In 2020, the FDA warned InfoWars chief Alex Jones to stop promising that silver toothpaste and other silver products sold on his website could prevent or treat the coronavirus. Owens isn’t the only far-right figure to endorse silver as a fringe medical cure. According to medical research, a 56-year-old man who took a teaspoon every day for “allergy and cold medication” noticed that his fingernails were turning blue. Owens laid out her colloidal silver regimen in a follow-up Instagram comment to a fan asking for more information about colloidal silver, claiming she takes a “teaspoon a day” and “more when I’m sick” in a post first highlighted by liberal activist William LeGate.Īs little as that one teaspoon of silver a day could be enough to cause argyria, depending on the concentration of the silver solution.
#Colloidal silver man who turned blue skin
Montana Libertarian politician Stan Jones, for example, turned his skin blue by consuming colloidal silver. Despite those risks, colloidal silver has sometimes been embraced by political outsiders, including some libertarians seeking treatments for a variety of illnesses outside the medical system. Those people have a very rare blood condition called methemoglobinemia which causes their skin to turn blue.Owens didn’t respond to a request for comment.īut colloidal silver’s most famous side effect is argyria-a condition that turns users’ skin a bluish-gray color, usually permanently. There are other cases of individuals who have blue skin, albeit, due to a different condition. And the next thing I knew, it was just gone." "I had arthritis in my shoulders so bad I couldn't pull a T-shirt off. "The acid reflux problem I'd been having just went away completely," he said.
In an interview with ABC in 2008, Karason said he fully believed the colloidal silver supplements he was ingesting were curing some of his health ailments. 1,273 Has anyone ever tried topical colloidal silver for his/her hair loss If this is the case, did it give interesting results I might try and first see if it can reduce itchiness I have. However, colloidal silver supplements are now regarded as unsafe by the medical community, according to Health Canada and Mayo Clinic.Īlso see: Rare condition prevents boy from eating foodĭespite the fact that argyria poisoning is caused by a buildup of silver in the body, it is not considered life-threatening, and it was not a cause of death in Karason. Before the discovery of penicillin, silver was used to fight infection because it has antibacterial properties. But if it was an adult, well ….”Ĭolloidal silver was a common remedy for colds and allergies up until the 1950s. “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,” Jo Anna tells NBC. Karason had a love-hate relationship with his "Papa Smuf" nickname that he acquired for his silver hair and blue skin. He drank about 10 ounces a day of the home brew that he dissolved in water, and consequently ended up with argyria or silver poisoning, reports ABC.Īlso see: Woman's rare condition results in a broken bone once a month Known to some as "Papa Smuf," Karason started turning blue about 15 years ago after using colloidal silver nutritional supplement to treat a bad case of dermatitis that had broken out on his face.
Previously, he also had a severe stroke, his estranged wife Jo Anna Karason tells NBC. Paul Karason died in a Washington hospital after suffering a heart attack last week and later succumbing to pneumonia. The man who gained fame after going public in 2008 to discuss his blue skin died on Monday at age 62.
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