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Translate MRI results for me?

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srogers98
srogers98

I've been suffering with lots of neck stiffness/pain and lots of RSI-like issues up and down my arms and hands. During my investigations with a consultant over the last 2 years, I recently had a MRI before being discharged and told to get some physio.  A while later I was sopied in on a letter from the consultant to my doctor which states the following:

"The MRI of his neck did show prominent transverse processes at C7 and mild degenerative cahnges within the cervical spine.  At T3/T4 there was a broad-based left paracentral disc protrusion but without cord compression or invertebral foraminal stenosis.  There was no MRI evidence for cord demyelination and no definite case for the patients symptomns identified"

Can someone of a scientific-bent, tranlsate this into layman's terms for me? 

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  • Laura3333
    Laura3333 srogers98

    Posted

    The mri showed wear and tear in your cervical spine ( neck )

    T3/4 roughly between shoulder blades, your disc is slightly squashed, but is not pressing on your spinal cord, and your vertebra at this level are not too narrow or causing pressure on exiting nerves ( to your neck and arms )

    Demyelination means the myelin sheath that covers the spinal cord is damaged or partly missing.

    Your Mri does not show any damage to the myelin sheath.

    Your Mri has not shown a reason for your pain.

    Hope this helps🙂

     

  • jessica_78456
    jessica_78456 srogers98

    Posted

    Google it. I have stenosis . Sounds like one of yr discs is bulging and u have degenerative disc diease . Right it down the google . It will help doctors always use the term mild. Not them in bloody pain
  • srogers98
    srogers98

    Posted

    @Laura3333 - thanks for the breakdown - that helps a lot.  @jessica 78456 - I will write this down and use it in future discussions.  I'm going to try some physio for a bit, but may well go for a second opinion with another consultant if I don't see any improvements.  Thanks again all.

    • cynthia70714
      cynthia70714 srogers98

      Posted

      Srogers

      I had a fusion done with the same thing as yours read I found it, I was supposed to just get a disc replaced but ended up with a fusion

      It was I nightmare for me cause the spacing was breaking the Drs boo bs lol they had to keep putting more weight on my neck I woke up crying like and elephant was on my neck n back

      So far so good but systems are returning she said it would only be a temporary fix and pretty much was probably going to have to have another one

      Take care best of luck

      Cynthia

      Btw it's been 5 years coming up next year so it lasted longer than expected

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