Does Silver exert anti-pathogenic effects (if any such
effects exist) via thermal conductivity?
Some say that Colloidal Silver (CS) acts ionically by,
through its positive charge, neutralizing negatively charged
oxygen-repellent-enzymes produced by anaerobic pathogens and
also at the same time neutralizing negatively charged oxygen
so that the two no longer repel each other and the oxygen
destroys the pathogen; this school of thought holds that CS
only disrupts bad anaerobic micro-organisms and cells while
it leaves the good aerobic ones alone. But there are ideas
that contradict this school of thought: some claim that
ionized silver combines with substances found in the body to
produce a "useless" substance so that it is actually the non-
ionized particles in the CS solutions that accomplish the
work--if such is the case the CS could not be accomplishing
what it apparently does through ionizing effects; some have
reported that CS actually interferes with and kills good
aerobic micro-organisms such as intestinal flora along with
the bad anaerobic micro-organisms and cells--if such is the
case the ionizing-effect-theory is again in trouble because
it declares that aerobic micro-organisms and cells are
spared because they are not negatively charged like the bad
anaerobic micro-organisms and cells.
Some say that CS exerts its effect by binding to receptors
in the pathogens thereby rendering the pathogens deceased or
ineffective; however, others claim that the reason pathogens
do not have and do not acquire resistance to CS, is that the
CS disables enzymes used by the pathogens instead of the
pathogens themselves; and, though there are indications CS
has at least some ability to suppress cancer cells, cancer
cells apparently do not exert their negative effects by way
of such receptor cells.
Strangely enough, many people are saying that negatively
charged anti-oxidants exert their beneficial effects by
donating electrons to electron-hungry things in the body; at
the same time they say that positively charged oxidants
damage the body by being electron-deficient electron-
thieves; and at the same time without reconciling such to
their other claims they say positively charged CS helps the
body by absorbing negatively charged electrons.
My idea as of now, is that CS might be exerting its effects
whatever such effects are, thermo-dynamically. Although the
element silver posesses more thermal conductivity than any
other element, none of the internet sites discussing CS have
mentioned this. In this sense of being so to speak the
greatest thermal conductor on earth, silver differs from
ionically speaking generally positively charged heavy metals
that are usually considered to be harmful.
Micro-organisms and cells have various minimum levels of
temperature at which they can survive; the way in which they
function when they are surviving is effected by temperature.
Anaerobic cells and micro-organisms "breathe" through a
process scientists say is akin to fermentation. There are
minimum levels of temperature required in fermentation, and
the temperature level at which fermentation occurs, effects
how the final product of the fermentation turns out.
Could it be that CS exerts its effects by acting as a
thermal conductor, soaking up excess heat or cold
surrounding cells, evening out temperature differences
amongst various points in the body? Could it be that CS by
changing the heat level in and around cells and micro-
organisms, changes the self-feeding output produced via
fermentation by anaerobic micro-organisms and cells, assists
helpful micro-organisms and cells to flourish, and
suppresses pathogenic cells and micro-organisms?
I realize that some will think that there is no evidence
that the presence of CS changes the temperature of solutions
it is introduced into; however, heat in a solution could be
transferred from the solution to the CS in the solution or
vice versa without effecting the overall temperature of the
solution. Micro-organisms and cells in solutions could be
chilled off or heated up by the proximity of colloidal
silver, without the temperature of the overall bloodstream
being significantly effected, the same way that a man in a
crowded room who is sitting on a block of ice, feels cold
even though the block of ice does not significantly alter
the temperature of the room, or the same way an ice cube in
a glass does not make you feel cold until you start rubbing
it over your body.