I have fibromyalgia (or multiple sclerosis, etc.), is it safe for me to get implants?
This is up to you and your primary care physician, although I have friends who have both disorders and breast implants, nothing has gotten worse (or better) since the implantation of their prostheses many years ago. The FDA released information stating that the IOM concluded that implants do not cause nor contribute to disorders such as these.
It must be said that those predisposed to have disorders may experience develop them after having been exposed to high levels of stress, trauma, surgery, foreign bodies, infections, high blood pressure, accidents, etc. These disorders are well-documented in developing after a trigger such as the aforementioned.
Those with fibromyalgia, MS, lupus, etc. have advised me that they experienced worsened symptoms with the presence of foreign bodies, whether that be breast implants, or bovine collagen injections. I assume due to the stress of a foreign body on the immune system. Others however, have told me they experienced no change at all.
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