Hello, The story you tell makes me think of bleeding. Rapid swelling and pain after a fall is not the typical story for an infection. Your case sounds like an accident.
I underwent Breast Augmentation a year ago. I was fine until i fell backwards while walking. My left breast swelled up, and it felt hot and painful. I went to the surgeon and he had to take the implant out to take a biopsy. He said it was staph infection. I don't understand, where could I have gotten it?
Hello, The story you tell makes me think of bleeding. Rapid swelling and pain after a fall is not the typical story for an infection. Your case sounds like an accident.
Your story is not typical. Perhaps you had suffered abrasions of your chest that made the chest swell. It is hard to know without examining you at the time of your injury or during yoru early follow-up. Staph infections, if they are just on the skin, can usually be treated with oral antibiotic. But if they are... more
Early infections are much more common that ones presenting a year later. The source of the infection is usually from the blood and not a direct cut at the site. If you had a seroma (fluid collection) or hematoma (blood collection) that has been present since the surgery, it would be possible for that to get... more
There was really no choice but to remove the implant. Once an implant becomes infected there is no way to clear the infection without removal. It is highly unusual for an implant to become infected one year after the surgery. There are reports of remote site infections due to an increased... more
During the education and information portion of you preoperative consultation, your surgeon likely mentioned the risk of infection. Implant area infections are uncommon. Most often they occur within weeks after the initial surgery. Late infections like you describe are more unusual, but not... more
This is an interesting scenario, and is another clinical observation that supports the notion that breast implants placed in the sub-pectoral space (behind the muscle) are probably more isolated and protected from transient episodes of bacteremia (like after a dental cleaning or certain types of surgery),... more
Staph infection following Breast Augmentation generally appears within the first 7-10 days after surgery. Under this circumstance, it is usually caused by a break in surgical technique or contamination of the implant, generally from bacteria resident on the patient's skin. Delayed Staph infection,... more
You've asked a complicated question. Usually infections of breast implants show up immediately. A year is usually enough time for your body to heal the incisions and form scar tissue around the implants which protects them somewhat. However, it is possible to have implants get infected at any time... more