HEALTH COACH - What you need to know if you have breast implants

HEALTH COACH -

 What you need to know if you have breast implants   
 

 If the CD30 test is positive, M.R.I. Analyzes and other tests are usually necessary to determine the stage of cancer. 

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 The first step of treatment should be to remove the implants - both, even if only one seems to cause problems - and completely eliminate the scar tissue capsules that are forming around them. If the capsules are not excised, the cancer may lengthen or recur, and the prognosis becomes worse. 

 Although implants have been used for cosmetic reasons, some insurers cover surgery to remove them if the lymphoma develops but the surgeon must make the reason clear and choose the right diagnostic codes. 
 
 Doctors report that In about 85 percent of cases, the disease has not spread beyond the tissue around the implant, and surgery alone seems to cure it. Once the disease is cleared, some women opt for new implants. 
 
 But if lymphoma is widespread, chemotherapy will be needed and maybe radiation. Some women have had cancer as aggressive as they need high-dose chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation. Around the world, about a dozen women have died. 
 
 For women involved and without problems, regular care should include routine mammograms, performed by a trained technician to treat the implants, according to F.D.A. For women who have implants filled with silicone, routine care should also include MR. Scans to check the rupture of the implant, with the first analysis three years after surgery and imaging tracking every two years. But insurers may not cover the cost of these scans for women who have obtained implants for breast augmentation because such expenses are considered to be related to cosmetic surgery. 
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