A short YouTube commentary by Robert Whitfield MD addressing whether breast implants cause autoimmune disease. The speaker notes autoimmune diseases have existed since the 1700s–1800s and argues implants (breast and other types) are not the sole cause of autoimmune disease but can add stress to the immune system—especially in people with genetic predispositions, environmental exposures, or toxic insults.
So, you know, people had autoimmune diseases since the 1700s and 1800s. So obviously, breast implants, hip implants, knee implants, dental implants aren't responsible for all autoimmune diseases. Certainly when you add an implant of any of those varieties, including obviously breast implants, into the mix of someone who's got that genetic predisposition or environmental exposures or, you know, toxicity for some reason, something off, you know, then you're really setting them up or setting, you know, the, the, the immune system up for a lot of stress.
