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What is the amount of Chromium and Cobalt needing emergency attention?
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Feb 14 10:33am | Replies (17)Comment receiving replies
I am seeing an orthopaedic surgeon Friday to discuss my joint and the Cobalt reading. My GP is not very clued up on metal deposits in the blood and what reading is significant. I am hoping the appointment on Friday will provide more information on my Cobalt reading, the side effects and a view on the most likely joint leaking the Cobalt.
I have had confirmed the problem is not with the 2 hip joints replaced nor the right knee because the material used in the replacement device was Titanium and no Cobalt. This leaves my left knee and the right ankle as possible culprits and I am looking for the decision on which is causing the high reading, these two being the oldest replacements. I would then be in a position to consider revision surgery.
All very speculative to date and will copy the conclusion from the Friday meeting.
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@rogersmith my wife had the Stryker implants. Any elevated levels of Cobalt / Chromium I would say is an issue. My wife had titanium / Crome and ended up with 17.6 Cobalt and 9.7 Chroumin, both Toxic! Should you find out the Long term side effects from these two chemicals I would be interested. We even tried connecting with a VA orthopedic surgeon because they deal almost daily…..they do the repair work not so up on the chemical side effects. Just an fYI! There are some implants that have been called back and a class action law suit; should you know the name of your implant you could look it up. This doesn’t help with the immediate issue but I suggest you should check it out before any follow up surgeries!
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You might input the name of the prothesis used, when it was implanted and your known metal levels plus other pertinent information into copilot and let it search. Copilot can give you some good ideas about what to ask your doctor based on all the research available and standard practices.
I have never know copilot to need to be reminded but you can always say to limit its findings to research, standard practices or whatever you wish.