With cases of whooping cough on the
rise across the U.S. and throughout the world, it’s important to know whether
or not there are any effective natural remedies.
Colloidal silver is one of the most
frequently recommended natural remedies for whooping cough, which is also known
as pertussis. Indeed, there are
thousands of websites recommending the use of colloidal silver for whooping
cough.
But is there any clinical evidence of
its effectiveness? And have people successfully
used colloidal silver to help the body recover from a nasty case of whooping
cough?
Here’s the straight scoop you won’t
find anywhere else…
Hi, Steve Barwick
here, for The Silver Edge…
According to
Aundrea Adams, ND, in 1998 there was an astonishing 838% increase in cases of whooping
cough among children who had already been vaccinated against it.
Today, the
trend apparently continues, with ABC Science reporter Dani Cooper stating,
“In 2012 the US saw the highest number of pertussis (whooping cough) cases
since 1955.”
Indeed,
according to LiveScience.com, in 2012 the U.S. had 48,000 cases of whooping
cough, compared to only 10,000 cases annually back in 1965. (The historical low for the U.S. was in 1981,
when there were only 1,248 cases.)
Researchers have
attributed the cause of today’s unprecedented rise in cases of whooping cough
to the poor quality of the vaccine being given to children.
Some
researchers now claim a new whooping cough vaccine developed in 1991 to help
avoid vaccine side effects (which can include catatonic stupor, in cases of the
pertussis vaccine) turned out to be too weak. But the 1991 vaccine is still being used.
While still
other researchers claim the whooping cough bug itself – known as Bordetella
pertussis -- is mutating,
and that the vaccine in current use no longer provides anywhere near the same protection
against it because of the mutations.
Regardless of
the reason, the fact of the matter is that whooping cough has been back on the
rise again for the past 13 years, and tens of thousands of people annually in
the U.S. alone are becoming infected. What’s
more, other nations are seeing the same kind of dramatic increase in cases of
whooping cough.
So is
colloidal silver an effective natural remedy for whooping cough?
We’ll discuss
the evidence in just a moment. But
first, it’s important to know exactly what whooping cough is, and why it’s so
potentially harmful (and occasionally even deadly).
What is Whooping Cough?
According to data
on the Centers for Disease Control website, “Whooping cough -- or pertussis -- is a very serious respiratory (in the
lungs and breathing tubes) infection caused by the pertussis bacteria. It
causes violent coughing you can’t stop. Whooping cough is most harmful for
young babies and can be deadly.”
According to
HealthLine.com, “Whooping cough is highly
contagious as it’s transmitted through airborne droplets from an infected
person’s cough or sneeze. It’s cyclical with peaks in cases appearing every
three to five years.”
In other
words, it’s transmission from person-to-person is somewhat like the flu. But the symptoms – which can include
unstoppable coughing, gasping for breath, difficulty breathing, and even turning
blue from lack of oxygen – can be far more severe than the flu.
Indeed, according
to the online Health and Homestead page, a whooping cough infection can be an
extremely frightening and potentially life-threatening experience:
“Whooping cough (pertussis) bacteria
strips out all the hair in the throat and bronchial tubes. Once these are gone,
any mucus (which you always have) slips down into the bronchial tubes. You gag,
breath in, and suddenly have to cough repeatedly to bring up the
less-than-exciting subject of excess mucus.
While the individual is out of air, he
or she coughs repeatedly, turning red in the face, then from lack of oxygen can
turn blue, and then from the strain of coughing, turns gray for a second or
two. Then comes the trademark “whoop” as the afflicted individual gasps for
fresh oxygen.
Once the hair is gone from the
windpipe, you are at the mercy of your wisdom in treating this disease. Figure
on facing six weeks of horrible coughing and six months until normalcy returns
once those hairs have grown back.”
That most definitely
does not sound like fun.
Colloidal Silver and Whooping Cough
Unfortunately,
I can’t find a single documented medical study demonstrating that oral use of
colloidal silver is effective against whooping cough, aka pertussis.
