Hi Paul,
I know nothing of these things, but your story brings
to my mind that there are people warning us on this
list that there are people that are allergic to
silver.
Could you be one? benka

--- Paul Fehrnstrom <paul@...> wrote:

> I'm in the midst of a health crisis and wondering if
> anyone on the list
> has any knowledge about the interaction of EIS on
> someone with thick blood.
> I carry the Factor V Leiden gene which makes my
> blood prone to
> hypercoagulability and have had 2 clotting episodes
> in my right leg over
> the past 7 years. Fortunately, neither of these made
> it to deep vein
> thrombosis but the last occurrence 3 years ago got
> about as close as it
> could get. Because both were superficial, I declined
> the coumadin
> therapy my doctor was recommending (only 38 years of
> age at the time and
> was slightly in denial over the seriousness of FVL).
>
> About 2 weeks ago, I drank about 6-8 oz. of 15ppm
> EIS over a period of
> several hours. 2 days afterwards, I had an extreme
> Herx reaction, to the
> point my wife took me to the ER we were so worried -
> high fever, chills,
> trembling, severe headache, delirious.. I was in
> rough shape. Of course
> the ER docs couldn't understand why I would ingest a
> silver solution and
> due to lack of knowledge, called poison control to
> get more information
> on the effects. They ended up giving me an IV in my
> left arm for saline
> solution and something for the pain. 4 days later, I
> developed phlebitis
> (superficial blood clot) in my left arm. Treated
> with aspirin and
> antibiotics, I seem to be getting better but then
> this last Friday, I
> experience tingling in my left hand and numbness.
> Another trip to the ER
> and lo and behold, I now have my first case of DVT
> in my arm. I'm now on
> heparin shots and coumadin and hoping this is the
> end of the cascading
> effects I've experienced over the past several
> weeks.
>
> Based on my extreme herx reaction, logic tells me
> that I must have some
> serious pathogens making their home in my blood. I
> did some research and
> found that yes, the fibrin sludge as a result of my
> thick blood makes
> excellent hiding places for pathogens and makes
> treating them all the
> more difficult. I'm thinking that their response to
> my EIS attack was to
> create an even more hypercoagulable state as their
> line of defense. An
> IV needle was just the thing to trigger a clot.
>
> Has anyone heard or come across any research or
> similar experiences with
> EIS on someone with a similar history and/or extreme
> herx reactions that
> trigger more than the flu-like symptoms that are
> common? Any help would
> be much appreciated.
>
> Paul
>


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