Man turns blue after self medication with silver compound

[Syt]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1212557/Blue-man-Paul-Karason-blue-self-medicates-silver-skin-condition.html

Man turns BLUE after he self-medicates for a skin condition

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Last updated at 11:45 AM on 11th September 2009

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A man who turned blue after self-medicating for a skin condition says his hue is lightening.

Paul Karason, 58, has the strange Papa Smurf look as a side effect of using a silver compound which he used more than a decade ago to treat a bad case of dermatitis on his face.

But he told NBC's Today Show that his skin is lightening because he is now using the self-administered doses of colloidal silver less.

'I'm in a place right now where it's very difficult for me to make my own, and my resources are limited and it's very expensive,' he explained to host Matt Lauer, a year after first appearing on the programme.

Colloidal silver is a suspension of silver in a liquid base - in this case, distilled water.

Silver has antibacterial properties and has been used to fight infection for thousands of years.

But it went out of use when penicillin, which is far more effective, was developed.

It continued to be used in some over-the-counter medicines until 1999, when the FDA banned it because it causes argyria, which is a result of the silver reacting with light the same way it does in photography.

The silver collects in the skin and other organs and does not dissipate, meaning Karason will be blue for life.

Karson also revealed he has recently broke off his relationship with partner Jackie Northrup during his interview today, who he was engaged to when he last appeared on the U.S. show.

He said: '[My skin] has lightened up, it is not major but it is lightening up. I am actually going to try green.'

So, is he Smurf, Andorian or Twi'Lek?

[The Brain]

Smurf.

[Lucidor]

I need to visit Andorra, that chick was sort of hot.

[Syt]

I need to visit Andorra, that chick was sort of hot.

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Andorian

In noncanonical novels by Pocket Books, Andorians have the four sexes; zhen, shen, chan, and thaan. In function and appearance, zhens and shens are largely female, and chans and thaans approximate males, with shens and chans the more androgynous of the pairings. in the postfinale novels of Deep Space Nine this quadrigender paradigm is cited as the reason for Andorian difficulty in maintaining adequate population growth in the face of near extinction.

[Viking]

In noncanonical novels by Pocket Books, Andorians have the four sexes; zhen, shen, chan, and thaan. In function and appearance, zhens and shens are largely female, and chans and thaans approximate males, with shens and chans the more androgynous of the pairings. in the postfinale novels of Deep Space Nine this quadrigender paradigm is cited as the reason for Andorian difficulty in maintaining adequate population growth in the face of near extinction.

I can just imagine the difficulty the drunken andoran would have to go through to get laid. The logistics that the drunk has to arrange just seem amazing.

[Grey Fox]

2 of my coworkers are crazy about this & actually make their own collaidal silver water.

[Caliga]

This seems like something I should be into.  I mean, it's ridiculously over-the-top...

[Martinus]

In noncanonical novels by Pocket Books, Andorians have the four sexes; zhen, shen, chan, and thaan. In function and appearance, zhens and shens are largely female, and chans and thaans approximate males, with shens and chans the more androgynous of the pairings. in the postfinale novels of Deep Space Nine this quadrigender paradigm is cited as the reason for Andorian difficulty in maintaining adequate population growth in the face of near extinction.

I can just imagine the difficulty the drunken andoran would have to go through to get laid. The logistics that the drunk has to arrange just seem amazing.

Nah. Just use human sexuality as an analogy. Thaans would be straight men, chans gay men, shens would be lesbians and zhens straight women. The only difference is, presumedly, an equal statistical spread between the four. Still, we do manage to get laid, even when drunk.

[The Brain]

Thread soundtrack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H25lz7gchaw

[Agelastus]

Nah. Just use human sexuality as an analogy. Thaans would be straight men, chans gay men, shens would be lesbians and zhens straight women. The only difference is, presumedly, an equal statistical spread between the four. Still, we do manage to get laid, even when drunk.

You're Andorian!?!?!?!

That explains a lot...

[Martinus]

Anyway, I'm disappointed noone has yet made the "listen to your body" joke.

[Ideologue]

I need to visit Andorra, that chick was sort of hot.

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Andorian

In noncanonical novels by Pocket Books, Andorians have the four sexes; zhen, shen, chan, and thaan. In function and appearance, zhens and shens are largely female, and chans and thaans approximate males, with shens and chans the more androgynous of the pairings. in the postfinale novels of Deep Space Nine this quadrigender paradigm is cited as the reason for Andorian difficulty in maintaining adequate population growth in the face of near extinction.

And I'm still waiting on a Goddamn diagram for that.  Lazy authors.

[Eddie Teach]

Nah. Just use human sexuality as an analogy. Thaans would be straight men, chans gay men, shens would be lesbians and zhens straight women. The only difference is, presumedly, an equal statistical spread between the four. Still, we do manage to get laid, even when drunk.

Humans only need to find one member of the right group; it sounds like Andorians need to find three.