Metal allergy from hip/knee/ankle replacement.

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Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 16,802 Send Message	Click ADD REPLY button - not this link!	Report	29 Jun 2009 22:39
	Anyone ever had any issues with the metals used in joint replacements? My MIL had an ankle replacement last year and now has very severe eczema, the kind you see in text books. Seeing as she's never been prone to allergies before, it seems it must be either the titanium or the cobalt chromium used in the replacement. I found several reports of this problem using Google but her surgeon and dermatologist seem to think that isn't the problem. Rose
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Member Since: May 2006 Posts: 16,802 Send Message	Click ADD REPLY button - not this link!	Report	30 Jun 2009 18:21
	Hi Karen, I've sent her some articles to show to her doctor. She's using lots of steroid creams at the moment but it's not helping. It was such a long recovery after the surgery, it won't be much fun to have the replacement removed and another one inserted. Rose
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