dr's etc.! HELP ME UNDERSTAND MY M.R.I RESULTS PLEASE!!!!!! HERES "THE WHOLE REPORT"!!?
Question:
the c3-4 level reveals no significant disk buldging or protrusion. the central canal & foramen seem widely patent.
the c4-5 level reveals a mild broad based disc buldge of approximately 2.0mm with mild centraland mild bilateral neural foraminal narrowing.
the c5-6 level reveals a mild central disc protrusion of approx. 2.0-3.0mm with mild central canal narrowing.the neural foramina appear widely patent.
the c6-7 reveals a broad based disk buldge of approx. 2.0mm causing mild bilateral neural foraminal narrowing.
the c7-t1 level is unremarkable.
****************** i have no clue what this all means. A little bit of an idea from research, but my dr. did not explain it well enough to me. And was in a hurry. I know im in pain 24/7, and my next step is injections to fill something thats making me numb
Answers:
The the most significant parts of this MRI the disc protrusion and narrowing of the central canal and neuroforamena.
Firstly, our discs serve as cusions and facilitators of movement between our vertebrae. They are mostly cartilage on the outside and become most liquid as you move towards the middle (kind of like a jelly donut). As we move, the jelly in the disc displaces. Sometimes, it displaces enough that it can start to push the cartilagenous rings outward, making the disc bluge (think of squeezing one end of a balloon). In your case, the protrusion is starting to enter the central canal which contains the spinal cord. This usually results in pain in the neck and sometimes into the upper extremities.
You also have a couple discs which also are bulging enough to block the neuroforamena. The neuroforamen is an archway formed from the joining of two adjacent vertebrae. This archway is the site through which your nerve roots leave the spinal cord and exit toward the body. Therefore, narrowing of this archway can cause pressure on the nerve root or the structures around it. This can also cause pain, tingling, and numbess into the upper extremities.
This type of condition is known as cervical stenosis. Stenosis refers to narrowing...in this case it is narrowing of the central canal and neuroforamen.
Injections may be helpful, but since this is a mild case, you may also respond well to physical therapy, particularly of someone who is trained in the McKenzie method. Other treatments include traction, manipulation (as in a manual therapist or chiropractic care), etc.
I have no idea! Sorry.
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