New video from Dr Steve Tower:
Steve comments:
Arthroplasty Cobalt Encephalopathy (ACE) is likely common and now we can “see” it with FDG PET brain scans.
Complications of Wear or Corrosion of Chrome-Cobalt Hip Implants
23 Wednesday Nov 2016
Posted in Chrome Poisoning, cobalt, Cobalt chrome, Cobalt Poisoning, Cobaltism, Hip Replacement
Answers some of my questions about high cobalt levels 5 years after revision.
Is there any information on chromium toxicity? My cobalt level is now WNL but chromium remains 17x higher than normal 5 years post revision.
Not that I am aware of – this chromium ion isn’t the really bad one.