Paul Karason, a man whose skin turns permanently blue after treatment for his skin is rumored dead. Due to the condition of her skin that she became famous on the Internet.
Karason died two days ago at a hospital in Washington, the United States, when he was 62 years old. He was taken to hospital after suffering a heart attack. He then exposed to pneumonia and stroke weight, as reported by the Daily Mail, Friday (11/9).
Karason became famous on the Internet a few years ago because his skin is blue, which is a side effect of using a silver compound for more than a decade to treat infections of the skin on his face.
He lived the life of a very closed before finally appearing on the show NBC Today Show television station in 2008 and then to discuss his condition, known as Argyria, caused by the use of dietary supplements.
To treat his skin color, Karason also began taking the drug and other chemicals. With the color of his skin it Karason was given the nickname ' Papa Smurf '.
"It was a nickname that he did not like, but depending on who is telling it," said his ex-wife was unnamed. "If a child ran towards her and said ' Papa Smurf ', it will keep a smile on his face. But if adults, then ... ".
Silver compounds have anti bacterial properties and has been used to fight infections for thousands of years. However, these compounds are also used as penicillin, which is much more effective, developed.
Silver continued to be used in some drugs until 1999, when the food and drug Supervisory Agency (FDA) banned the compound it because it can cause Argyria, which is the result of a reaction with silver light, similar to that undertaken in the process of photography.
Karason died two days ago at a hospital in Washington, the United States, when he was 62 years old. He was taken to hospital after suffering a heart attack. He then exposed to pneumonia and stroke weight, as reported by the Daily Mail, Friday (11/9).
Karason became famous on the Internet a few years ago because his skin is blue, which is a side effect of using a silver compound for more than a decade to treat infections of the skin on his face.
He lived the life of a very closed before finally appearing on the show NBC Today Show television station in 2008 and then to discuss his condition, known as Argyria, caused by the use of dietary supplements.
To treat his skin color, Karason also began taking the drug and other chemicals. With the color of his skin it Karason was given the nickname ' Papa Smurf '.
"It was a nickname that he did not like, but depending on who is telling it," said his ex-wife was unnamed. "If a child ran towards her and said ' Papa Smurf ', it will keep a smile on his face. But if adults, then ... ".
Silver compounds have anti bacterial properties and has been used to fight infections for thousands of years. However, these compounds are also used as penicillin, which is much more effective, developed.
Silver continued to be used in some drugs until 1999, when the food and drug Supervisory Agency (FDA) banned the compound it because it can cause Argyria, which is the result of a reaction with silver light, similar to that undertaken in the process of photography.