Hello Comeonthen,
This is a link to your other Thread which may be helpful for others:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread224380.html
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My spinal MRI now references ' minimal disc osteophyte bars of doubtful clinical significance' which were not there a year ago.
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Disc Osteophyte is also known as Bone Spurs which may or may not cause symptoms. The link below explains what Bone Spurs are, the symptoms and treatment.
Bone spurs are not related to Multiple Sclerosis. You may want to post on the spinal disorders and back pain forum on this topic.
Spinal Disorders and Back Pain:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum22.html
Information about Bone Spurs:
https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/Patient...teophytes.aspx
Lesions listed as non-specific can be due to any number of causes and is not specific for Multiple Sclerosis. Has the MRI report or your Neurologist said the lesions are due to Demyelination? Multiple Sclerosis is a demyelinating disease and
usually a MRI report will indicate lesions as such.
There is a diagnostic criteria for MS (The McDonald Criteria). The links below explain the other conditions that can cause the same symptoms of MS and that need to be ruled out as well as testing used in diagnosing MS.
Other conditions to be ruled out:
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Sym...ns-to-Rule-Out
Diagnosing Multiple Sclerosis:
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Sym.../Diagnosing-MS