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brenda71376
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I have been have a lot of neck pain, like nerve pain that starts in the base of my neck and radiant down to my shoulders, when this happens my left side of my face near the temple feels weird, My 1st pcp stated with the symptoms along with the weakness of my arms and hands, dizziness, loss of balance at times and ringing in the ears is most likely MS. She sent me for an MRI, it stated that I had Mild tonsillar ectopia and that the Cerebellar tonsils extend 4 mm below the level of foramen magnum consistent

with tonsillar ectopia. She said she isn't concerned with it and not ruling MS out yet. Should I be concerned with this finding or am I causing myself for anxiety for nothing? What was the MM that everyone was diagnosed on?

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