There happens to be several type of skin disorders or skin conditions and skin diseases that affects almost 900 million people across the world as per reports by WHO. Apart from common skin issues there are many other skin problems, the names of those are still alien for many.
Recently a new skin case of a man has caught all the attention on social media. The man named Paul Karason from America had stunned the internet with his blue skin colour . Paul Karason who became an internet sensation had died at the age of 62 in 2013 as per a report by Daily Star. Paul was earlier suffering from dermatitis on his face. In order to look for solutions and treatment he was known to be consuming dietary supplements for over a decade. However these supplements were infused with a compound that caused silver poisoning which led his skin turn blue permanently .
This rare medical condition was known to be argyria which was the result of silver poisoning from dietary supplements.
Paul was earlier a fair skinned man with freckles and reddish-brown hair. But once he got to know about a solution in a magazine advertisement which promised of good health through colloidal silver. Believing on the solution and hoping for getting treated as claimed by the ad , Paul started consuming the product every day .
Silver had been in use for thousands of years to fight infections since it comprised of antibacterial properties. But later its use was stopped after penicillin was developed. Even though Silver was still used in some over-the-counter medicines in America but it was later banned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since the compound caused argyria.
Meanwhile Paul who was the victim of the serious skin condition was living a low profile life until he appeared on NBC’s Today Show in 2008 to discuss his condition.
Because of his unusual skin colour he was nicknamed as ‘Papa Smurf’ which he tolerated only when kids called him by that name but he completely disliked it if adults called him the same .
“That was a nickname he didn’t appreciate, depending on who said it. If it was a kid who ran up to him saying ‘Papa Smurf’, it would put a smile on his face. But if it was an adult, well…” shared his estranged widow in a past interview.
This unusual man died in 2013 after he suffered a cardiac arrest. Later, he lost it to pneumonia and a severe stroke.
