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What Does The Following MRI Report Indicate?
I had a mri test and that report said concentric disc bulge at L4-L5 and L5-S1 levels with mild bilateral ligamentum flavum thickening and early changes of facetal arthropathy causing mild indentation over the thecal sac and mild narrowing of bilateral neural formina '
Please tell me is it very serious i m going to a doc. For check up and i m improving day by day but tell me is it very serious
Please tell me is it very serious i m going to a doc. For check up and i m improving day by day but tell me is it very serious
Thu, 4 Dec 2014
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1.There is a disk between the vertebral bodies, due to hard working nature, age related the disc gets loss of hydration and bulges - seen at different levels in your scan.
2.The ligamentum flavum hypertrophy which is seen posterior to the spinal cord.
3.There is a pressure effect on the spinal chord causing indentation on the thecal sac.
4.The bulged disc seen causing pressure effect on the nerve root / foramen.
5.In this case treatment includes exercises which gives good relief in your case, if not responding the next step will be physiotherapy followed by the intervention in last stage, which will not be needed in your case.
6. Regular back exercises / yoga is good enough please try with out fail.
Good luck.
Hope i have answered your query,
any thing to ask ? do not hesitate to ask.
http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-ganesh/62888
1.There is a disk between the vertebral bodies, due to hard working nature, age related the disc gets loss of hydration and bulges - seen at different levels in your scan.
2.The ligamentum flavum hypertrophy which is seen posterior to the spinal cord.
3.There is a pressure effect on the spinal chord causing indentation on the thecal sac.
4.The bulged disc seen causing pressure effect on the nerve root / foramen.
5.In this case treatment includes exercises which gives good relief in your case, if not responding the next step will be physiotherapy followed by the intervention in last stage, which will not be needed in your case.
6. Regular back exercises / yoga is good enough please try with out fail.
Good luck.
Hope i have answered your query,
any thing to ask ? do not hesitate to ask.
http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-ganesh/62888
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