Abstract
Alternative medical therapy with multiple intravenous colloidal silver infusions may cause severe illness, including profound copper deficiency-induced anemia and hepatic toxicity. No chelating agent for silver poisoning exists and effective therapy requires apheresis in combination with continuous administration of oral copper.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1757-1762 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Clinical Case Reports |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1 2019 |
Keywords
- apheresis
- colloidal silver
- copper
- ineffective myelopoiesis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)