Could breast implant illness present as MS?

After being misdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Christina Applegate is exploring if her breast implants could be behind her health issues. On social media, there are questions about the safety and long-term implications of this surgery. Not sure if you saw, Christina Applegate just said today on her podcast, and it was on TMZ, that... It could be her breast implants making her sick. But potentially her MS symptoms are breast implant illness. Now, we can't speak to Applegate's diagnosis specifically, but what do doctors say? Could breast implant illness present as MS? Absolutely. It's like everything else in medicine, right? There's a lot of things we still don't fully understand. We've had patients complaining of symptoms. Since the introduction of breast implants in Texas in 62. Chronic fatigue, changes in memory, concentration problems, numbness, tingling, nerve pain, ...muscle weakness, hair loss... These are symptoms that are similar to MS symptoms. In Canada, one case of breast implant illness is reported for roughly every 1,000 implants sold. And those symptoms can include fatigue, cognitive changes, joint pain and muscle pain. MS, on the other hand, is a chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. But the symptoms do overlap. I'm not saying that Christina Applegate breast implants are risky. Health Canada says scientific evidence hasn't fully proven that implants cause these symptoms, which can have other explanations. They recommend that anyone experiencing these symptoms should discuss them with their health care provider.