![]() In the case of Karason, he made his own ionic silver at home for almost two decades and for many years consumed a quart or more per day. Silver has been used effectively by mankind to fight germs and ailments for thousands of years, and the instances of modern use of colloidal silver turning people’s skin blue are so rare as to be almost non-existent – and unlike thousands of prescribed and approved over-the-counter mainstream medications including the common aspirin, silver has never killed anyone.Īs a matter of fact, almost all of the relative handful of reported instances have involved one or more of the following: older silver products that contained as much as 10% or more silver (compared to mere parts per million in modern colloidal silver), silver nitrate, home made colloidal silver that was contaminated with salt, and silver that has been consumed continuously in very large quantities over a very long period of time. The truth is that mainstream medicine has a very good reason to cry long and loud about colloidal silver, because it does represent a very real danger – a danger to the huge profits of the pharmaceutical industry’s patented antibiotics. And that’s when it hit me.”ĭespite the extreme side effect, Karason was convinced the colloidal silver cured his other health problems, including his acid reflux and arthritis.Colloidal Silver Has Mainstream Medicine “Singing the Blues” (The Best Years in Life) The widespread mainstream media coverage of the “blue man” Paul Karason and his rare skin condition known as Argyria is part of a series of largely misleading and sensationalized scare stories about the dangers of colloidal silver turning a person’s skin blue.Īlthough the Karason story did not appear to originate from mainstream medicine or the FDA, there is little doubt that they have welcomed it with open arms and have been quick to trot out “medical experts” and past FDA warnings to help “sing the blues” about colloidal silver. And by golly, he came in and he was very fair-skinned, as I used to be. “He says ‘well it looks like you’ve got camouflage makeup on or something. “He looks at me and says ‘What have you got on your face?’ ‘I don’t have anything on my face,” Karason said. Karason didn’t realise his skin had turned blue until a friend pointed it out, he told US ABC News. "If it was a kid who ran up to him saying ‘Papa Smurf’, it would put a smile on his face. "That was a nickname he didn’t appreciate, depending on who said it," she said. He didn’t like going out in public often, she said. Mrs Karason said her late husband was sometimes called "Papa Smurf" because of his blue skin and bushy white beard. ![]() It was banned in the US for causing argyria when the silver reacts with light to turn skin blue. His skin began to turn blue 15 years ago, after he started using a silver colloidal drink to treat dermatitis on his face, after spotting an ad touting its health benefits in a new age magazine, US ABC News reports.Ĭollodial silver –silver dispersed in liquid- was used to fight infections and colds for thousands of years, but fell out of use with the invention of penicillin in the 1930s. The reclusive Karason shot to fame after appearing on the US Today show in 2008 to discuss his unusual condition, called argyria. Karason, who also had pneumonia and suffered a stroke, was 62, said his estranged wife Jo Anna Karason. A REAL-life "blue man" who became an online sensation after his skin turned deep blue from drinking silver has died in hospital.Īmerican Paul Karason died on Monday at a hospital in Washington after suffering a heart attack last week, the US Today show reports.
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