Robert Whitfield MD says genetic differences can identify who's more susceptible to breast implant illness through four immune-related pathways. There's no definitive diagnostic test, but genetic analysis can show your risk based on how your immune system works.
But I can tell you now, spending all this time looking at everybody's genetics, you can definitely figure out who's more susceptible to it. So in the four pathways, if you're missing or have problems in all four of them, like everybody asked me, Rob, can you, is there a test? Do you have a test for this? Can you, can you tell if someone has breast implant illness? I'm like, well, no, but I can tell you who's more susceptible to develop it. I can, I can tell you that, you know, through genetics. I think that's my best, like, lens to look through and see like based on their immune pathway function, who's more susceptible to this. And then I think that's basically the take home message that I can share with you and your audience is like, you can't outrun your genetics. You didn't pick your parents, but they definitely gave you your genetics. So the more you learn about that, the better off you'll be.
