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Suggest Treatment For Degenerative Disc Disease At C3-C4 Level Of Spine
I had an MIR on 8-13 -14. It was of my cervical spine. Report says C-3-C-4 degenerative disc disease. Posterior annular tear. Moderate f a vet naturopathy and foraminal stenosis on the left C4-c5. Spondylosis and moderate degenerate degenerative disc disease. Posterior spondylosis slightly reforms the ventral surface of the spinal cord. Moderate right and severe left foraminal stenosis C-5-C-6. Spondylosis and moderate degenerate disc disease. Ventral cord deformity and mild central spinal. Stenosis. Moderate right and servers left foraminal stenosis C6-C-7. Spondylosis and degenerative disc disease. Ventral cord deformity without central stenosis. Mild right and moderate left foraminal stenosis. With these results, what can you tell me or recommend? Thank you
Mon, 6 Oct 2014
this is basically saying you have arthritis of the spine. there is no treatment to reverse the process so the only treatment is surgery. whether or not you need the surgery depends on your symptoms. there are many medical treatments for pain but surgery is the only treatment for weakness
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