Brief Answer: You have CERVICAL DISC DISEASE. Detailed Answer: Hi, thanks for writing to XXXXXXX All your MRI findings are suggestive of Mild cervical disc disease with symptoms of radiculopathy. This means that the protruded intervertebral disc are causing pressure over the adjacent spinal cord and the nerve root at that specific level producing symptoms of tingling & numbness along with pain. These changes might have been present before your accident or might have been aggravated by the accident itself. The straightening with reversal of cervical lordosis is due to the muscle spasm secondary to the injury and inflammation. The general treatment guidelines for your condition are as follows - Use a soft cervical collar: Soft collar allow the muscles of the neck to rest and limit neck motion. This can help decrease pinching of nerve roots with movement. Soft collars should only be worn for short periods of time, because long-term wear can decrease the strength of neck muscles. Medicines: Analgesics like Ibuprofen/Diclofenac/Naproxen are needed in the acute phase. Muscle relaxants are essential for relieving muscle spasms, once the acute pain subsides. Neurotropic vitamins like METHYLCOBALAMINE or PREGABALIN will help in alleviating the neuropathic pain (tingling & numbness in the upperlimb). Cervical traction: may enlarge the disc space, permitting the prolapse to subside. Intermittent cervical traction for not more than 30 minutes at a time is recommended. Physiotherapy: Once the acute phase of pain has subsided, Isometric strengthening exercises of the paravertebral muscles are started. Improving neck strength and flexibility with simple exercises may lessen discomfort and pain. Physiotherapy has to be done under the supervision of a physiotherapist. Moist heat can be useful Epidural steroids: are useful for patients with severe radicular pains in the limbs. Cortisone is a powerful anti-inflammatory preparation and so its injections in the "epidural space" can decrease swelling as well as pain. Hopefully, you should get well with the above measures. Hope I have addressed your query. Happy to help further Regards

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Brief Answer: Please find the answers & explanation below. Detailed Answer: Hi, Nice to hear from you. From the given description, I could feel your concern for the symptoms which you are experiencing. - Feeling of sudden onset of weakness followed by unconsciousness might be due to many causes. The commonest ones being Hypoglycemia and Vasovagal syncope. This symptom needs a detailed evaluation either by a General physician or a Neurophysician. - Tingling, weakness and aches in the hand signifies a pinched nerve in the cervical spine (neck) due to a protruding intervertebral disc. If this symptom is not improving with medications like Gabapentin/Methylcobalamine/Pregabalin for over a 3-6 weeks course, then you may need an "Epidural steroid injection". - The feeling of a cracking or popping noise during certain movements may be considered as normal (not serious) variant and is due to friction between soft tissues like tendons/muscles/ligaments and the overlying bone. I suggest you to consult your regular doctor initially and if he thinks that you need any specialist consultation, he refers you to a concerned specialist. Hope I have justified your query. Have a great day

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Brief Answer: Yes, they may be attributed to the accident. Detailed Answer: Hi, As you didn't experienced any of the above symptoms before your accident, I definitely ATTRIBUTE them to be the result of the accident. Also, I would like to tell you that the cervical disc disease might have been existing in you in a SILENT form without producing any symptoms and the impact of the accident might have caused the symptoms to MANIFEST as a result of injury and inflammation in the soft tissues and bony structures of the spinal column. Hope I have made it clear for you. Good day

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