What Tests Should I Have Due to
Breast Implant Illness Symptoms?
What Tests Should I Have Due to Breast Implant Illness Symptoms?
Once you recognize yourself in the listed breast implant illness symptoms, it is best to stop wasting precious time and money on testing and misdiagnoses and instead go straight to explant. There is no definitive test to prove your breast implants are causing your symptoms but the following medical tests are where health problems from silicone and breast implants may show up in us. It’s important to note, it’s not uncommon for our test results to fall just inside normal ranges yet we feel very ill and symptomatic due to our breast implants with tests showing little.
Breast Implant Illness Tests
- ANA Antinuclear Antibody
- Checks autoimmune markers
- CBC + Lipids
- Checks red, white blood cells, platelets, anemia, infection
- NK Cells
- Checks Immunodeficiency
- CMP Comprehensive Metabolic Panel
- Checks glucose, electrolytes, kidney and liver
- Blood Profile of Amino Acids by Chromatography
- amino acids are involved in liver detoxification and are depleted in many of us. Important aminos for detox are cysteine, methionine, aspartic acid, arginine, ornithine and lysine
- Bone Density
- Checks for low bone density
- Thyroid – TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3, TPO Ab and TG Ab
- Temperature Test for Thyroid
- Parathyroid – Calcium and PTH Test
- Adrenal Hormones
- Cortisol, DHEA-S, Estradiol, Estrogen, Progesterone, Pregnenlone, Testosterone Free and Total, Sex Hormone Binding Globuline
- B12, B6 and Folate Deficiency
- Checks for low B12, B6 and low folate
- Vitamin D, 25 Hydroxy
- Checks for Vitamin D Deficiency
- Iron and Ferritin Test
- Checks for iron derangement
- Magnesium and Potassium Levels
- Iodine Levels
- CRP-C and ESR
- to check for inflammation but they may not show much and you may have to dig deeper with these tests TFN, TGF-beta 1, interleukins, IGE and gammaglobulin for inflammation
- APA Assay
- Checks for abnormal immune system response with Fibromyalgia
- Visual Contrast Sensitivity Eye Test at vcstest.com
- Checks for mold biotoxin
- Leaky Gut, SIBO and IBS Tests
- Infections Such as EBV, Lyme, H-Pylori, Mycoplasma, Intracellular, Cocksackie, Cytomegalovirus, Herpes etc.
- Fungal Tests Including Candida, IgM and IgG
- Parasites of the Gut
- EKG and Echocardiogram for Heart Changes
- MRI Without Gandolinium Contrast Which Causes Toxicity in us or Ultrasound to Detect Leaks/Ruptures
- Mammogram can rupture implants
Other Tests
1. The Silicone Hypersensitivity Panel through betterlabtestsnow.com has existed for years and is once again gaining popularity but it should not be used to rule out breast implant illness as results vary from woman to woman and ingredients vary from implant to implant. It is a panel of 19 items, including materials commonly used in breast implants, and related possible irritants. Please note this test does NOT test for silicone levels within your body, only sensitivity to it. Testing for sensitivity to: Silicone, Silicates (silicon dioxide), Polyvinylpyrrolidone, Tin/stannous chloride, Titanium dioxide, Petroleum byproducts of Xylene, Toluene, Benzene, Latex, Phenol, Formaldehyde, Vinyl chloride, Green #5, Blue #2, Violet #2, Aspergillus niger, Candida albicans, Aluminum.
2. Genetic testing for genetic variants which affect methylation and detox pathways is suggested as about 30 to 40 percent of the population may have MTHFR genetic variants which negatively affect their ability to detox toxic chemicals and heavy metals of silicone. My own MTHFR genetic variants accounted for how sick I was from silicone breast implants and for my low B12 status which itself causes many symptoms and health problems. Many of us do have MTHFR genetic variants and without supporting our methylation and detox pathways with specific nutrients we accumulate toxins and heavy metals. After receiving your file of raw data from a genetic testing company you can upload it to genetic reading sites such as Geneticgenie.org, Nutrahacker.com or Selfdecode.com which provide reports to explain your particular genetic variants and more importantly how to support yourself with food and supplements.
3. MicroNutrient testing such as Spectracell’s Micronutrient Testing which can identify nutritional deficiencies caused by health problems due to breast implants and also contributing to your symptoms and illness. Bringing up our nutrient deficiencies will assist our healing and support our immune system.
4. The Organic Acids Test (OAT) by The Great Plains Labratory offers a comprehensive metabolic snapshot of patient’s overall health with 75 markers and an accurate evaluation of intestinal yeast and bacteria. Many people with chronic illnesses and neurological disorders often excrete several abnormal organic acids in their urine revealing fungus and bacteria overgrowth. Abnormally high levels of these yeast and bacteria can cause many symptoms including fatigue and immune dysfunction. The cause of these high levels could include oral antibiotic use, high sugar diets, immune deficiencies due to breast implants, acquired infections, as well as genetic factors.
5. Fungitell Assay may be helpful to identify invasive fungal infections which are not uncommon in us due to breast implants causing immune deficits and eliminating these fungal infections are necessary in order to heal.
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Hi Nicole,
You mentioned about getting you raw genetic dna data and uploading it to those sites, can you recommend any genetic testing places or kits to get the raw dna data thats specifically for this.
Hi Danielle,
I used 23andme.com in 2017 to test my genetics, you may want to google what the top genetic testing sites are right now.
Hi, Jana. I had high prolactin BEFORE I had implants..and it may have contributed to my infertility. I was producing milk wayyyy past when I was done nursing and I think my body ‘thought’ it was pregnant!. It showed in a brain scan that my pituitary had a benign tumor. I was given plaquenil for a few years.
Hi, I am awaiting explant, I’ve suffered for years with health issues, and only recently discovered Bii, which hit me like a brick. I’ve had my implants in since the 1980s, and distinctly remember my consultant at the time telling me the only downside was that I would have full breasts in my 80s when everything else was drooping.
I joined your page, but left as I thought it was just for people in America and because I am in the uk I wanted advice from people going through the NHS and what their experience was.
Do you have many uk members? If so can I Rejoin?
I have since realised the uk facebook group I joined keep referring to things off your site, hence me finding this list.
Hi Judy, we suggest to join and stay in both groups so you have access to all information to help you.
Hi Judy…like you I wasnt aware until recently that my implants may be why I have 25 of the symptoms on the list (while my sister has none of them). I am determined to have an explant this year…the sooner the better! I have had these implants since 1991. Good luck to both of us!