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What Are The Health Risk Associated With MRI? Does Scar Tissue Cause Headache? Does Scar Tissue Grow And If So, What Is The Treatment Given?

I had a glioblastoma tumor in 2012 of February. Today my doctors say that left in the brain they are confident is scar tissue. I have every three months an MRI, what are the health risk of these if any, MRI s. Also does scar tissue cause headaches. And last. Does scar tissue grow in my case and if so, what medical treatments are used?
Fri, 21 Mar 2014
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Hi there! My name is Vinay. Let me see if I can give you some peace of Mind here.

MRI's all depend on Magnets! No radiation and they are pretty harmless. The only thing you have to make sure is that you have no implants that could be attracted by the magnet in the machine. When I was in residency in Colorado, the duty doc room used to be taken up by my cheif and his girlfriend.. so i used to sleep in the MRI machine!! It was the only flat surface other than the gurneys in the ER. So don't worry, the MRI is harmless.

Now the scar tissue at the operative site should not be causing any headaches as it's not under pressure and brain tissue can't feel normal sensations like pain. If you are having headaches.. look into any problems with the scalp wound or the bone (Skull) that they had to go through during the surgery.

Scar tissue can hypertrophy (grow in size) over time, but its really rare and really really slow. So the MRI's will catch it if it does. Not to worry there.

So relax, the scar tissue is harmless and so is the MRI. Make sure you get those scans done just as the doctors tell you too!

Congratulations on beating back the GBM! I wish you the best of luck!
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What Are The Health Risk Associated With MRI? Does Scar Tissue Cause Headache? Does Scar Tissue Grow And If So, What Is The Treatment Given?

Hi there! My name is Vinay. Let me see if I can give you some peace of Mind here. MRI s all depend on Magnets! No radiation and they are pretty harmless. The only thing you have to make sure is that you have no implants that could be attracted by the magnet in the machine. When I was in residency in Colorado, the duty doc room used to be taken up by my cheif and his girlfriend.. so i used to sleep in the MRI machine!! It was the only flat surface other than the gurneys in the ER. So don t worry, the MRI is harmless. Now the scar tissue at the operative site should not be causing any headaches as it s not under pressure and brain tissue can t feel normal sensations like pain. If you are having headaches.. look into any problems with the scalp wound or the bone (Skull) that they had to go through during the surgery. Scar tissue can hypertrophy (grow in size) over time, but its really rare and really really slow. So the MRI s will catch it if it does. Not to worry there. So relax, the scar tissue is harmless and so is the MRI. Make sure you get those scans done just as the doctors tell you too! Congratulations on beating back the GBM! I wish you the best of luck!