I think it's just as well to soak the bandaid pad with CS [EIS] Same result [presence of silver ions]...a lot less complicated.
Ode On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 6:15 PM, PT Ferrance <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ode, > Is this anything worth trying to do at home with a couple of pieces of > wire and a bandaid? > Thanks. > PT > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Ode Coyote <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 12, 2015 2:21 AM > *Subject:* Re: CS>Silver dressings > > The silver bandaid has a layer interwoven with aluminum thread and another > one with silver thread. When body fluids provide the electrolyte, a > battery effect is created which sends silver ions headed towards the > aluminum..only to get lost in the wound. > > It is in all respects, a "CS" generator wrapped around your finger. > > The silver dressings such as silverlon and acticoat are used with small > amounts of electrical current to produce the silver ions in the wound. > Often used in burn wards now. > > Ode > > > > On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 12:39 AM, Jane MacRoss < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Silver-containing foil dressings are used frequently these days in nursing > - not CS I admit - however what interested me was that I could feel a > reddened swelling at the tip of one of my fingers indicating the beginning > of infection there & wrapped it in a silver containing bandaid and within > two days the finger was completely clear with never any increase in > infection or pain ... I just felt that silver, even being near infection, > was enough to clear it & was pleased that in this case this was so. > > Jane > > > > >
