Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Chronic Inflammation: Surprising Effects of Breast Implants

28 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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A short video conversation led by Robert Whitfield MD about chronic inflammation in patients with and without breast implants. Dr. Whitfield lists a wide range of chronic inflammatory symptoms—neurological (brain fog, headache, light/sound sensitivity), ENT issues (dry eyes, cough, sinusitis), cardiac/respiratory symptoms (palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath), peripheral nerve symptoms (nerve pain, tremors), and severe gut dysfunction—followed by a surprised reaction from the second speaker noting gut effects from breast implants.

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Chronic inflammation exists with or without implants. Most of my patients show up with a laundry list of chronic inflammatory symptoms from head to toe. So neurologically, they can get brain fog, they can have headache, they can have light sensitivity, sound sensitivity in the whole ear, nose and throat system, dry eyes, cough, sinusitis. Chronic stuff that has no answers. Heart palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath, nerve pain in their extremities, tremors. And then the gut is just wildly abnormal, like everything.
That'S interesting that you say the gut. I. I don't think I would have ever thought that gut problems could be caused by breast implants.