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@dia61 This lab in Chicago tests for allergies to many implant materials. https://www.orthopedicanalysis.com/ if you need treatment for implant reactions, you can find information at https://www.ehcd.com/ . That is a practice that pioneered environmental medicine with the original founder.
I did have a reaction to titanium plates after an ankle fracture. I was getting hives all the time and had the plates removed after I was healed. That was the end of having chronic hives and pain from the plates.