This was 5 years ago, amazing knowledge and with the introduction of dedicated venous stents, miracles happen. I am researching because I will probably need a stent due to compression and M-T syndrome. I am holding off for a bit as I am allergic to nickel and the nitinol stents being used today are 55% nickel. I understand cardiologists have published that heart stents are not a problem with patients having nickel allergies, also Mayo says similar. However, with autoimmune disease, driven by Th 1 pathway, I am fearful I might have a systemic reaction to the nickel. Steroids are, at best, the very last thing I would take on a daily basis. Type 1 diabetic, currently with non diabetic A1C, steroids would certainly change this as well as mood and all the other debilitating effects it can create. I may just have to live with the compression and deal with it prophylactically. Will definitely affect QOL moving forward, however, the alternative appears worse to me. I suppose if there wasn’t a concern, the stent manufacturer wouldn’t have to place a warning on their package insert.
This was 5 years ago, amazing knowledge and with the introduction of dedicated venous stents, miracles happen. I am researching because I will probably need a stent due to compression and M-T syndrome. I am holding off for a bit as I am allergic to nickel and the nitinol stents being used today are 55% nickel.
I understand cardiologists have published that heart stents are not a problem with patients having nickel allergies, also Mayo says similar. However, with autoimmune disease, driven by Th 1 pathway, I am fearful I might have a systemic reaction to the nickel. Steroids are, at best, the very last thing I would take on a daily basis. Type 1 diabetic, currently with non diabetic A1C, steroids would certainly change this as well as mood and all the other debilitating effects it can create.
I may just have to live with the compression and deal with it prophylactically. Will definitely affect QOL moving forward, however, the alternative appears worse to me.
I suppose if there wasn’t a concern, the stent manufacturer wouldn’t have to place a warning on their package insert.