Leir said he had removed about a dozen implants from people's bodies and claimed they were devices that emit radio signals.. Leir alleged that implants had moved by themselves during surgery as if to avoid removal. Leir said that laboratory testing of the implants implied they were of extraterrestrial origin.
Swelling from SVC syndrome is due to blood having trouble draining back to the heart, so the swelling involves the entire face, neck, and upper chest, is red, is worse in the morning after lying down for many hours, and may get better once the person is standing up for a while.
It causes a hot, painful or burning sensation under the breast bone, that often is worse after eating or when lying down, explains Dr. Bennett E. Roth, a professor of clinical medicine and chief of gastrointestinal endoscopy at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles.