Do leaking silicone implants cause problems in your joints?

I had the leaking silicone implants, wound up with the same joint pain and didn't get better until the silicone was removed. Have no implants now. Not 100 percent better, but working hard to stay somewhat healthy and pain free with yoga, constant chiropractic visits and a positive attitude--along with diet with little sugar after a good detox. Shame on these stupid doctors for saying the research shows no link. I don't know why thousands of women complaining about the same results isn't enough--but then again, it would be bad for business, right docs?

For shame on these doctors and the FDA. Hundreds of thousands of women with silicone and saline implants have become ill. Don't let them lie to you ladies - they're trying to preserve a mult-million, perhaps billion dollar business at the expense of women's health.

I discourage all breast implants, for whatever reasons. Mine ruptured and I did not know until the silicone extruded itself, starting from my left nipple. By the time I had them out, my left implamt was in shreds. I have had multimple infections, surgeries and illnesses, all doctor testified. My last surgery was two years ago, 21 years after rupture. Please do not get silicone breast implants. I have so many problems, I won't list them. Just don't.

ive recently found out i have silicone in my lymph nodes i have aches and pains in my knees spine and legs. ill be seeing another specialist in 3 days about the apparent leak.

There are many many articles in medical journals with case reports that discuss this exact subject. They also have discovered some 30 plus proteins that attach to the implants after implanted, and protein excesses stimulate and turn on disease. Recent evidence confirms the fundamental involvement of the human immune system in the reaction to implantation of silicone based medical devices. An as yet-to-be particularized epitope of many complex substances sharing siloxane structures is presented through the MHC-II apparatus with development and retention of T cell memory. This memory can be tested for in practical terms using one or more forms of silica,which links the immunohistopathology and autoimmune attributes of“silicosis” with those of “siliconosis.” The lesions of siliconosis are typical of those for persistent antigens and delayed, cell mediated hypersensitivity. The basic descriptive pathology of the reaction to silicone has been known since soon after introduction of silicones in medical procedures, with the exception of some details related to the more recent discoveries on the role of cytokines in the immunopathic process. The clinical consequences of siliconosis are common and can be severe in some individuals implanted with silicone devices.

When are plastic surgeons/all breast implant companies across this country/USA going to begin to HLA-type ALL breast implant patients, so they better understand the genetics - variants of genes/of key genes that will, over time factor of exposure, be elevated/exerted/"turned on" by causation of the chemical adjuvancy of silicone/silicone gel breast implant LOT NUMBERS? Stop the medical hype, time is long overdue to HLA-type. REMEMBER~ Scientific Truth is: proteins accumulate on the surface of silicone/silicone gel breast implants and other silicone implants AFTER they are in the human body...then those with wisdom who really wish to uphold their oath to that highest of high standard of First, do no harm will further incorporate the SCIENTIFIC TRUTH that protein excesses ARE COMMON in many diseases (RA, lupus, MS, sarcoidosis, dermatomyositis, scleroderma, other diseases of autoimmunity as well as a variety of cancers-lung, myeloma/MM, brain and so forth)...diseases, primarily those that STIMULATE-EXERT-TURN ON the human immune response, via the placental barrier through fetal cells. Stop the lies and stop filling the pockets of industry CEOs and finally DO THE PROPER RESEARCH to uphold medicine, science and research to that highest of high standard of First, do no harm with silicone gel breast implants....CAUSATION OF SILICONE/SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANTS IS CAUSED by exerting/turning on the human immune response as I have explained many times before...when one incorporates proteins/protein excesses caused by the chemical adjuvancy of breast implant lot numbers that should NOT be placed in the human body. It does not take a medical degree to tell the truth or to see the problem from this type of genetically offending trigger...but it DOES TAKE AN OPEN MIND and common sense which is indeed valid when diseases present within human body. Common sense may not be scientific, but it really needs to be used IF one really wishes to prevent medical harm and uphold ones oath of First, do no harm to that highest of high standard. Breast implants need to be black boxed because they EXERT/turn on the human immune response. I am telling the truth which is more than I was told in 1976 when I opted for silicone gel breast implants as a teenage breast implant patient.

Causation of Silicone? I wrote about this long ago/ 1996 & included it in my written statement/IOM Public Meeting- Safety of Silicone Breast Implants July 24, 1998...but of course they on that SO-CALLED BLUE RIBBON PANEL already had their minds made up...so much for doing things in a neutral /objective manner. Here is some of what I sent in my written statement-- Some environmental factors, which are minimal in the hereditary form, may indeed be extremely important in influencing the "expression" of a genetic adjuvant gene/molecule. Alfred Knudsen did develop a "two hit" theory that attempts to explain the relationship of hereditary and environmental forms of cancer. I refer to it as a double whammy. Knudsens' complete theory is that the first "hit" or injury to patients with a hereditary form is a genetic predisposition or suscepitibility to a particular cancer ( a particular defined disease in MY GENETICS which is applied to diseases of autoimmunty...or a cancer-like myeloma which my grandmother and mom died from= they were smokers so they took "hits from smoking-Aflatoxin, aspergillus, Tobacco, Ammonia, The P-53 Tumor Suppressor Gene which I believe is cancer's missing link).... Anyway, Like in a case of hereditary retinoblastoma, all the cells of the retina of the eye are totally primed by their genetic make-up for a second "hit". This comes from some factor in the environment (silicone, SILICA=like when one/a plastic surgeon uses the bovie-electrocautry in a oil contaminated field = man made factor) This could explain an earlier onset and a tendency to affect boht eyes with retinoblastoma. On the other hand with nonhereditary form, this would lack the first "hit" which would of course be genetics and thus require two environmental "hits". But does it require "two hits", "five hits", "ten hits" or even more? Since we are living this particular theory this indeed is a very valid question. Anyway, I continued on in my IOM written statment back in July 24, 1998...and if you had a copy of my 1996 IOM written letters I sent back then, then you would see what point I was making. How in the world can we as parents, as mothers, raise our children to take responsibility for the wrong things they may do growing up when the most educated on this earth fail to take responsiblity for THEY HARM THEY CAUSE WITH THE CHEMICAL ADJUVNCY OF SILICONE GEL BREAST IMPLANTS/the lot numbers that do exerted/turn on the human immune response...causation of silicone/silicone breast implants is entangled with proteins/protein excesses when mixed with the variants of genes/ OF KEY GENES which ARE exerted/turned on with the time factor of exposure...this is NOT the "cause" of ones genetics. Breast implant exposure is no different than Gulf War Syndrome, cigarette smokers, asbestos workers OR the cancer risk to atomic bomb survivors...with breast implant exposure we are dealing with the exerting /turning on of the human immune response & a variety of disases of autoimmunity...via the placental barrier through fetal cells with offspring. YOU PEOPLE FAILED TO DO THE PROPER STUDIES ON THE OFFSPRING...stop the medical bushwhacking. This is horrible.

