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Old 07-24-2016, 03:40 PM #1
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I would appreciate any views as to whether you think my symptoms may be due to bone spurs or nerve compression. Brief history of my symptoms:

Three and a half years ago I developed mild ataxia, balance problems and non rotational vertigo. I'd had stiffness in my legs for sometime. I developed permanent hypersensitivity to touch on the souls of my feet and to a lesser extent my palms.

I began to do light exercise three times a week 2 years ago along with a low carb diet which improved things. Five months later I developed muscle fatigue / weakness in every limb. This was off and on for several weeks. MRI just after this weakness started showed 4 or 5 white matter spots, which is higher than earlier MRI but radiologist said this was due to difference in technique and therefore no change in MRI. Report said symptoms are unlikely to be related to white spots. I also developed raised IGF1 levels for reasons unknown. Muscle fatigue slowly began to improve but has remained on and off ever since.

One year ago I developed co-ordination problems in my legs and arms after some minor physical trauma. My arms and legs became very slow. When I touched my face or picked up or put down an object my hands responded very slowly, as if they ddd not know where the objects or surfaces where. These symptoms improved dramatically over about 6 weeks, eventually disappearing.

I had a follow up MRI which stated that 'there continues to be approximately eight non-specific WMHI of doubtful clinical relevance'. However the previous report said 4 or 5. My doctors interpretation of this is there 'has been no change' as it was due to a thinner slice protocol. In addition there is now a reference to a 'right sided intra-meatal vascular loop of doubtful clinical significance'. My spinal MRI now references ' minimal disc osteophyte bars (bone spurs) of doubtful clinical significance' which were not there a year ago.


I began exercising even more in January this year and was doing fairly well until June. I again got the slow moving arms, legs and coordination problems. It reduced substantially after four weeks, but is still present even now (7 weeks later).

The symptoms seem to be brought on by increasing exercise, although this could be just a coincidence.

Do my symptoms fit with nerve compression - possibly due to the bone spurs? My MRI report said there was no evidence, but I am assuming they can miss such things?
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Since it is arms & legs affected I doubt it is spur or disk related..did dr mention any spine levels cervical, thoracic, lumbar? (C 4 , T 6, L 3 etc)

Can you get a copy of the written report. It is good to have it for your own records also.
That will tell, or should tell, what levels /areas the spurs are, and if mild, moderate, severe, and if touching any nerves, or the cord..

It might be wise to seek out a movement specialist of some sort.

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Thanks for your reply.

My report reads as below (for brain). MS has apparently been ruled out.

There is a mild curvature concave to the left within the lower cervical spine. There is some early reduction in T2 discal signal at C5/6 with maintenance of cervical disc height. Some minimal disc osteophyte bars are present at C3/4, C5/6, C7/T1 and T1/2. The cervical canal is capacious and the neural foramina are widely patent. There is a normal appearance to the cervical cord. There are static appearances relative to the MRI cervical spine of 15 May 2014. Incidental note is made of a small vertebral body haemangioma at T3 level. In Conclusion: There are minimal disc osteophyte bars of doubtful clinical significance. There is no intrinsic or compressive neural abnormality within the cervical spine
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[QUOTE=Comeonthen;1218239]Thanks for your reply.
I have severe mobility and neuropathic pain problems in legs. After MRI and an operation 10 years ago bone spurs and "spinal epidural lipomatosis" (SEL) were both identified as needing attention. The white spots could be an example of SEL though of course I am not qualified in to pronounce.

SEL is an accumulation of fat globules within the spinal cavity which, if they impinge on the spinal cord itself can cause similar problems as bone spurs. If you use that term in a web search engine you can find out about the causes of SEL and there are a few examples of MRI images of them.

Hope this is helpful.

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