How Do You Know If You Have Breast Implant Illness?

Millions of women around the world have breast implants. More and more are coming forward and talking about their experiences and how their implants are making them very sick.

Over time symptoms start appearing that you didn’t experience before. Then eventually your quality of life has gone down the drain and you feel like you are barely surviving.

You go from doctor to doctor and test after test to find out what’s wrong with you. Why do your muscles and joints ache and why you can’t think clearly and are tired all the time? Unfortunately, not having a doctor that knows about Breast Implant Illness will continually have you being misdiagnosed.

Breast Implant Illness Symptoms

Healing Breast Implant Illness produced a list of symptoms that are consistently reported by women with BII. It’s a really long list too! That just shows there is a very strong link between your symptoms and those breast implants. If you need more evidence… 89% of women had huge improvements in their health after having their implants removed! That’s huge!

ARE YOU EXPERIENCING THESE SYMPTOMS…

• Fatigue

• Brain fog, memory loss, cognitive problems

• Muscle pain and weakness

• Joint pain of the neck, shoulder, back, hip, knee, hands/feet

• Hair loss, dry hair

• Premature aging of the skin

• Skin itching, rashes

• Weight problems

• Inflammation

• Insomnia and poor sleep

• Dry eyes, vision decline

• Hypothyroid

• Adrenal fatigue

• Parathyroid problems

• Early menopause, diminishing hormones

• Low libido

• Slow healing

• Slow recovery after exercising

• Vertigo

• Headaches, migraines, ocular migraines

• Coughing, choking, difficulty swallowing

• Reflux, GERD

• Nausea, leaky gut, SIBO

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome

• Fevers, night sweats, heat intolerance

• Persistent bacterial and viral infections

• Yeast infections, Candida, Sinusitis (fungal)

• Ear ringing

• Metallic tastes

• New food intolerances and allergies

• Heart Palpitations, heart changes, heart pain

• Blood pressure problems

• Swollen and tender lymph nodes of breast and underarm

• Bouts of dehydrations from no reason

• Frequent urination

• Numbness and tingling in limbs

• Cold and discolored hands and feet

• Chest discomfort, shortness of breath

• Pain or burning around implant and underarm

• Liver problems

• Kidney problems

• Gallbladder problems

• Pancreatitis

• Depression, anxiety, panic attacks

• Feeling like you are dying

• Symptoms or diagnosis of Fibromyalgia

• Symptoms or diagnosis of Lyme

• Symptoms or diagnosis of autoimmune diseases such as Raynaud’s Syndrome, Hashimoto’s, Addison’s Disease, Graves Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Scleroderma, Lupus, Sjogren’s Syndrome, Unspecified Connective Tissue Disease, POTS, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Multiple Sclerosis, and others

• Symptoms or diagnosis of DIA-ALCL lymphoma

• Symptoms or diagnosis of other cancers known to be associated with breast implants such as MElanoma, brain cancer, Myeloma respiratory cancer, various breast cancers, various lymphomas, various carcinomas, and sarcomas

FACEBOOK SUPPORT GROUPS

Please be assured that you aren’t the only one experiencing these symptoms. Over 100,00 women have joined Breast Implant Illness and Healing By Nicole on Facebook. This is a support group where women are talking about their symptoms, experiences, and their pathway to healing.

It has helped me to understand my symptoms, what I am going through and how my implants are making me sick! These women are all here to support each other and show that your symptoms are all not all made up in your head.

Millions of Women Have Breast Implant Illness

These women experience symptoms ranging from, fatigue/low energy, cognitive problems, headaches, joint and muscle pain, hair loss, recurring infections, swollen lymph nodes, rashes, IBS, problems with thyroid and adrenals, and autoimmune symptoms.

Not only can I relate but it gives me hope, that one day I’ll have my implants explanted and begin to heal, physically and mentally.

Find the Right Doctor

If you are experiencing these symptoms, find a doctor that knows about Breast Implant Illness. Get their professional advice and have the right tests done to help you.

My Symptoms

To be honest… I experienced about 30 of those symptoms above. I had seen doctors and they told me, for the most part, my symptoms were related to getting older.

I tested in the ‘normal’ ranges for the test they had me take. Those doctors just told me to work out harder, eat a more restrictive diet, or to consider having a tubal ligation (not sure how that was related! to my symptoms!). I was told so many things… except that my breast implants might be the root cause.

I eventually found a doctor who opened my eyes to Breast Implant Illness. She knew what implants were doing to my body.

More importantly, she knew how to test for specific inflammation markers to determine if my breast implants were truly affecting my health and body.

And guess what… I had high inflammation markers!

The Right Tests

Although there is no definitive test to prove you have Breast Implants Illness, there are tests that can determine health problems related to silicone related to your breast implants.

 Healing Breast Implant Illness has outlined tests you can ask your doctor to do, to know more about how your implants are affecting your health: Healing Breast Implant Illness Tests

Do you have Breast Implants or even thinking about getting them?

This is important to read if you are planning on getting them or thinking about explanting…