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Age. Hip replacement surgery is common among the elderly.
She had a hip replacement at age 37. That's not due to age.
I do not know who these Very Important Patients are, what sort of insurance they carry, what their social-credit ratings are, or what sort of providers they see, but this article reads to me like an episode of “House MD” or “Doc Martin”. I can only vouch for my personal lived experience, as a mentally ill man living in poverty, on Medicaid and ACA plans. No provider would ever in a million years do this kind of dilig…
There actually was an episode of House with this very diagnosis from a hip replacement, https://house.fandom.com/wiki/Family_Practice
I do not know who these Very Important Patients are, what sort of insurance they carry, what their social-credit ratings are, or what sort of providers they see, but this article reads to me like an episode of “House MD” or “Doc Martin”. I can only vouch for my personal lived experience, as a mentally ill man living in poverty, on Medicaid and ACA plans. No provider would ever in a million years do this kind of dilig…
There actually was an episode of House with this very diagnosis from a hip replacement, https://house.fandom.com/wiki/Family_Practice
I do not know who these Very Important Patients are, what sort of insurance they carry, what their social-credit ratings are, or what sort of providers they see, but this article reads to me like an episode of “House MD” or “Doc Martin”. I can only vouch for my personal lived experience, as a mentally ill man living in poverty, on Medicaid and ACA plans. No provider would ever in a million years do this kind of dilig…
This paper from 2015 describes a similar case (quickly identified via X-ray by the deformation of the metal structure)
"It has been well established in the literature that revision of a fractured ceramic total hip replacement with metallic components can result in metallosis. Several authors have reported symptomatic cobalt toxicity after revision of a failed ceramic head component to a metal-on-polyethylene articulation"
I wonder if the same can happen from dental implants. While not subject to the same levels of mechanical stress, the mouth can be a very acidic environment which can be corrosive to metals.
The risk to the individual is actually really low, but cremation and general waste disposal introduces mercury as a pollutant to the environment.
https://www.optimaldentalhealth.co.uk/mercury-fillings-banne...
Ouch! I must say, she got lucky they diagnosed the cobalt poisoning in time.
Ouch! I must say, she got lucky they diagnosed the cobalt poisoning in time.
Why do they use cobalt? For imaging?! I always assumed they used titanium or platinum :/
Cobalt-chrome is the most commonly used metal for hip implants. Titanium is also used but is a softer metal with similar properties to bone.
with known risks:
Cobalt toxicity — an emerging clinical problem in patients (2011) - https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2011/194/12/cobalt-toxicity-e...
Cobalt-chromium toxicity following revision of total hip replacement (2024) - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11115421/
Ouch! I must say, she got lucky they diagnosed the cobalt poisoning in time.
Why do they use cobalt? For imaging?! I always assumed they used titanium or platinum :/
It's "supposed" to remain in solid form.
I wonder if the same can happen from dental implants. While not subject to the same levels of mechanical stress, the mouth can be a very acidic environment which can be corrosive to metals.