Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Why Diagnosing BII [Breast Implant Illness] Can Be Illusive

30 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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Robert Whitfield MD explains why diagnosing Breast Implant Illness (BII) can be elusive: patients and their traditional physicians often cannot identify what is causing symptoms despite normal implant exams and extensive laboratory work. Many patients seek multiple consultations (including plastic surgeons), bring extensive test results, and still receive no revealing findings; some travel long distances to consult Dr. Whitfield.

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And the patient doesn't know what's going on. And their traditional physicians don't know what's going on. They may have seen their plastic surgeon or another plastic surgeon to have their, you know, exam to see if there's anything wrong with the implant. Could that be the case? And many times there's nothing wrong, nothing that the doctor can find. And they, you know, do lots of blood work. I have folks come from all over the United States see me, and they have fistfuls of papers, blood work, and there's nothing that's really revealed.