refused an MRI with magnetic implants
So I know Cassox posted recently that someone he knows with the implants went in for an MRI and it caused serious pain. I thought I would follow up on my own (sort of) experience.
I'm in the SF Bay Area and *no one* will give me an MRI due to the magnets. My doctor worked with a specific MRI center to research it further, and what they concluded is that a large enough magnet will vibrate in an MRI machine so much that it can head up and cause third degree burns around the area. They were not concerned with arcing or even of it getting pulled out of the skin, but were extremely concerned that the magnet could heat up enough to cause damage to the nerves in the finger. There is a surprising amount of research this due to the use of magnets in cochlear implants (the results being that cochlear implants have removable magnets now).
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