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Silicon implants threaten women’s health
28-11-2018
A recent study has revealed that silicon implants could increase the risk of arthritis, endometriosis and even skin cancer among women, Al Diyar reported on Saturday. The study, which is the biggest on breast implants to date, was conducted by a team at the MD Andeson Cancer Center at the University of Texas, Houston. It covered 100,000 female patients between 2007 and 2010, including 80,000 women who underwent the surgery. The remaining percentage had saline implants using silicon bags filled with sterile saline solution. Researchers have found that women who underwent silicon surgery had a higher chance of developing serious health complications, including rheumatoid arthritis and Sjogren syndrome, which is a disorder of the immune system characterized by dry eyes and mouth, in addition to the possibility of skin hardening and stiffness of chronic connective tissue. Researchers also found that women who underwent silicon surgery were at risk of stillbirth, the death of the fetus in the womb after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The study has shown that those women had a higher risk of skin cancer, about 4 times higher than women who got saline implants. (Al Diyar, November 24, 2018)
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