Yes I think it does cause long term inflammation but its localized to the penis luckily. Fat causes inflammation. Thats why having lots of body fat is unhealthy it causes inflammation all around the body. Since the inflammation of
PMMA is localized to the penis I think its not as bad. Yes is causes inflammation but its not as much as being overweight and having diffuse inflammation. Im not an immunologist though. You would be better off lean and mean with
PMMA in your pencil than chubby without
PMMA as long as you aren't allergic to it- you would have less bodily inflammation. People that are fat live along time too- think of Warren Buffett- he eats like crap and he's almost 90.
I think I would test for
PMMA allergy before getting
PMMA. I might actually swing by the hardware store later to get some and then tape it to my belly while I sleep to see if anything happens. Note- Hardware store
PMMA (Plexiglass) is not medical grade like Linnea... Imagine if I had allergic reaction to the plexiglass- think I would get
PMMA? I would be getting
Ellanse at that point. The problem with getting hardware store
PMMA is that it might have impurities that trigger allergy and so we wouldn't really know if it was an impurity or the
PMMA....
"Yes. Patients undergoing cement implantation [with
PMMA cement] occasionally
develop serious systemic symptoms, such as hypotension,
hypoxemia, arrhythmia, cardiac arrest, any combination
of these or, at worst, unexpected death, the so-called bone
cement implantation syndrome (BCIS).
The occurance of BCIS is known as up to 5%."
"Occasional allergies to MMA occur but are also rare (there are people allergic to gold!)."
"Animal studies have proven that
monomers (Monomers are powdered form- like powdered cement each little microscopic grain is a monomer- where a brick is a polymer; in our case methylmethacrylate would be a monomer which this study says is cancerous in animals but the polymer which would be a
PMMA microsphere according to this study is different) can lead to carcinogenesis. However,
PMMA is routinely used as a bone cement in orthopedics and as denture materials in dentistry presently. The critical concentration of the residual monomer might play a critical role in allergic reactions."
"In my point of view, after
polymerization (not a monomer but a polymer)
PMMA is no more toxic. From my implant pathology experience,
PMMA particles do not induce an extensive inflammatory response. Typically, it is observed macrophage activation and fusion followed by tissue fibrosis (foreign body reaction type)."