Decode the phenomenon of people drinking silver into green skin

Among the medical and health care methods that are not scientifically proven, perhaps the most strange is the colloidal silver drink.Some people drink silver solution to avoid infection, but those who drink too much will be discolored to grayish green - a phenomenon known as argyria (or silver salt poisoning).

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According to Live Science, the researchers are now able to explain why drinking too much silver solution can make someone own skin like blue-skinned dwarfs in the famous 'Smurfs' cartoon. . A similar chemical reaction process, which is used to create black-and-white images, also has a dyeing effect on human skin.

Robert Hurt, from Brown University (USA) and research author recently published in ACS Nano magazine, stated: 'This is the first conceptual model to reveal the whole way a person turns into blue skin. for drinking silver water '.

Drinking lots of silver solution can cause skin
The person turns gray due to poisoning.

Proponents of colloidal silver believe that the antibacterial properties of this precious metal will help them avoid getting sick. In Vietnam, there are also many people who sell and sell silver glue as functional foods to help prevent flu, reduce inflammation and enhance resistance.

So far there has been no evidence of the effectiveness of the method of preventing colloid silver, but scientists have obtained evidence that drinking too much silver can make the human skin turn green forever.

To discover the process that led to this phenomenon, Mr. Hurt and his colleagues added silver to the chemical mixture to simulate human gastrointestinal and intestinal environments, and also created a simulation model. human skin cells.

The team found that the acid in the stomach deprived an electron of silver atoms (negatively charged atoms), forming silver ions with positive charge or silver salts. Silver ions will then penetrate into the bloodstream in the body through channels that are normally only used by other salts. From the blood, silver salt will eventually find its way to the skin.

When light hits the skin, electrons from the surrounding area immediately bind to silver ions, turning them back into transparent atoms. Chemical reactions lead to darker particles and the skin turns blue.

So far, people have not found a way to reverse the phenomenon, ie turn from blue skin back to normal color. So, the advice of experts for you is: to avoid possessing blue skin like trifling dwarfs, it's best to avoid drinking silver solution.