Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Understanding Breast Implant Illness: Chronic Inflammation Explained

21 Jan 2025 · 0 min

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Robert Whitfield MD states his view that breast implant illness (BII) should be understood as chronic inflammation in which breast implants (a medical device) can play a contributory role but are not the only cause. He lists additional contributors that he discusses in his book, including genetics, gut microbiome, toxicity testing, food sensitivities, and metabolomics, and frames these as targets to help identify and address root causes of inflammation in patients.

And so everybody listening. I consider breast implant illness to be chronic inflammation and a medical device, in this case a breast implant, is playing a role. It's not the only contributor to this. And we can talk about, you know, genetics and gut microbiome and toxicity testing and food sensitivities and metabolomics and all the things mentioned in my book, because those round out and helped us figure out and address many of the other root causes for inflammation affecting the patients.