Pacemaker rejection

Pacemaker rejection

by AgentX86 - 2020-02-22 13:59:47

Someone here a month or two back ad an allergy to the pacemaker and leads.  There are solutions to the problem but, as you'd expect, they're unusual.  I don't remember what the solution to the leads was but they can gold-plate the pacemaker to make it non-reactive.  An internet search should turn up information on this.  A search of this site for "allergy" should turn up the discussion here.

Pacemaker rejection

by 62694w - 2020-02-22 14:08:37

My heart stopped twice on July 1st of 18second time was in the ambulance they said my heart slow down to 41 beats and then just stopped but my problem is I rejected spinal cord stimulators in the past they never looked for any rejection problems just put me back on meds got off of meds after 15 yearsinformed doctors that I had rejected spinal cord stimulators they did a metal test on me which came up negative so they implanted the first pacemaker in me 22 days after implantation site ruptured and fluid leaked out they assumed it was an infection all infection test came up negative put me on steroids to tame it doctor ordered a hyperalgesic coded pacemaker which was implanted in October of 2018 doctor informed me in May of 2019 that company never coated pacemaker that he ordered on July 30th of 2018 was implanted with Micra leadless pacemaker which is placed in your heart so far no problems been off steroids since December of 19 my problem is that no one wants to look for the reason why I rejected spinal cord stimulators or the pacemakers it was like I pushed them all out like a giant splinter is there anyone out there that knows of doctors that would want to learn from me it seems like this is working we're not going to bother with it I thought medicine always wanted to learn from people's problems

Pacemaker rejection

by 62694w - 2020-02-22 14:16:55

Doctors had started the order of the gold-plated pacemaker but after thought because I have psoriasis and eczema they feared that gold-plated wouldn't work either so that's why they put the micro into my heart it's strange because the neurosurgeon that had implanted five spinal cord stimulators in me told me that the last one that had no metal whatsoever in it that if I rejected this one I was quote pardon my French I'm a weird MF but yet nobody wants to study the reasons why I know there's people out there like me that have yet to have a problem that they need medical assistance

Pacemaker rejection

by Domkin - 2020-02-22 19:20:07

I'm allergic to multiple components in my leads and pacemaker. I'm still waiting for a solution. I've now developed pericarditis and the vein the 2 leads are in has collapsed. No blood flow through that vein. The blood is finding another route to get to my heart. There is a pouch made in California that the pacemaker can go in to protect me form some of the allergies. Polyurethane leads are also going to help remove some of the allergies,  but I'm also allergic to the tip of the leads and there are no leads made without this tip. I'm wondering how they are going to remove the leads from the collapsed vein. I have a lot of fluid swelling and have been on strong doses of prednisone, which hasn't helped a lot. I suggest they do an allergy patch test on you. I'm a very rare case. I live in Canada and Health Canada is the hold up for me. Good luck.

"rejection like a splinter"?

by AgentX86 - 2020-02-23 20:36:39

I was just thinking about the praseology here.  Do you mean that the device is being medically "rejected" or that it's coming through the surface.  If it's the former, yes it can be a real problem and some, perhaps not so simple, solution has to be found.  Gold plating usually works (gold is non-reactive to anything but a few very strong acids).

If it's the latter, there could be some obvious reasons.  Skin erosion is uncommon but not unheard of.  Erosion can cause the pacemaker to come back through the skin.  There are various reasons this can happen, not the least of which is the patient fiddling with it. Other common reasons are that the pocket was made too small or that the skin is very fragile (generally older patients).