Tunnel Wound/Colloidal Silver and Medihoney

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A wound care clinic within the hospital recommended Colloidal Silver and MediHoney for tunnel wound. Not healed yet. Does anyone have expertise in this?

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.

Medihoney I've heard good things about. I'm pretty skeptical of the benefits of colloidal silver. Is there actual evidence from peer-reviewed journals finding it effective? At the very least, it can cause argyria if used too often. Argyria is awesome to behold. And sadly, irreversable.

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The department head of the hospital wound center prescribed both to be put IN the tunnel wound.

Curious if anyone KNOWS anything about honey or colloidal silver???

Yes the internet is filled with great articles on both.

5/22 Univ of British Columbia Bob Hancock is amazing research.. not in USA though.

Thank you

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Specializes in Med Surg.

Depends on a lot of factors, seeing the wound being the most important.

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Honey (doesn't have to be expensive "Medihoney") is great stuff. Natural antibacterial qualities, cheap, and easily available anywhere without prescription or arguing with insurance. Seen it used in hospice with festering surfaced malignant wounds, kills odor painlessly. And it's harmless in just about every other way. AND you can put it on your English muffins.

Exception: Keep an honey away from children

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Medihoney now has a "rope" that can be packed into wounds. Might be useful.

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Specializes in WCC.

I am a proponent for the natural cure. On the note, we converted all of our santyls to honey at one point. It was a mistake and we switched back. Honey does not debride like promised.

I have used colloidal silver a couple times and saw good results. but as is always said, healing is from the inside out. Who know what really worked and what the body provided...

The colloidal silver worked well as a peristomal skin rash/denusion wash.

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In colloidal silver, the concentration of the metal is toxic to components of the wound matrix, namely fibroblasts and keratinocytes. If used for prolonged periods on open wounds, it has been shown to contribute to renal and hepatic problems. In appropriate preparations, such as silver nanoparticles (particles

References

Liu, X., Lee, P., Ho, C., Lui, V., Chen, Y., Che, C., ... Wong, K. (2010). Silver nanoparticles mediate differential responses in keratinocytes and fibroblasts during skin wound healing. ChemMedChem, 5(3), 468-475. Retrieved November 18, 2014, from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20112331

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