Yet if you do
a Google search for “colloidal silver whooping cough” you’ll find 17,600
results from websites claiming colloidal silver is indeed effective for this
malady (but citing no clinical studies).
I did find a handful of very interesting testimonials, which I’ll quote
from below, and comment on, in just a moment.
Additionally,
according to a chapter in the Ultimate Colloidal Silver
Manual, whooping cough was one of the 109 diseases that colloidal
silver was used to treat in the early 1900’s, before the advent of prescription
antibiotic drugs. However, the medical
citation is “J. Mark Hovell in the British
Medical Journal, Dec. 15, 1917.”
Looking up
that particular old citation, I found that it was not from a clinical study at
all, but instead, from a short article in the British Medical Journal that stated, “Colloidal
silver has also been used successfully in septic conditions of the mouth
(including pyorrhea alveolysis – Rigg’s disease), throat (including tonsillitis
and quincies), ear (including Menier’s symptoms and closure to Valsalva’s
inflation), and in generalized septicemia, leucorrhea, cystitis, whooping
cough and shingles.”
So that’s
quite an old medical journal citation, and there’s no way to know if the silver
was used orally, intravenously, or through inhalation, etc., when used for
whooping cough. No dosage information is
given, either.
In a 2010
article, Russia’s premiere newspaper, Pravda,
makes the following claim:
“The best natural remedy against
whooping cough, colds, and flu is the age old remedy of colloidal silver. The
metal silver in its colloidal state can be safely consumed and used in the
body. Bacteria and viruses cannot develop resistance to silver.
Silver disables a vital enzyme and
mechanism in all bacteria, viruses, and pathogens so that they cannot survive.
It is good to take a few teaspoons of colloidal silver daily to maintain
health. More colloidal silver should be taken if experiencing illness.”
And in a 2012
news article published in the nationwide Grit
newspaper, colloidal silver is mentioned as a natural “option” for treating
whooping cough.
The
earthclinic.com site also recommends colloidal silver as a natural healing
adjunct for whooping cough. As one reader on that site commented:
“My sixteen year old came down with whooping
cough six weeks ago. Yes he was vaccinated and had a booster. After lots of
research I learned that 90% of whooping cough patients had the vaccine. What
really helped our son was vitamin C and colloidal silver. It minimizes symptoms.”
And here’s a
testimonial from the website of TheSurvivalDoctor.com:
“My four year old had whooping cough
at 17 months. It took about 6 weeks to get a diagnosis. I started using
colloidal silver in a nebulizer after learning that the pertussis bacteria
reproduces in the area at the back of the nose.
The treatments, which I did several
times a day, as well as when he was sleeping, dramatically reduced the
frequency and intensity of the coughing spells. You could probably achieve the
same result with a colloidal silver nasal spray.
I also treated 5 of my other
unvaccinated children who had mild coughs, though not officially diagnosed. As
far as infants go, I would use a colloidal silver nasal spray once or twice
daily if there is any chance of exposure.”
(As an aside,
you can learn about how people use colloidal silver in a nebulizer – which atomizes
the liquid and allows you to inhale it into the lungs as a mist – here. And you can see how people use colloidal
silver as a nasal spray in the short video, here.)
Doing some
additional research, I found this testimonial about colloidal silver and
whooping cough at the Utopia Silver site:
“My youngest son is very susceptible
to just about every virus and germ known to man, I think. He had whooping cough about 2 years
ago. We treated the usual way with antibiotics from the doctor... two months
later he was still coughing and
wheezing.
Then, last spring he somehow contacted
it again. We caught it very early on and had the diagnosis confirmed by a
doctor, that he truly had whooping
cough for a SECOND time. We gave him as much colloidal silver as we
could, including a nasal spray of it, as the back of the nose is where the
whooping cough virus likes to
hide.
