[cw821]

Has anyone used colloidal silver as a wound dressing? That's what I have been thinking of buying some for. Have no desire to take it orally, and please dont' get that argument going. I know it is used extensively in hospital burn units, but those dressings are very expensive. I would think a few bottles would last a lifetime for topical use. What do you guys think?

 

[Chey's Daddy]

what they use for burn victims is not colloidal silver. but it is a silver compound. yes colloidal silver can be used as a wound dressing.silver kills single cell microorganisms. soak the bandage or whatever in it would have lots of benefits. poor it on the wound to do the same. you can also get some silver impregnated fabrics that can be used as a contact layer for bandaging

 

[cwi555]

I keep some in our BOB's. That and natural honey. I also keep a small vial in my EDC. For me its always worked better than neosporin. It may be more expensive, but at least I know whats in it as I made it. I have no clue what is in neosporin.

 

[wasniper]

Mix it with vasalene and use as a wound dressing JT

 

[blueplanet]

I normally use colloidal silver + hydrogen peroxide as wound dressing.

 

[Prepared N.D.]

I experimented with this while I was still in school. I had three fairly nasty cuts on my arm - I treated one with neosporin, one with colloidal silver (500ppm), and one didn't receive any treatment. The colloidal silver and neosporin wounds healed identically, the untreated wound healed a few days later and had more inflammation around the site.

Completely unscientific, but it is what it is.

 

[KFF]

Make yourself some colloidal silver gel.... I love the stuff.

 

[Chey's Daddy]

Make yourself some colloidal silver gel.... I love the stuff.

what is the gel part you use?

 

[Chey's Daddy]

I experimented with this while I was still in school. I had three fairly nasty cuts on my arm - I treated one with neosporin, one with colloidal silver (500ppm), and one didn't receive any treatment. The colloidal silver and neosporin wounds healed identically, the untreated wound healed a few days later and had more inflammation around the site.

Completely unscientific, but it is what it is.

500ppm, that sounds way high to me. most effective stuff i seen is around 10ppm, the first stuff i got before i started to make it was 100ppm @ 1 drop per 10lbs of weight, it was a more ionic solution. very effective but also very expensive.

the stuff i make is just as good. brewed at >1ma and can brew for 2 days in light and have no fallout or change of color

 

[Prepared N.D.]

500ppm, that sounds way high to me. most effective stuff i seen is around 10ppm, the first stuff i got before i started to make it was 100ppm @ 1 drop per 10lbs of weight, it was a more ionic solution. very effective but also very expensive.

the stuff i make is just as good. brewed at >1ma and can brew for 2 days in light and have no fallout or change of color

Yeah it definitely is, but I didn't know any better at the time - I figured the higher the number the better.

The stuff I use now is 20ppm.

 

[gunners99]

What you saw in hospital burns units was flamazine or another brand name type.

Flamazine consists of a white hydrophilic cream containing micronised silver sulphadiazine 1% w/w in a semi-solid oil in water emulsion. Other ingredients include glycerol monostearate, polysorbates, cetyl alcohol, liquid paraffin, propylene glycol and purified water.

Indications
Flamazine is used for the prophylaxis and treatment of soft tissue infections in a variety of wound types. It is specifically indicated for burn wounds, as an aid to the short-term treatment of infection in leg ulcers and pressure ulcers, and as an aid to the prophylaxis of infection in skin graft donor sites and extensive abrasions. It is also used for the conservative management of finger-tip injuries where pulp, nail loss and/or partial loss of the distal phalanx has occurred.

Other silver dressings and their review and effectiveness can be found here in this study....

http://jmm.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/55/1/59.pdf

 

[KFF]

what is the gel part you use?

Water Solvable (K-Y Gel) Works best for me.....

 

[Chey's Daddy]

i was thinking you were goin to say aloe vera gel. i might make some with aloe to use. i have some of the traditional aloe from africa started from seed. 3 beautiful little plants