Table 3.

Systemic and local symptoms at baseline

Systemic symptoms	All women (n=467)		Breast implants in situ (n=388)
	n	%	n	%
Fatigue	409	88	340	88
Arthralgia	332	71	274	71
Morning stiffness	274	59	228	59
Myalgia	226	48	180	46
Cognitive impairment*	155	33	124	32
Peripheral neurological symptoms†	142	30	117	30
Lymphadenopathy	103	22	83	22
Sleeping problems	93	20	81	21
Dermatologic symptoms	91	19	76	20
Sicca complex	78	17	61	16
Night sweats	75	16	61	16
Dyspnoea	71	15	51	13
Headaches	66	14	56	14
Flu-like feeling, fever	49	10	38	10
Recurring infections/inflammation‡	41	9	33	9
Alopecia	30	6	23	6
Itching	22	5	21	6
Local symptoms or changes
No local symptoms	–	–	122	31
Local symptoms	–	–	266	69
Pain	–	–	189	49
Changed size, form or consistence	–	–	87	22
Capsular contracture	–	–	73	19
Lymphadenopathy (axillary)	–	–	38	10
Changed sensibility§	–	–	19	4
Local skin disorders	–	–	14	4
Other¶	–	–	86	22

*Cognitive impairment included memory problems, word finding problems and loss of concentration.

†Peripheral neurological symptoms included feelings of numbness, pins and needles, tingling.

‡Recurring infections or inflammation included recurrent urinary tract infections, upper respiratory infections and recurring tendonitis.

§Changed sensibility included loss of sensibility, burning sensation, or hyper sensibility.

¶Other symptoms included tight feeling around the chest, recurrent infections, heavy breasts or inability to wear a bra.