Within 36 hours there was no trace of
a wheeze or whoop in him. His pediatrician couldn't believe it as I handed him
back his prescription for erythromycin 2 days later and my son had a clean
retest for the virus. He just couldn't believe that 2 days before a test had
confirmed it and it was now totally gone.”
That’s an
impressive testimonial. Only one thing
that bothers me: The dosage information
is quite inadequate. The parent states,
“We gave him as much colloidal silver as we could, including a nasal spray of
it, as the back of the nose is where the whooping cough virus likes to hide.”
I don’t know
what “We gave him as much colloidal silver as we could” means. It could mean a couple of ounces a day over
several days. Or a couple of pints. I wish people would be more precise when
relating their personal accounts and experiences, so that others can benefit
more directly from the information.
On an
Associated Content news site, I found another colloidal silver testimonial in
an article about the dramatic rise in pertussis (whooping cough) infections.
The reader commented as follows:
“I stopped the choking cough by using
colloidal silver solution (3 ppm- 1/2 mL, 4x per day). I am an adult. The
severe coughing, choking, and vomiting spells began on a Saturday and, finding
no help from my doctor, on the second evening (Sunday) I began to take the
colloidal silver solution by mouth. I would just let it sit in the back of my
throat until I swallowed naturally.
I also began to take Elderberry capsules 2x
per day. I also put some drops of colloidal silver in each ear to assure I
would not get earaches. By that night I had only one coughing spell and it was
not very severe. By the next day I had maybe two coughing fits all day. By
Tuesday I no longer had any coughing fits at all.
I have not had a return of symptoms
although I plan to continue taking the silver and Elderberry for two weeks
(until 12/26/09) just in case. I now feel completely fine. Hope this works for
you.”
Once again, there’s
something wrong with the above testimonial in my view, as it advocates as a dosage
“1/2 mL, 4x day.” That would be a small
fraction of a single teaspoon – actually less than ¼ teaspoon – taken four
times a day.
Maybe that
would work for a child. But it’s hardly
a worthwhile or efficacious amount of silver, considering it’s an adult who
wrote the testimonial and took the silver.
So I don’t
know if that’s a typo, or an overly conservative colloidal silver user, or if
maybe she failed to say she was using the colloidal silver in a nebulizer and
breathing it into her lungs (a process in which only very small amounts of
colloidal silver are needed, generally speaking).
I just find
it difficult to believe that such a small dose of colloidal silver taken orally would have had any beneficial
effects at all against whooping cough in an adult. But…with colloidal silver stranger things
have happened. It’s often said to be a “miracle”
substance by those who use it.
As I
continued to research the subject, I came across another testimonial – on a
completely different website -- that appears to be from the same woman who
wrote the one directly above. Thankfully,
this version fills in a few more details:
“I just wanted you to know what I did
to help my whooping cough. I am a 54 year old woman. The severe coughing spells
began Saturday December 12th. I vomited several times the first night, and then
by the next morning and afternoon I had severe "pins and needles"
pains on my skin of the upper back and chest.
Anyway, on the Sunday (the second)
evening I began to take .5 mL of colloidal silver solution by mouth (3 ppm) 4
times per day. I would just let it
sit in the back of my throat until I swallowed naturally.
I also began to take Elderberry
capsules 2x per day. By that night I had only one coughing spell and it was not
very severe. By the next day I had maybe two coughing fits all day, and very
minor "pins and needles" feeling. By Monday I no longer had any coughing
fits at all.
I have not had a return of symptoms. I
have continued taking the silver and Elderberry for two weeks. But I feel fine.
Hope this works for you.”
—B. Blockerson
So it appears
the woman simply held small amounts of colloidal silver at the back of her
throat as long as she could, and then swallowed, four times per day. And perhaps that – along with the elderberry capsules
(which are said to be anti-viral) – was the key to being able to use such a
small amount. The back of her throat
might have been the site of the main colony of pertussis bacteria.
