Honolulu, HIJaroslaw was in a car accident about 18 months ago and his doctor ordered a bone scan by MRI. "I was injected with the gadolinium contrast agent first," says Jaroslaw, "and shortly after that I started complaining about everything." Had Jarolsaw known about MRI Health Risks, he would have insisted on not having the gadolinium-based contract agent.
"This stuff changed my life," says Jarolsaw. "Things started to go wrong with my health almost overnight; the same day that I had the MRI, I knew something was wrong. That evening I began to get very itchy rashes around my kidney area. Then my skin became thick and reddish and all my joints hurt—my finger and leg joints are swollen." Jaroslaw was also disabled because of the car accident, but his injuries couldn't account for these symptoms.
"I went back to my doctor and he just prescribed an ointment for the rashes," Jaroslaw adds." Of course it isn't helping. I don't have medical insurance so I can't go back to another doctor about these symptoms.
I first saw something about MRI health risks on TV and did some research on the web. About 6 months ago I put everything together; as soon as I read the symptoms, immediately I knew it is all related: this gadolinium stuff has ruined my health. I was healthy up until the MRI then it started deteriorating.
I'm devastated because nobody wants to take the blame for the adverse side effects of these contrast agents. Month after month I feel worse and there is nowhere to turn; maybe the only way is a lawsuit. Somebody hurts me and nobody does anything: the doctors who inject this gadolinium should know it is dangerous to human life, but they are still doing it. It really is mind-boggling; terrible. And nobody seems to give a damn about my health without health insurance. I should be able to collect social security benefits this year and then I will be get medical help. Meanwhile I want to seek legal help. I have all my medical records, including a record of the MRI and contrast agent."
If you have had an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) or MRA (magnetic resonance angiography) you may be at risk of developing Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) also known as nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy (NFD), which is a fatal, incurable disease that occurs in kidney patients who have an MRI with contrast agent containing gadolinium.
If you are scheduled to have an MRI, you might want to ask your doctor if you will be injected with gadolinium-based contrast agent. Doctors should be screening all patients for kidney health, regardless of medical history, if the patient is scheduled for an MRI.