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Monday, September 28, 2020

Man Has Blue Skin - The Tragic Tale of Real Life Human Papa Smurf

 



If you were born in the late 70s or the early 80s, you would definitely recognize the figure above as Papa Smurf from the cartoon series The Smurfs!

The Smurfs were little blue creatures that live in mushroom houses in a forest inhabited mainly by their own kind. The smurfs average daily routine were attempting to avoid Gargomel, an evil man who wanted to harm our little blue friends.

Well enough on childhood nostalgia!

What if I told you there was a real-life Papa Smurf, a man whose entire body is blue in color.

This is the real-life story of Paul Karason, who is also known as the human "Papa Smurf".



Paul Kerason was an ordinary 45-year old American man afflicted with longstanding chronic dermatitis (eczema). Desperate to find a cure, he read in a health magazine that drinking silver with water (colloidal silver) could treat his flakey skin.

What In the World is Colloidal Silver?

During the Middle Ages, monks popularized the use of silver nitrate, a salt formed by reacting silver with nitric acid, to treat ulcers and burns. Compared to other premodern health tips, these were actually pretty good ideas, because—as scientists discovered once they finally figured out germ theory—silver does have germ-fighting abilities

Silver is most toxic to microbes in its ionized form—AG+, same as in those silver nitrate salts—which seems to deactivate important microbial enzymes and prevent bacterial replication.

Beginning in the early 20th century, scientists started suspending silver in water. Protein molecules in the solution surrounded the silver ions, so that only some—but not all—of the ions were released. The idea was to make a formula that was much less irritating than silver nitrate but equally effective at killing bugs.

It was however very difficult to control or analyze how much of the silver is ionized, so a patient has no way of knowing how much active silver they’re ingesting or applying—rendering it either useless or, on the other extreme, so potent it results in argyria. So colloidal silver was mostly abandoned by the medical establishment, which moved on to safer and more effective applications of silver, such as in wound dressings or as an infection-fighting additive to joint replacements.

Since 1990, interest has resurged in promoting Colloidal Silver products as "essential" mineral supplements with multiple health claims. For example, advertising materials in health food stores promote Colloidal Silver use in more than 650 different diseases. Colloidal silver proteins are being touted as powerful antimicrobials against viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), herpes, Candida, and tuberculosis.

Celebrities ranging from Gwyneth Paltrow to Infowar's Alex Jones swear by colloidal silver as a germ-fighting miracle cure.

However, no sound scientific studies evaluating these health claims have been published in reputable medical journals. In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission have taken action against several companies for making unproven health claims.

Back to Papa Smurf, Paul Karason

Paul Karason wanted to try this new medicine, and nothing could stop him. He was his own doctor. Not only did he drink colloidal silver (silver in a liquid suspension), he also applied it directly on his skin.

Karason even bought a device to make his own colloidal silver at home—a colloid is one substance dispersed through a second—and soon he was drinking a 10-ounce tumbler of the stuff daily, hoping to improve his general health, and dabbing it on his face for his dermatitis.

After a few years of this regimen, he had developed a case of what doctors call argyria, a blue-gray discoloration of the skin and mucus membranes. Some doctors speculated that even his organs were blue. Mind-blowing! He is not wearing a costume or makeup that he can take off when he gets home. None of that is an option, because well, we have to say that one more time; he is legitimately blue. Permanently! That’s how Paul Karason became a worldwide sensation.


Karason wasn’t planning to stop his treatment, because he was convinced that the silver was helping him a lot. Maybe he didn’t know that in 1999 the FDA banned the use of colloidal silver because it was proved that it could cause severe damage. But, even today it is sold as a supplement, and of course, the Internet and many alternative medicine practitioners promotes its alleged health benefits.

In an interview, Paul said that this magical drink solved the health issues that he was having for years. According to him, problems went away completely. He said that he had arthritis issues in his shoulder and that he could barely take his t-shirt off. But when he started taking his own medicine, the problem was gone. Then, more than ever, he was sure that he had found a magical formula that would treat all of his ailments.

So much razzmatazz and sensation were created when Oprah and Dr Oz revealed Paul Karason as “Papa Smurf” on The Oprah Winfrey Show. (Link below)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T58YRgdrljM

Caveat

Before any of us start self-medicating or take any supplement to sure a long-standing skin disease or aliment, please consult your doctor!

Many alternative therapies may cause permanent harmful effects that are irreversible especially for skin disorders and problems.

So, if you have read about certain meds and supplements on the internet or Facebook that can help, don’t use it jump in, purchase and use it! Sometimes it can do more harm than good, and you don’t want anything like that to happen to you. So, don’t play Russian Roulette with your health and make an appointment to see your doctor. Remember if it's too good to be true, it most likely is!

Footnote

Paul Karason passed away on September 23, 2013. His death certificate stated he died due to a heart attack and stroke whilst being treated for pneumonia. The colloidal silver could not protect him against the lung infection. Nonetheless, it was postulated that the colloidal silver although staining his entire body (including eyes and fingernails) blue had not been implicated in his cause of death.


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