On the other
hand, the woman also doesn’t specifically say she was ever officially diagnosed
with whooping cough. She merely says, in
the first version of her testimonial above, that she found “no help” from her
doctor.
Another Interesting Account
Are there any
other interesting first-hand accounts of using colloidal silver against
whooping cough? Indeed there are,
including this one which I recently saw posted on the Colloidal
Silver Secrets Community page on Facebook:
“My daughter got whooping cough last
December. It was either 10 days of antibiotics, or moms’ old fashioned way with
colloidal silver. I was also to keep her home for 10 days.
She drank 8ozs of silver per day for two days. 16ozs total. By the third day? It was ALL gone, and I could have sent her back to school, but by law, I had to keep her home for another 8 days.
She drank 8ozs of silver per day for two days. 16ozs total. By the third day? It was ALL gone, and I could have sent her back to school, but by law, I had to keep her home for another 8 days.
I now use silver on my whole family
every day, including, and especially my 4 dogs. I used a regimen of silver and
another supplement to eradicate Lyme disease in my 'Forever Foster Dog'. 3 months. Gone. Same
for horses. I LOVE colloidal silver!!!!”
– B.L.J.
Do keep in
mind that whooping cough can be extremely serious in young children. And if left untreated, or improperly treated,
in serious situations it can result in permanent lung damage or worse. That’s why, particularly when very young
children are involved -- I always recommend a doctor’s care immediately.
According to
the Centers for Disease Control web page on pertussis: “Whooping
cough can even be deadly. From 2000
through 2014, there were 277 deaths from whooping cough reported in the United
States. Almost all of the deaths (241 of the 277) were babies younger than 3
months of age, who are too young to be protected against whooping cough by
getting the shots.”
That’s
interesting. But it’s also odd, because another Centers for Disease
Control web page states
that children are given their first pertussis vaccines – the five dose
so-called DTaP vaccines – starting at age two months.
Could it be the pertussis shots, which are given at two months, are the cause of the whooping cough infections that tend to kill babies at three months old?
Could it be the pertussis shots, which are given at two months, are the cause of the whooping cough infections that tend to kill babies at three months old?
Regardless, because
victims of whooping cough are often young children, I’d certainly recommend you
take them to see the doctor at the very first signs of the disease.
As the Centers
for Disease Control website on pertussis states, “Your baby can catch whooping cough from adults, grandparents, or older
brothers or sisters who don’t know they have the disease. New moms with
whooping cough can give it to their newborn babies.”
Nevertheless,
if doctor's care is unavailable due to an unforeseen crisis, such as an
unexpected collapse of the health care system, or some type of weather crisis
such as flooding, earthquake etc., it's good to know that colloidal silver has
worked for others against whooping cough (pertussis), in both children and
adults.
In a crisis
situation, colloidal silver may well turn out to be our best all-natural first-line
of defense against the dread pertussis pathogen!
But please
understand: I’m no doctor. So I’m not
prescribing here. I’m just reporting on what
I’ve read or heard from others.
If anyone reading
this article has used colloidal silver successfully to help the body heal a
bona-fide, genuinely diagnosed case of whooping cough, please go to the Colloidal
Silver Secrets Community on Facebook and post a comment letting us know how
much you used, how often you used it, how long you used it for, and what your
results were.
Who
knows? The more documentation we can
find on this subject might just trigger researchers to do some real clinical
research so we can have some definitive answers.
Meanwhile, I
find it fascinating that so many people have had success using colloidal silver
against the pertussis/whooping cough pathogen.
How to
Make Your Own
Micro-Particle
Colloidal Silver
A Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver Generator from
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Compare that
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In fact,
compared to health food store prices for colloidal silver, your very first
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Do you know
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Obviously,
having the ability to make your own high-quality micro-particle colloidal
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time you or a family member, friend or loved one needs it.
And because
the silver particles produced by this amazing breakthrough in colloidal
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– their effectiveness against colonies of pathogenic microbes is
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Because of
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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
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Perhaps
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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,
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