Re: here's a believer!

[Guest guest]

Dawn how long have you been sick for? I guess I was

wrong in my impression that you got sick only

recently.

I have been sick for a long time myself.

I am just starting to get better since explanting 2

months ago!

When is your explant?

Annie

--- Dawn Aldredge <dawn.aldredge@...> wrote:

>

> Throughout my years of failing health I have

> collected what can

> virtually be called a full and expansive library of

> medical texts and

> text upon text of natural therapies and syndromes.

>

> I found this, this morning which I will copy for

> you. Saline implants

> are encased in a silicone shell; therefore, I

> believe this applies,

> especially when you see the symptoms.

>

>

> This is from the book called " What Your Doctor May

> NOT Tell You About

> Autoimmune Disorders " by B. Edelson, MD. And

> Deborah .

>

> Please excuse any typos as I am just going to type

> as I read. Here goes.

>

> SILICONE IMMUNE TOXICITY SYNDROME

> About thirty years after silicone breast implants

> first began to be

> used, hundreds and then thousands of reports of

> complications were made.

> What had started out to be a positive, confidence

> boosting operation

> sought by an estimated two million women turned into

> an autoimmune

> nightmare for thousands of them. That's because the

> silicone breast

> implants that had been placed into their chests had

> leaked. In fact,

> research shows that after twelve years of use, up to

> 95 percent of

> breast implants had deformities such as holes or

> cracks. Once the

> silicone left the implant, it traveled through the

> body and deposited

> itself in various sites, causing free radical damage

> and an assortment

> of symptoms in some women.

>

> Silicone Immune Toxicity Syndrome and Autoimmunity

> Although at first researchers tried to link the

> symptoms experienced by

> women who had leaking silicone breast implants to

> other autoimmune

> disorders, such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus,

> for me and many other

> scientists, the symptoms pointed to a new disorder.

> That disorder

> eventually was named silicone immune toxicity

> syndrome. Dozens of

> studies support the validity of this autoimmune

> disorder. For example:

> * Among 176 women with breast implants who were

> examined at the

> Hospital for joint diseases in New York, 77 percent

> had chronic fatigue,

> 65 percent had cognitive dysfunction, 56 percent had

> severe joint pain,

> 53 percent hair loss.

> * At Louisiana State University Medical Center at

> New Orleans, 300

> women with implants had developed musculoskeletal

> complaints. The

> symptoms appeared an average of 6.8 years after

> implantation.

> * High levels of antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) were

> found in 10 of

> 11 women with implants who also had auto immune

> symptoms.

> * In a study of 111 women (with and without

> implants), those with

> implants had a statistically significant increase in

> anti-silicone

> antibodies, with the highest levels seen in women

> who had a ruptured

> breast implant.

> * An Australian study showed that 70 women with

> silicone implants

> had elevated levels of auto antibodies to collagen,

> similar to what is

> found in women who have lupus or rheumatoid

> arthritis.

> * A study of 50 women with implants showed that 89

> percent had

> fatigue, 78 percent had joint pain and 38 percent

> had positive ANAs.

> * In 56 women with implants and scleroderma (an

> autoimmune

> disease), the scleroderma had developed an average

> of nine years after

> implantation. Among these women, 83 percent had ANAs

> and 77 percent had

> Raynaud's phenomenon.

>

> Signs and Symptoms

> Women who have silicone immune toxicity syndrome

> often have many

> symptoms that mimic those of other autoimmune

> disorders, and have other

> autoimmune disorders as well. The most common signs

> and symptoms include

> the following:

> * Rheumatoid arthritis (see chapter 6)

> * Sjogren's syndrome (see " Sjogren's Syndrome, "

> below)

> * Severe fatigue

> * Tingling in the hands and feet

> * Memory and cognitive difficulties

> * Night sweats

> * Muscle inflammation

> * Hair loss

> * Abdominal pain

> * Emotional instability

> * Joint and tendon pain

> * Multiple chemical sensitivities and food and

> inhalant

> sensitivities

>

> Causes

>

> Silicone breast implants contain silicone gel, a

> synthetic material

> containing 38 percent silicon. Silicon is a

> nonmetallic element found in

> the soil, and is the primary component of glass.

> Silicone (medical grade

> suitable for implantation) is a compound in which

> the carbon has been

> replaced by silicon. Silicone used for breast

> implants is placed in a

> semi permeable membrane envelope for implantation.

>

> As silicone gel leaks from the implants, the

> material is picked up by

> macrophages (immune system cells), broken down, and

> circulated

> throughout the body. The gel breaks down into

> silicon and silica, which

> cause dysregulation of the immune system. The body

> produces antibodies

> against the silicon and also against the protein

> complex (the complex

> that forms when silicon attaches to protein

> molecules in various

> organs), resulting in an autoimmune response.

>

> In addition, the silicone gel stimulates production

> of free radicals,

> which damage cell walls, DNA, and enzyme systems.

> This damage can be

> pervasive, affecting all organs in the body.

>

> Daria: A Case of Silicone Immune Toxicity Syndrome

>

> Daria came to the Edelson Center after fighting a

> three year battle with

> silicone immune toxicity syndrome. By age forty -

> five, she had a

> successful career as a dentist, but her symptoms

> were now making it

> extremely difficult for her to continue to practice.

> She took a

> sabbatical and came to my Center.

>

> Comprehensive Medical History Evaluation

> Questionnaire responses

> revealed that during the 1970's she developed

> sensitivities to metals

> used in her dental practice. In 1987 she had

> silicone breast implants

> and was happy with the cosmetic results. In 1996 she

> had silicone

> injected into her face and her troubles started. She

> lost twenty pounds,

> developed muscle and joint pain, had frequent

> urination, fatigue,

> headache, bruising in her extremities, digestive

> problems, abdominal

> pain, bone pain, edema, dry skin, rash chest pain,

> belching,

> irritability, and decreased cognition, among other

> symptoms.

>

> We administered a battery of tests and found, among

> other things,

> Candida and Klebsiella infections; deficiencies of

> the minerals

> selenium, magnesium, and manganese; high levels of

> mercury and lead;

> chemical toxicity (specifically to the toxins

> toluene, xylene, and

> dichloromethane); auto antibodies to myelin basic

> protein; and an

> increased T-cell reaction to silicone and silicon.

>

>

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