Argyria: The Blue Skin Rare Disease

Authors

  • Kavita Sapra Pt. B D Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, India
  • Ashu Sapra Rajendra Institute of Technology and Sciences, Sirsa, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21276/apjhs.2014.1.3.9

Keywords:

Argyria, silver, blue colour, sun exposure, pigmentation, treatment

Abstract

There are number of diseases which occur due to metal ingestion and argyria is a disease which occurs due to chronic ingestion of silver in original form or in salt form. In human body small amount of silver is naturally present but as amount increases with time due to ingestion colour of skin changes to blue / grey leading to the disease known as argyria. The disease is diagnosed by biopsy of skin tissue, X- ray examination and obviously physical appearance and its treatment is mainly done by avoiding sun exposure, using various supplements like hydroquinone etc.

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Published

2014-09-30

How to Cite

Kavita Sapra, & Ashu Sapra. (2014). Argyria: The Blue Skin Rare Disease. Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences, 1(3), 193–196. https://doi.org/10.21276/apjhs.2014.1.3.9

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 3 (2014): Vol 1 | Issue 3, July - September 2014

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