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Metal hypersensitivity post acdf surgery. Anyone else?

Spine Health | Last Active: Feb 19 5:52pm | Replies (10)

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@jacorona

I need to know if blood tests exist with specific names for these tests that detect hardware metal (stainless steel and Titanium plates) TOXICITY IN THE BLOOD used for ACDF Surgery I underwent in 2017. Needless to say, the long-term symptoms have turned my world upside down due to allergic POSSIBLLE Toxicity for ACDF Spinal neck Fusion Surgery. The symptoms include but are not limited to.......bloodshot eyes and eye swelling, Vertigo, dysphagia, muscle leg tremors and Symptoms and memory loss.

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@jacorona Welcome to Connect. I have had vertigo caused my neck muscle spasms that were twisting my vertebrae on their own. Muscle spasms can be common with spine issues . Since my ACDF, the spasms have calmed down unless I do something odd that may trigger it like sleeping with my neck in a bad position of not being properly supported.

I worked with my physical therapist on this and I can usually stretch and massage away a muscle issue and keep my neck aligned as it should be. The reason it happened was the rotation of vertebrae stretches the vertebral artery inside which is part of the blood supply to the brain. All I had to do is look upward when my neck was out of alignment and it caused vertigo immediately. I wasn't aware that the rotation had happened. I do get other symptoms like one sided headaches on the back of my head or a pain from my neck into a shoulder blade on one side. This is because muscles are being stretched because the other side contracted with a spasm. This is when I know to check my neck for alignment issues.

Jennifer