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I also have stiffness ++ one year post TKR I also take vitamins , Omega and...
also have stiffness ++ one year post TKR ... and have some degree of immunity to metals ... chalking up some of these symptoms to metal ... allergy which I think increases with
Hi, I have been skimming and scanning from beginning of this thread. I didn't know how...
another Mayo thread that reviewed allergies ... to the Nickel and other metals in the ... TKR implants. ... posting mentioned that the ceramic TKR ... allergies!
Posted: Sep 24, 2025
Hello moprea, I had TKR in 2020 and my knee has never felt the same. I...
Hello moprea, I had TKR in 2020 and ... On your concerns about a metal allergy ... unless the patient is tested for a metal ... allergy. ... very high, along with a few other metals
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Aug 21, 2025
Since my revision I have had asthma exacerbation. More often post op. When I am on...
are probably due to a reaction to my TKR ... that there are no blood tests to show metal ... allergies, that are FDA approved.
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: May 22, 2025
Hi @jennia, I would like to add my welcome to Connect along with @debbraw. I had...
I had a TKR in April and before I had ... blood tests and one was checking for metal ... allergies which didn't find I had ... a metal allergy. ... knee arthroplasty for patients with metal
Hi @jennia - Welcome to Connect! I've had two TKRs and I'm happy to say both...
feeling concerned with your titanium allergy ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/need-tkr-and-had-positive-allergy-testing-bone-cement-and-metals
@melcpa86, you may noticed I moved your recent discussion and combined it with an existing discussion...
melcpa86, here is another discussion on metal ... allergy you may find interesting too ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/need-tkr-and-had-positive-allergy-testing-bone-cement-and-metals
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Dec 3, 2018
Hi Carol, I had TKR on my right knee two years ago at a Boston hospital....
Hi Carol, I had TKR on my right knee ... experience, but it was because I was allergic ... Also, I would advise you to have allergy ... testing for different types of metals
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Oct 31, 2022
Yes, my doctor is at a loss what to do since I developed an allergy to...
loss what to do since I developed an allergy ... titanium. l just found out that l was allergic ... to the metal since my TKR in 07/28/
So sorry you are having pain when they talk you into having the proceedure they just...
I feel I was allergic to the Chromium-Nickel ... The place that performed the TKR won ... If you can, get an allergy test for ... If you are allergic to those metals ... almost no one has a reaction to that metal
I too had fluid withdrawal from knees as part of the medical investigation a year after...
No infection, no metal allergy, no form ... tender and post op X-rays of first TKR ... been almost 3 years from the first TKR ... I must be that percent of TKR that fail
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Dec 29, 2025
I had TKR twice cause of loosening . MRI or xray does not show all what...
I had TKR twice cause of loosening . ... you are in pain could be that or an allergic ... surgeries just to find out that im allergic ... to the metal’s components 😡
With my TKR I was never informed I could have an allergy to the bone cement....
With my TKR I was never informed I could ... have an allergy to the bone cement. ... three years surgeon thought I could be allergic ... physician referred me to an allergist for metal ... My results were being allergic to the
Posted: Dec 4, 2025
I had to have 3 TKR on my left knee…Had a doctor in Henderson, NV do...
I had to have 3 TKR on my left knee… ... replacement was loose…did a second TKR ... she said if you remember, mom was allergic ... to metal, my sister’s are all allergic ... to metal and as a matter of fact, I
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jun 9, 2024
Hi @cmquigley Welcome to Connect. The first thing I thought of when I read your post...
when I read your post was a possibly allergy ... to the cement used in the TKR. ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/need-tkr-and-had-positive-allergy-testing-bone-cement-and-metals ... expect a patient to wait a year after a TKR ... If the surgeon who did your TKR is not
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Oct 31, 2019
Hello @geraldg, and welcome to Connect. You may notice I moved your discussion and combined it...
existing discussion titled, "Need TKR ... and had positive allergy testing / ... Bone Cement and Metals." I did this ... issues with TKR's. ... talked about their experiences with metal
Hi @denver - Welcome to Connect! I am so sorry to hear about your allergy to...
I am so sorry to hear about your allergy ... It sounds as if the allergic reaction ... people who have had experience with allergies ... connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/need-tkr-and-had-positive-allergy-testing-bone-cement-and-metals
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Apr 1, 2019
Dear Leithlane (and all) - I'm new to this forum, but not to this issue and...
was more or less "talked into a TKR ... Now at 3+ years out on that original TKR ... had since, an MUA on the original TKR ... First the TKR, then PT, then an MUA ... According to NIH - metal allergies typically
Support Group: Joint Replacements
Posted: Jan 16, 2019