When argyria sufferers lie down in public, they are often confused with the dead. |
Chronic nitrate of silver poisoning is characterized by argyria. |
His condition is known as argyria, and he developed it three years ago after drinking a homemade colloidal-silver concoction, in preparation for Y2K-related antibiotics shortages. |
A retired Montessori-school teacher, Jacobs, who is sixty, developed argyria as a child on Long Island, after her doctor prescribed nose drops with silver in them. |
Colloidal silver can cause argyria, in which a patient's skin permanently turns the color of a blue jay. |
But there is one person, at least, who, though not happy about the fact that Jones contracted argyria, is pleased that he has mentioned his condition in public — Rosemary Jacobs. |