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Old 01-17-2017, 11:22 AM
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Exclamation "Normal" MRI?

This is a criticism for doctors: it is a gross disservice to patients to describe an MRI as normal, because the correct terminology is "unremarkable", meaning that the radiologist did not see anything worthy of a remark. This may be due to several causes:

- There really is nothing wrong,

- There is something wrong, but an MRI cannot "see" it,

- There is something wrong, but the MRI wasn't sensitive enough to pick it up,

- There is something wrong, but the MRI slices missed it, or

- There is something wrong, but the doctor misinterpreted the MRI.

The same can be said for all testing (including ECG). The sad truth is that while medical advances in the past 100 years have been fantastic, medical science has a very long way to go; those of us with chronic illnesses know this all too well.

Most stroke symptoms are caused by the lack of oxygen to part of the brain, and since oxygen is transported by blood cells through the circulatory system. an "unremarkable" MRI should be followed up by a blood flow study in the brain - usually with an MRA, which is essentially an MRI with a contrast medium added via an IV. This contrast medium is then pumped by the heart into the arterial supply to the brain, where the MRI can see its circulation.

Best of luck!

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Originally Posted by sky_blue03 View Post
*UPDATE*

I forgot I had posted this! So here's an update.

The MRI on my head and ECG on my heart came back normal and doctors have diagnosed me as 'unknown'.

I think I am learning to understand what causes these episodes and that is when I knock my head. I try to avoid this as much as possible. The slightest hit or tap can cause me to have one of these episodes, which happens about 2-4 days after I've knocked my head.

I'm currently not being investigated further by the hospital. I guess it's just an anomaly that I have to be cautious of.

If anyone else has the same or similar episodes that I have, please share. I would like to know I'm not alone with this!
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