There is an article circulating claiming that scientifically using gold on men can cause Alzhaimer’s disease and other health problems. This article from Pompama.com states that the incident was a result of the entry of gold atoms through the skin and depositing in the blood. This event is also known as the gold migration.
However, after a detailed research has been carried out regarding this claim, one can find a rebuttal that this information is false. Launching from the Detik.com article, skin specialist Dr.dr. I Gusti Nyoman Darmaputra, Sp.KK, FINSDV from DNI Skin Center said that the medical world does not know the gold migration phenomenon.
This was revealed by dr. Darma regarding the hoax of the dangers of using gold to babies in 2018. What happens is that some people can develop allergies, but not because of the buildup of gold in the blood.
“Generally, gold in solid form does not easily enter and be absorbed into the skin because the particles are large in size. This condition applies to both infant and adult skin, although the water content in the baby’s skin is higher than that of adults, “said dr. Darma at detikHealth.
Seeing from alodokter’s articles, dr. Ulfi Umroni stated that gold dust grains are indeed very dangerous so that they can cause heart, respiratory and nervous disorders. However, this condition is found in people from gold mines or gold producers, not in gold jewelery users. Conditions that may occur are allergies, especially patients who have a history of previous allergies.
In fact, the results of research related to substances in gold, show facts that are inversely related. Launching from the Phys.org article, gold particles that are only nanometers or millionths of a meter together with very weak microwaves can dissolve abnormal protein clumps that are linked to Alzheimer’s disease and potentially linked to other degenerative diseases.
Marcelo Kogan, an organic chemist at the University of Chile in Santiago and colleagues in Spain, developed a gold particle about 10 nanometers wide with a peptide attached to it that specifically binds to the type of abnormal protein found in Alzheimer’s disease. These particles are small enough to penetrate cell membranes and can also absorb microwave radiation.
In general, health problems related to gold are suffered by gold miners, or people who are active in the vicinity of gold production. This case also occurs solely not because of the gold itself, but by the mercury (Hg) which is used to separate gold from other metal substances.
Mercury poisoning can be influenced by several factors including high concentration and in a long time will cause health problems for miners. Exposure needs to be measured on the basis of time, place, and dose or concentration because the effect of exposure is very dependent on the dose or concentration that a person receives.
So it can be concluded that the claim that wearing gold can cause health problems, especially Alzhaimer’s disease is hoax information in the category of misleading content or misleading content.
– Fact Check Results of Gabriela Nauli Sinaga (University of North Sumatra)
In fact, these claims are false. Until now there has been no research related to this matter. Regarding the gold substance that can enter the blood due to gold migration is also a hoax. There is no term golden migration in the world of health.
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