Re: Breast Implant Problems...dede..

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where is that report he wrote again? can you repost it?? thanks!!!---

In , DGRAHAMA@... wrote:

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> http://www.diagnose-me.com/cond/C400828.html

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> What is known about silicone breast implants is that fibrous

capsule

> contracture occurs in about 70% of cases two to four years after

implantation.

> The rate of complications - which include breast pain,

contracture, rupture,

> infection, implant migration requiring surgery - approaches 50% at

10 years. In a

> Mayo Clinic study, there was a 30% failure rate at 7.8 years.

Rheumatologists

> have described a veritable array of symptoms in more than 1,000

patients with

> silicone breast implants.

>

> Autoantibodies to collagen and extracellular matrix proteins and

> abnormalities of cell-mediated immunity have been found in women

with silicone implants

> and not in controls.There does not appear to be a serologic marker

consistently

> associated with rheumatic disease in these patients. These

findings suggest

> that silicone implants may cause immune dysfunction and rheumatic

disease insome

> patients, but it is very difficult to prove.

>

> Signs & Symptoms

>

> The syndrome includes the symptoms of arthralgia, myalgia, sicca

complex,

> paresthesia, balance disturbance, night sweats, rashes, memory

difficulty and

> fatigue.

>

> Complications

> In more than 80% of over 1,000 females with breast implants who

werereferred

> to neurologists at Baylor College of Medicine, mild to severe

short-term

> memory loss was discovered. Many of the individuals experienced a

70% recovery when

> the implants and any loose silicone surrounding them was

removed.SPECT

> testing of 15 of the women found diminished blood flow to the

temporal lobe. When

> the SPECT testing was done after the silicone was removed there

was increased

> blood flow to the temporal lobes.

>

> A full 70% of these thousand women had Sjogren's syndrome; 58% had

Raynaud's

> phenomenon and 60% had dermatitis.

>

> Plastic surgeon and president of the American Society of Plastic

and

> Reconstructive Surgery said the patients in this study are not

representative of all

> silicone breast implant patients and that this was a highly biased

and selected

> group of women being fewer than a thousand out of the million U.S.

women who

> have had breast implants.You are left to draw your own conclusions.

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> http://www.diagnose-me.com/cond/C400828.html

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> Signs, symptoms & indicators of Silicone Breast Implant

Problems:

> Symptoms - General

> Constant fatigue

> Poor bodily coordination

>

> Symptoms - Mind - General

> Short-term memory failure

>

> Symptoms - Nervous

> Numb/tingling/burning extremities

>

> Symptoms - Skeletal

> Joint pain/swelling/stiffness

>

> Symptoms - Skin - Conditions

> Frequent/occasional/regular rashes

>

> Conditions that suggest Silicone Breast Implant

Problems:

> Autoimmune

> Sjogren's Syndrome

>

> Circulation

> Raynaud's Phenomenon

>

> Mental

> Poor Memory

>

> Musculo-Skeletal

> Muscle Pains (Myalgia)

>

> Skin-Hair-Nails

> Night Sweats

> Risk factors for Silicone Breast Implant Problems:

> Symptoms - Female

> Removed/recent/long-term silicone breast implants

> While most women will not have systemic problems from their

silicone

> breast implants, the rate of local problems is much higher, and

increases with the

> passage of time.

>

> Counter-indicators:

> No silicone breast implants (confirmed)

>

>

> KEY

> Weak or unproven link

> trong or generally accepted link

> Very strongly or absolutely counter-indicative

>

> GLOSSARY

>

> Arthralgia

> Severe throbbing or stabbing pain along a nerve in one or more

joints.

>

> Collagen

> Theprimary protein within white fibers of connective tissue and

theorganic

> substance found in tendons, ligaments, cartilage, skin, teethand

bone.

>

> Contracture (Contractures)

> Anabnormal, often permanent shortening, as of muscle or scar

tissue,

> thatresults in distortion or deformity, especially of a joint of

the body.

>

> Dermatitis

> A general term used to refer to eruptions or rashes on the skin.

>

> Immune System (Immune Response, Immunity)

> Acomplex that protects the body from disease organisms and other

> foreignbodies. The system includes the humoral immune response and

thecell-mediated

> response. The immune system also protects the body frominvasion by

making local

> barriers and inflammation. The process mayinvolve acquired

immunity (the ability

> to learn and remember a specificinfectious agent), or innate

immunity (the

> genetically programmedsystem of responses that attack, digest,

remove, and

> initiateinflammation and tissue healing).

>

> Myalgia

> Diffuse muscle pain.

>

> Paresthesia

> A skin sensation, such as burning, prickling, itching, or

tingling, with no

> apparent physical cause.

>

> Protein (Proteins)

> Compoundscomposed of hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen present in the

body and

> infoods that form complex combinations of amino acids. Protein

isessential for

> life and is used for growth and repair. Foods that supplythe body

with protein

> include animal products, grains, legumes, andvegetables. Proteins

from animal

> sources contain the essential aminoacids. Proteins are changed to

amino acids

> in the body.

>

> Raynaud's Phenomenon (Raynaud's,Raynauds Disease, Raynaud's

Disease, Raynauds

> Phenomenon, RaynaudsSyndrome, Raynaud's Syndrome)

> Raynaud'sdisease or syndrome is a disorder of blood circulation,

mainly in

> thefingers and toes. It is of unknown cause and characterized by

changesof the

> skin that are aggravated by exposure to cold: first, becomingwhite

with

> numbness and pain as a result of inadequate oxygenation ofthe

blood, then red/purple

> with a burning sensation. The suddenconstriction of blood vessels

causes

> decreased blood flow to theextremities and can, in extreme cases,

lead to gangrene.

> Also called " white finger " , " wax finger " or " dead finger " .

>

> Short-Term Memory (Short Term Memory)

> Also known as immediate memory or working memory,this is a phase

of memory in

> which a limited amount of information maybe held for several

seconds to

> minutes. In general, up to 7 'chunks' ofinformation are stored for

about 20

> seconds.

>

> Syndrome

> Amedical condition characterized by a collection of related

symptoms(what the

> patient feels) and signs (what a doctor can observe ormeasure).

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> Last updated: May 11, 2008

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