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		andai on Oct 17, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Fugate family of Kentucky has had blue skin fo... There's some photos of Paul Karason on Google Images, who developed the same condition from silver poisoning.

jeffbee on Oct 17, 2021 [–]

He turned blue from silver poisoning, he did not develop methemoglobinemia from it.

supermatt on Oct 17, 2021 | | [–]

Silver nitrate is a known cause of acquired methemoglobinemia.

robbedpeter on Oct 17, 2021 | | | [–]

https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/argyria-o....

Different conditions. What happens with colloidal silver is the buildup of silver oxides in tissues, permanently staining them blue.

philwelch on Oct 17, 2021 | | [–]

So did this guy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Jones_(Libertarian_poli...

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