Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Unveiling the Truth About Hormone Levels and Breast Implant Illness at 25

13 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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A short transcript excerpt from Robert Whitfield MD discussing hormone testing in patients with suspected breast implant illness, emphasizing that young patients (in their 20s) should not exhibit suppressed free testosterone or low total testosterone. He lists specific hormones routinely tested in this evaluation.

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Total testosterone, free testosterone, estradiol, estrone, and DHEA.

No — the speaker states that suppressed free testosterone and low total testosterone should not be seen in someone in their 20s.

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And I was like, well, I've had these symptoms in somebody who are 25, that's not perimenopause. So you. We can. And I talked to Betty about this, but I'll just reiterate and then she can comment on it. So if I have somebody with what we would term breast implant illness, which is just chronic inflammation, you know, medical device is part of the the picture. And we test their hormones. In particular, we're looking at total testosterone, free testosterone, estradiol levels, estrone levels, DHEA levels. They'll have a really suppressed free testosterone level and a low total. And in your 20s, you should not have that. So when someone says something to me, I'll clap back and say, no, not in your 20s. No, no, we shouldn't see that in your 20s.