159: Dr Jill interviews Dr Jill Schofield on the Breast Implant Illness - MCAS, POTS connection.

In this enlightening interview, Dr. Jill Carnahan sits down with renowned expert Dr. Jill Schofield to discuss the fascinating connection between Breast Implant and MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome), POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), and Dysautonomia.

Key Points
1) Why adjuvants like silicone from breast implants may be causing autoimmunity or MCAS
2) One reason we are seeing increase in mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) after COVID
3) The benefits of using IVIG and other medications for breast implant related illness, POTS and dysautonomia.

Dr. Jill Schofield

Dr. Schofield is the Founder and Director of the Center for Multisystem Disease. She graduated from the University of Colorado School of Medicine with Honors in 1995 and completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore from 1995 to 1998. She worked for many years as a hospitalist and teaching attending at St. Joseph Hospital in Denver before developing an interest in autoimmune disease.

She has published a number of original research papers and regularly presents her work at national and international meetings. She is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Colorado in the Department of Medicine.

Dr. Schofield was the recipient of the Dysautonomia Support Network Patient’s Choice Game Changer Award in 2019 for her work in the use of immunoglobulin therapy in autoimmune dysautonomia. Her primary areas of interest are the antiphospholipid syndrome and the emerging fields of autoimmune dysautonomia and mast cell activation syndrome. She has developed considerable expertise and interest in searching for the underlying cause of dysautonomia in adults and children who fail to improve with conservative therapies

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[gasaurus]

I wish i could afford to visit either of your practices. I've been bedbound from covid since march 2020.

[RedReneeSharice]

I am 99% sure I have breast plant illness. My primary care has been useless. Do I go to another specialist or a plastic surgeon for removal? I am so scared to go under now because of my POTS and Autoimmume symptoms

[micheleowen]

i have horrific IC and daily migraines, intolerance to foods and breast implants for 20 years. I was sick before I got the implants being exhausted all the time and sensitive to chemicals and zinging sleep starts that cause anxiety. The IC came after implants and migraines worsen by the year. Is this mast cell? Can you lead me in the direction of medication you use for this please? I tried one antihistamine for MC and it made me so tired. I'm unable to do anything with so much pain and live in GA. Thank you for anything you could help me with. I'm miserable! i don't know how to get a Dr to do IVIG here.