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[edit] Current use

My Dr. used silver nitrate on me yesterday during a routine visit. I just had stomach surgery and the scar had to be reopened. the portion that was reopened was not healing as wished so with a little silver nitrate on the scar things are looking well.

ANTHONY 24 JULY 2007

I had firsthand experience this morning that silver nitrate is still used as a cauterizing agent in the US--I updated the article from past tense to present tense.

  • agreed. Last night a doctor used it to cauterize a pyogenic granuloma growth on my foot. Definately still in use --Brian (How am I doing?) 12:32, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
  • also agree. While in the hospital and for subsequent visits, plastic surgeons have used what they call "silver nitrate sticks" as they are wooden sticks tipped with silver nitrate. In my case it was for excessive cell growth (raised area) on healing burns, removing granularization (skin growth) on wounds, and killing bacteria on infected areas. Yes, it has many uses, and is quite an experience, as far as chemical burns go. 11:07, 05 October 2006 (UTC)
    • These statements really need a source. Can either of you find a source stating AgNO3 is a valid treatment for surgical scarring etc? Dachande (talk) 12:34, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] contradiction toxicity

is it toxic or not? article has contradiction.

there is plenty of info concerning acute toxicity of silver nitrate. for crede-prophylaxis (gonorrhoea prevention) only some drops of a diluited silver-nitrate solution are used, and its use has been shown to be effective and safe. Today, here in Germany, the crede-prophylaxis is used only rarely. I can nor find any contradiction. michael Redecke 11:26, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Odor?

Does Silver nitrate have a distinct odor at any concentration? --NEMT 17:28, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Nope Kyanite 03:08, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Kyanite 22:27, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] In the eyes?

"Sometimes dropped into newborn babies' eyes to preven t contraction of gonorrhea"

Is that true? that soudns quite freaky and weird. In fact, it is a corrosive sustance, how come it's dropped into the eyes? And of a new born?

Also, Gonorreha is a veneral illness, i don't believe it can be cured or even prevented by doing some wierd thing with a corrosive sustenca in the eye. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE!!!!

http://pregnancy.about.com/library/dic/bldefsilvernitrate.htm
^found on google in under ten seconds --NEMT 02:11, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Interesting you say it's corrosive and we use it in babies eyes. If you think about it, we put Hydrochloric acid in swimming pools, no one complains about that. Your stomach acids are corrosive as well. Silver nitrate may be corrosive, but on a scale of 1-10, 1 being something midly corrosive and 10 being HydroFluoric acid, is silver nitrate really that bad? i dont think so, but thats me. Kyanite 22:27, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

Silver Nitrate used to be used in the eyes of newborns to prevent gonorrhea infections in the eyes, however these days it's much more common to use Penicillan G instead. Also, from first hand experience Silver Nitrate is much more likely to cause liver spot like patches on the skin.... it's actually a chemical burn taking place. Kinnin (talk) 03:26, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] As little as 2 grams is fatal?

How is AgNo3 so toxic in the body? What does it do? Does it stop the heart or something? 71.168.108.66 18:30, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Thats a good question. Thats just what the bottle said, 2 grams. ill look it up. This could be a universal silver ion lethal dose figure.

[edit] Is it true about silver nitrate ?????

in the holywood film Underworld, the use of silver nitrate was shown in bullets (against warewolfs), and it was show that when silver nitrate got mixed with blood, it starts crystalizing it, and thus a victum dies , wanna know is it true if we analyze it scientifically ?????


Mohammad Adil 19:36, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Sadly (or possibly gladly, depending) werewolves aren't real, and as such, we don't know what a werewolf's blood would be made of. --uǝʌǝsʎʇɹnoɟʇs 18:39, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
Well what happens when it's injected into a human's bloodstream? 75.165.5.155 04:03, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
The question is arbitrary and has no significance outside of the context of this movie you mention. Therefore the answer to this question is unencyclopedic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.73.215 (talk) 01:17, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

To answer your questions, 1) Silver Nitrate looks nothing like what it did in the movie, where it actually resembles more mercury then silver nitrate. 2) Although I doubt it's been studied, I imagine that injection of silver nitrate would cause several things to happen to a human. A) Blood pH would be disrupted, resulting in a change in breathing. B) Blood cells would most likely be damaged or destroyed. C)Tissue damage would occur, as silver nitrate solution most likely isn't osmotically balanced for the human body. D) Death may occur, but most of these signs would occur with injection of most chemical solutions into the blood. Kinnin (talk) 03:33, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Darkening effect

Silver nitrate on the skin only turns dark after exposure to sunlight, as per personal experience. I had the whitish effect on my hand for over 8 hours and it only darkened after I went into the sun. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nerefir (talk • contribs) 20:00, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

I used pulverised silver nitrate to catch a thief that was taking money from a desk drawer. This person was the only one to put his hands into the fake money envelope, thus staining his skin after exposure to sunlight. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.244.194.113 (talk) 22:44, 3 March 2008 (UTC)