Upper Respiratory Infection Treatment Without Antibiotics

Upper respiratory tract infection, or URTI, strikesdisrupts an enzyme that it needs in order to
an estimated one billion times every year in theprocess oxygen properly. Without oxygen, the
United States alone. That is more than threebacteria quickly die. Colloidal silver is thought to be
cases for every U. S. resident. It is an illness thatable to kill harmful bacteria while leaving healthy
is caused by any kind of infection of uppertissue and cells untouched because cells that are
respiratory tract, that is, the nose, sinuses, andnatural to the body have a much thicker cell wall
larynx.than bacteria cells.
Typically, doctors will treat upper respiratory tractColloidal silver can be taken many ways, but as a
infection with prescription antibiotics. According totreatment for upper respiratory tract infection
the 2005 article "Antibiotics for acute laryngitis inmost users of colloidal silver claim the most
adults" published in The Cochrane Database ofsuccess through the use of a nebulizer. A
Systematic Reviews, antibiotics are ineffective fornebulizer is a medical device that pumps air into a
the treatment of laryngitis, a kind of respiratoryliquid and turns it into a fine mist for inhaling.
tract infection.Inhaling the colloidal silver directly into the lungs will
The summary states that the few benefits thatapply the product directly the infected area, which
do exist for the prescription of antibiotics foris believed to reduce the amount of time needed
laryngitis are " not relevant in clinical practice asfor a successful treatment. Some who suffer
the modest benefits from antibiotics may notfrom reoccurring sinus infections choose to
outweigh their cost, adverse effects, or negativeregularly use the nebulizer even after the infection
consequences on antibiotic resistance patterns."has subsided to support their immune system.
The "adverse affects" referred to in the articleAnyone who wishes to take colloidal silver as a
are the many unpleasant side effects oftreatment for a upper respiratory tract infection
antibiotics, which include diarrhea, fever, nausea,should be aware that different silver products can
interactions with drugs, a weakened immunehave varying levels of effectiveness. In particular,
system, and fungal infection.patients should avoid ionic silver solutions. A silver
Many have found benefit in the use of colloidalion is very unstable, and can easily bond with
silver for the treatment of upper respiratorychemicals in the body, most typically chloride. This
tract infection. Colloidal silver is a solution ofcreates silver chloride, a useless compound.
microscopic particles of silver suspended in water.True colloidal silver is much more stable, and
Almost every major civilization with access toretains silver's well-documented antibacterial
silver have used the metal for its germ fightingproperties after it has entered the body. Some
capabilities, and modern hospitals harness it too inproducers of ionic silver solutions choose to
the form of water filters, antibacterial bandages,disclose that they only sell ionic silver, but others
and antibacterial creams.do not. One can observe whether or not their
Colloidal silver is believed to work by essentiallysilver product is ionic silver simply by looking at
"choking" harmful bacterial cells. When silverthe color of the liquid. If it is perfectly clear, it is
comes into the proximity of harmful bacteria, itionic silver.