Breast Implant Problems...

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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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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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