15,
372-376) affirmed silver’s long, historical use against sepsis, stating:
“Silver has been known for years for its
broad spectrum antimicrobial properties. Colloidal silver was used in wound
anti-sepsis and in combination with citrate salts for skin infections."
In the 1990’s, biochemist James
South, MA, also confirmed silver’s long history of use against various forms of
sepsis, stating:
"From 1900 to the beginning of the modern
antibiotic era - circa 1940 with the introduction of sulfa drugs - silver was
one of the mainstays of medical practice in Europe and America. Various forms
of Silver were used to treat literally hundreds of ailments…[including] various
forms of septicemia, including puerperal fever, peritonitis and post-abortion
septicemia.”
Modern-Day Use of
Silver Against Sepsis
Silver Against Sepsis
More recently, according to Dr. Kent Holtorf, Holtorf Medical Group, writing in a white paper titled "Safety
and Efficacy of Intravenous Oligodynamic Silver," various forms of
silver are still used to help prevent or fight active cases of sepsis and
septicemia:
“Silver sulfadiazine is used for the treatment of burns and to
prevent sepsis or bacterial infection in severe burns.
Silver formulations have also been used in hundreds of various
infections and other conditions including pneumonia, tuberculosis, STD's,
eczema, meningitis, erysipelas, Mediterranean fever, corneal ulcers,
conjunctivitis and septicemia."
British clinical researcher Richard J White, writing in the August 3, 2001 issue of the British Journal of Community Nursing (pp
3-8), advocates for the topical use of silver wound dressings in order to
prevent sepsis from taking place in wounds that have been colonized by
bacteria, or even in cases where they’ve been critically colonized and
infection is setting in. He writes that
silver’s long history as an anti-sepsis agent bears out its usefulness in helping
prevent modern-day cases of sepsis:
“There is now a rationale for the judicious use of suitable
topical anti-sepsis in certain colonized, critically colonized, and infected
wounds.
The increasing evidence available on products containing silver
suggests that this element can fulfil a valuable role in wound care.”
Various online reports explain that since 2004 microbial-contaminated or
infected catheters have been a major source of hospital-acquired infections responsible
for up to 40% of all episodes of sepsis in acute-care hospitals.
For this reason catheters coated with silver
nanoparticles are now being touted as being “important to confer antimicrobial
activity and play an essential part in the prevention of catheter-related
infections.”
Indeed, according to a clinical
overview titled “Silver Nanoparticles Interactions with the Immune
System: Implications for Health and
Disease, “The released silver is active
against microorganisms with no risk of systemic toxicity and safety of
use in animals. This suggests that catheters coated with this method could
provide local protection against infections (Roe et al., 2008).”
In other words, by using silver-impregnated
catheters, microbial contamination is dramatically reduced, along with risk of
infection and the resulting sepsis induced by such hospital-acquired infections.
Finally, according to a 2008 clinical
report titled “Colloidal silver for lung disease in cystic fibrosis,” published
in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine: “An American study has shown benefits for silver in the treatment of Burkholderia dolosa infection in a murine model of severe lung
sepsis.”
As you can see, colloidal silver and other forms of silver
have been used since the early 1900s, and are still being used in certain
circumstances to this very day in the treatment and prevention of sepsis and
septicemia.
As biochemist James South, MA,
related in an article published in the April/May 1999 issue of the Anti-Aging
Bulletin (Vol. 4, Issue 3):
"The most amazing case of colloidal silver usage which I've
had personal knowledge involved an 83 year old woman who was suffering severe
septicemia (infectious blood poisoning). Her doctors were unable to control the
raging infection and had sent her home, expecting her death in 48-72 hours.
Her husband contacted an intermediary, through whom I recommended
trying colloidal silver. The woman was immediately put on one tablespoon of 5
ppm colloidal silver three times daily. Within 24 hours her septicemia began to
disappear, and within 48 hours her septicemic crisis was over, and she did not
die as expected."
Pathogens that Cause Sepsis
As noted earlier, sepsis is often caused when drug-resistant
superbugs infect the body. This can
happen through a simple cut, a surgical wound in a hospital, a lung infection
such as pneumonia, and even common internal infections such as a urinary tract
infection, diverticulosis and others.
Common bacterial infections that can result in sepsis include:
·
Escherichia
coli (E. coli)
·
Staphylococcus
aureus (MRSA)
·
And others
Thankfully, colloidal silver has been demonstrated, in various
studies, to be effective against these sepsis-causing bacteria. To learn more about colloidal silver’s
effectiveness against each one, just click on the above bulleted links,
one-by-one.
Learn
More…
Thankfully,
today, high-quality colloidal silver – the world’s safest and most powerful
natural healing and infection-fighting agent -- is available in just about
every well-stocked health food store in the United States.
And you
can also make it yourself, for just pennies,
quickly and easily. I’ll
tell you how people are doing it, in just a moment.
But
first, if you’d like to learn more about colloidal silver’s astonishing
effectiveness against drug-resistant pathogens that can cause sepsis, here are
just a few resources you might want to check out:
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As you’ll see in
the articles above, colloidal silver is one of the most powerful natural
infection-fighting agents in the world.
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How
to Make Your Own
Micro-Particle
Colloidal Silver
A Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator from The Silver Edge allows you
to make your own high-quality colloidal silver for less than 36 cents a
quart.
Compare
that to major health food store brands which usually cost between $20 and $30
for a tiny, four-ounce bottle, and you’ll see that the
savings are astonishing.
In
fact, compared to health food store prices for colloidal silver, your very
first one-quart batch of micro-particle colloidal silver actually pays for the
entire cost the generator.
Do you
know of any other health product that literally
pays for itself the very first time you use it?
Obviously,
having the ability to make your own high-quality micro-particle colloidal
silver for only pennies per quart is
about as close as you’ll ever get to having "free" colloidal silver
for the rest of your life, any time you or a family member, friend or loved one
needs it.
And
because the silver particles produced by this amazing breakthrough in colloidal
silver-making technology are as low as .8 nm – a fraction of a single nanometer – their effectiveness
against colonies of pathogenic microbes is astonishing.
Because
of their extremely small size, the tiny, submicroscopic silver particles are up
to 1,000 times more
bioavailable than
conventional silver particles. This
means the human body is able to absorb 99-100% of the silver, send it
throughout the body to kill pathogens, and then excrete it with ease,
afterwards.
Plus,
it’s now known that these tiny silver micro-particles are able to kill off
entire colonies of pathogens with far greater effectiveness than conventional
colloidal silver particles, because of the “zombie effect” described in this recent article about brand new research out of
Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Perhaps
that’s why so many thousands upon thousands of people absolutely rave over the
effectiveness of their homemade micro-particle colloidal silver, as you can see
at this web page full of real-life colloidal
silver success stories.
Discover
How Easy It Is…
If
you’d like to learn more about making your own high-quality colloidal silver
for just pennies per quart, you can…
- Read how unbelievably simple it is to make your own high-quality colloidal silver for less than 36 cents a quart, here.
- Learn why the Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator is the world’s #1 best-selling colloidal silver generator, here.
- Find out how to save a whopping $100 on
a brand new Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator, here.
Meanwhile, I’ll be back next week with another great article on
colloidal silver….
Yours for the safe, sane and responsible
use of colloidal silver,
Steve Barwick, author
The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual
The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual
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