Breast Implant Problems...DEDE

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a ~

It is rare that a doctor believes that

there is a relationship with breast implants

and any type of disease at all. There is far

too much money in implantation.

To my knowledge the only test they had out

there that would show any link, they took off

the market.

a, honey, I know you want proof via tests

but right now the only test you can do is to

remove them and detox. That will tell the tale.

I am sorry, I wish I could help you.

Look inside yourself, you know the answer.

When you look at the list of ingredients it takes

to make the silicone, it doesnt take a rocket

scientist to see why one would get ill from them.

When you read up on foreigh body reaction, that

tells the tell as well. Your body is made like a fine

tuned computer, but better, and it is made to

get rid of foreigners, and when you get an overload

it can stimulate things and if you have a genetic

predisposition for certain illnesses, it can stimulate

those and they can become active.

Lupus runs in my family, and I was diagnosed back in

the early 90's with it. But......I have a negative ANA.....it wasnt til a couple years ago I had a double stranded DNA and DNA titer done and both were positive for lupus. They call mine non-serology, or seronegative lupus. My neurologist told me he thought that I had chemically stimulated lupus and not from my grandmother. He thought one day it might reverse.

Since then, all my organs have shut down and now this ole body has cardiomyopathy, chronic kidney disease, nodules in both lungs, a liver that has been in failure a couple times, and the list goes on.......

If you are having problems, follow your gut and

your heart. Listen to the messages the angels are putting in your mind.......

The problem with the medical field, they arent really studying us, the sick ones.....trying to find out why

so many of us get so ill........but I think it is like many things, the money is in other areas. implantation, and with each person that gets implanted, they are guaranteed multiple surgeries........and it is a huge cash cow ! !

Wish I could give you the answers you want. Keep us posted on if this doctor is truly helpful. There are plenty of people ill and in need of someone that listens and truly wants to help.

Hugs

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HI DEDE,

You are so full of information on this board I was wondering if you

can help me.

Im going to call my internist and discuss this implant problem with

him and let him know all the problems women have with them and tell

him im wondering if mine have caused any. What type of tests should

i tell him i want done to see if mine have affected me? Is there one

to test your ama's? should i do that and what others? I hope you can

offer some suggestion-Im sure you can. thanks!! a

>

>

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

>

> 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.

>

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

>

> 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).

>

> Last updated: May 11, 2008

>

>

>

>

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I would be very careful about approaching any doctor with your

concerns about your implants causing illness! They usually will

either:

1) Pat you on the head and tell you not to worry your little head

with such nonsense

2) Look at you as if you have a third eye

3) Get very offended and rant and rail against the whole system that

caused poor Dow to go " bankrupt " because of hysterical women.

My suggestion is to tell him you are having some issues and you would

like to suggest some tests that you need done.

These tests would include:

Lupus (ANA test)

Rheumatoid factor

Sed rate

TSH

Free T3

Free T4

Thyroid antibodies

Liver function

I'm sure there are other tests he could order, such as a C3

complement, but those are reserved for when you have unresolved

issues and the other tests are inconclusive.

Patty

> >

> >

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

> >

> > 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.

> >

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

> >

> > 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).

> >

> > Last updated: May 11, 2008

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > **************

> > Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in your budget?

> > Read reviews on AOL Autos.

> >

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> ncid=aolaut00050000000017 )

> >

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