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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> > http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/Central/10/02/candidate.blue.skin.ap/
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> Oh I want to be blue!! Say I'm an Andorian with my antennae lopped off!
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> If there is anyone who knows something about medicine and hte human body--if
> someone drank this silver solution to the point where their skin turned
> blue, wouldn't *not* drinking it mean the skin would gradually return to
> normal--I mean, skin layers flake off once every, what, 7 days? Silver is a
> metal--wouldn't the body work it out of the system after a while? Why is it
> permanent?
Well here is what WebMD has to say about argyria:
http://my.webmd.com/content/asset/miller_keane_3457
It appears that the silver posioned him, causing a condition where his
pigment is different, not just an alteration to a couple layers of skin.
> Just curious.
>
> Dave K
-Jason
PS - I am not a Doctor, nor do I play one on TV.
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