The FDA established that silicone gel breast implants and/or saline breast implants are "innocuous"? No, they ARE NOT "innocuous" as the Scientific Truth is proteins accumulate on the surface of silicone/silicone gel breast implants and other silicone implants AFTER they are in the human body...then those of us who wish to truly uphold our oath of First, do NO harm to that highest of high standard further incorporate the SCIENTIFIC TRUTH that protein excesses are common in many diseases, primarily those that stimulate the human immune response, via the placental barrier through fetal cells. Breast feeding with breast implants really IS just extra "hits". I am not going to debate this with anyone, because I have told the truth so that someday many within the Art of Medicine will join with me to uphold their oath of First, do no harm to that highest of high standard concerning ALL breast implants...because right now Women's Health is being damn by these toxic devices when entangled with one's immune response...via the placental barrier through fetal cells. The proper studies were never funded and the same old same old research is currently going on with newer breast implants/Mentor-Allergan. Time and money is being wasted...AGAIN! ...as everyone can make their studies fall the way they want. But the human body is still going to speak volumes to the trigger (the chemical adjuvancy of the lot numbers/the catalysts- platinum included) that IS being placed within the human body, which is the chemical adjuvancy of breast implant lot numbers that can NOT be embraced....along with the time factor of exposure. The companies/plastic surgeons would have been better off to use stem cells grown in a mold, with good blood supply...but they can not even this done properly, because your 1st problem is you have NO grasp on genetics/the variants of key genes being exerted/turned on...because you fail /failed in the past to HLA-type the patient... Trust me on this, I am telling you all the truth. The Division of Plastic Surgery as well as the FDA (which is broken) and the breast implant companies really ARE pulling the wool over everyone's eyes within the general population here if anyone is verbally communicating that breast implants are "innocuous". This is not true & the word "innocuous" incorporated with breast implants is "medical words of art" of complete free will ignorance... and these words should NOT be used IF you really wish to uphold your oath of First, do NO harm to that highest of high standard. Do the proper studies! Cause this IS NOT happening. "Mentor /Allergan are providing on-going follow-up of the initial women who participated in the core studies for 10 years and also provide a separate 10 year post-approval study on approximately 40,000 silicone implant patients and a control group of women w/ saline implants... and my question of valid concern is: Did the companies/ARE THE COMPANIES going to HLA-type ALL of these patients,plus take an excellent pedigree of the patient, and document/track in a truly dispassionate manner over the many years? I could answer my own question... Silicone gel breast implants are NOT "innocuous" and to assume so makes us all look like the back of a donkey if we believe this. Listen you guys...if anyone in the world wanted HER BREAST IMPLANTS TO WORK OUT, it would have been me, the past 1976 teenage breast implant patient...but I have truly walked through the valley of hell on this great medical snafu like so many other women have....all created by the breast implant companies and plastic surgeons. So, are you going to edit this post of my too? I hope not, because you all can learn from your mistakes to listen to myself and these other women who post. LEARN FROM YOUR MEDICAL MISTAKES of medical harm you have "caused" to humanity...silicone gel breast implants ARE NOT "INNOCUOUS". Do the proper studies...not just studies that seem to cover up the problem like Mentor/Allergan is currrently doing/funding...for once aid humanity (Women's Health) to prevent medical harm, otherwise medicine will be on the same path as our economy....a downhill slide because someone did not tell the truth & wanted to make money...which is being self-serving.

The doctors have been so wrong. I have had constant pain for 40 years from my implants. I have severe arthritis, neuropathy, can't walk without pain, and my silicone blood level is 33. This is high because I have had this in my body for so long. I have irritable bowels and pain all over. I am taking these implants out and realize all 25 doctors were ignorant to ignore their patients symptoms. The science was poorly conducted and not accurate. Doctors teamed together for support and plastic surgeons were blindsighted over greed to make mega bucks off women in need of breasts augmentation. I certainly don't trust doctors opinions now that I am 60. I realize they have a hidden agenda for their beliefs. Placing foreign objects in the body is certain to interfere with normal functioning. So, why do the plastics say, there is no correlation between implants and disease? Because they want their money of course... So sad, we can't have the truth...

I have recently become suspicious of my implants being the cause of some of my physical problems. Inspite of the fact that I take very good care of myself I am suffering from a myriad of problems. Looking for a Dr. who does free implant removal. I have no insurance. Can anyone help me?