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Old 08-15-2016, 08:19 PM
ChrisMD ChrisMD is offline
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Confused Help Understanding MRI Results

I was hoping somebody could help me understand my MRI results. The report reads:

7/9/12 cervical x-ray Slight levoscolosis of the cervical spine otherwise WNL 5/20/13 MRI Brain: WNL MRI C-spine: C4-5: extremely tiny subligamentous central protrusion, minimally effacing CSF, right ventral cord but no stenosis. Upper thoracic DDD.

These results are from scans that were performed 3 years ago. I suffer with several pain conditions including Occipital Neuralgia, Migraines, Chronic Pelvic Pain, and CRPS. In the past year, my neck pain has greatly increased. The pain caused daily migraines, tightning of my neck muscles, swelling of my neck and glands, and seems to aggravate my CRPS pain especially in my upper chest/face. I have a hard time tolerating the touch of my clothes/sheets on my skin and my prescription glasses causes the same aggravating pain/discomfort on my face. I also experience numbness/tingling of my face, hands/arms, and feet/legs. The symptoms are now present 24/7 and worsen as the day wears on, which makes it difficult to sleep.

I was looking through my medical records and found these results from a previous MRI and was hoping somebody could explain the findings. I'm wondering if I should consider asking for a new MRI to see if anything has changed?

Thanks in advance for your help,
Chris
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