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Old 04-17-2009, 11:04 AM #1
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Default mri for occipital neuralgia
can occipiyal neuralgia be diagnosed thru mri without the intense head/eye pain present?
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Old 04-18-2009, 02:27 PM #2
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I'm not a doctor, but to my knowledge, anesthetic blocks are used to diagnose the condition.
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I had an MRI before having any blocks or treatment. I'm not an expert, but I guess they could see what they were looking for!
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I had an MRI before having any blocks or treatment. I'm not an expert, but I guess they could see what they were looking for!
what treatment were you given and did it help?
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