- John P. O'Donohoe Solicitors
- Waterside Chambers, Waterford.
Tel: 051 860050
DePuy possible side effects
Chromium
Elevated levels of chromium can cause the following possible side effects:
- Inability to repair DNA, reduce gene expression
- Hypersensitivity
- Inflammation
- Infiltration of lymphocytes
- Cobalt excreted by the liver
- Asthma
- Shortness of breath
- Possible cardiomyopathy
- Potential to alter the production of sex hormones
- Potential to induce hyothyroidism
- Loss of hearing
- Vision Impairments
- May lead to an increased risk of cancer
Cobalt
Elevated levels of cobalt can cause the following possible side effects:
- Can mutate DNA
- Inability to repair DNA, reduced gene expression
- Hypersensitivity
- Inflammation
- Infiltration of lymphocytes
- Necrosis of the liver at high levels
- Can impair liver function
- Asthma
- Shortness of breath
- Oxidative Damage of the nervous system
- Potential to alter the production of sex hormones
- Loss of hearing
- Vision Impairments
- Decreased sperm
- Abnormalities in sperm
- Reduced number of follicles
- May lead to an increased risk of cancer
