Description of Event or Problem · 1
I STARTED THE PROCESS OF DENTAL IMPLANTS AND ONE OF THE IMPLANTS BECAME INFECTED. THE IMPLANT WAS IN A PIECE OF THIN BONE AND ON (B)(6) 2015 THE JAW BONE FRACTURED AT THE INFECTED SITE. ON (B)(6) 2015 I UNDERWENT SURGERY TO REPAIR THE FRACTURE. I UNDERSTOOD I WOULD DONATE MY OWN BONE GRAFT FROM MY HIP AND THAT IS WHAT I SIGNED A RELEASE FOR, ALONE WITH TITANIUM PLATE AND SCREWS. WHEN I WOKE FROM SURGERY I HAD SEVERE EDEMA OF MY FACE, NECK, AND MOUTH ALONG WITH PAIN. I WAS DISCHARGED THE NEXT DAY EVEN THOUGH I ASKED THE DOCTOR'S FELLOW IF I WAS HAVING SOME KIND OF UNUSUAL REACTION. HE TOLD ME DR (B)(6) HAD DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND THAT IS WHY I HAD THE EDEMA, AND IT WAS EXPECTED. THERE WAS NO NEED TO STAY ANY LONGER AS I WAS NOT HAVING COMPLICATIONS AND PROCEDURE DID NOT REQUIRE FURTHER HOSPITALIZATION. BY THE NEXT DAY AT HOME I DEVELOPED SEVERE HEADACHE AND STOMACHACHE. (THE HEADACHE AND STOMACHACHE LASTED WITHOUT CEASING FOR 4 WEEKS). THE HEADACHE AND STOMACHACHE NOW COME AND GO. THE EDEMA IN MY FACE LASTED FOR 4 WEEKS. I STILL HAVE EDEMA IN MY NECK. MY NEXT VISIT TO SEE DR (B)(6) WAS ON (B)(6) 2015. HE EXPLAINED I WAS OK, DID CT SCAN AND TOLD ME I HAD NO AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, I WAS FEELING PRESSURE FROM THE FLUID. HE EXPLAINED TO HIS RESIDENT AND HIS FELLOW THIS WAS EXPECTED DUE TO THE BMP. I DID NOT UNDERSTAND UNTIL I RECEIVED MY MEDICAL RECORDS THAT I RECEIVED AN IMPLANT. INFUSE BONE GRAFT, FOR WHICH I HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF AND HAD NOT GIVEN PERMISSION FOR DR (B)(6) TO IMPLANT. I HAVE GAINED 9 LBS OF GENERALIZED EDEMA. ON (B)(6) 2015 I CONTINUED FEELING "BAD" AND STILL HAD EDEMA, HEADACHE AND STOMACH PAIN. I WENT TO ER. I SAW DR (B)(6) THE NEXT DAY. I HAVE JOINT PAIN IN MY HIPS, SHOULDERS, ELBOWS, AND HANDS. ON (B)(6) 2015 DR (B)(6) DID CT SCAN AND TOLD ME I STILL HAD FLUID IN MY NECK THAT WOULD RESOLVE IN 3-4 MONTHS. I AM WEAK AND HAVE EPISODES OF EXTREME WEAKNESS WHEN I CHANGE POSITIONS. MY LOCAL DOCTOR HAS DONE BLOOD SUGARS WHICH ARE NOW ELEVATED AS WELL AS MY BLOOD PRESSURE. I HAVE HAD CHANGES ON STRESS TEST WHICH SHOWS INCREASING SEVERITY OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION. I HAVE BEEN PUT ON VIAGRA FOR THIS. MY BREATHING PROBLEMS CONTINUE AND MY PULMONOLOGIST INCREASED THE SETTING ON MY BIPAP/VENTILATOR AT NIGHT. MY NEPHROLOGIST TOLD ME I SHOULD REPORT THIS TO FDA. REASON FOR USE: REPAIR FX. EVENT NOT ABATED AFTER USE STOPPED OR DOSE REDUCED.