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What Does These MRI Of The Lumbar Result Indicate?

59 year old female weighing 98kilos height 1mt 74cm
I already had a discectomy of L5-S1 performed in 2008.
I just had anther MRI of the Lumbar/sacral result is At level L4/5 there is a large central disc hernation with compression of the thecal sac and the L5 nerve root.
what should I do?
Thu, 9 Mar 2017
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Well, you need do nothing necessarily unless you're having symptoms of back/leg pain with radiating symptoms or paresthesias in the feet, or if you're tripping/stumbling or unable to raise the feet. Your doctor who ordered the test should be the one to help you interpret and point you in the right direction as to whether or not physical therapy vs. other specialty consultation should be necessary. If you're not having ANY SYMPTOMS whatever that or new or progressing then, the findings of the MRI are taken as incidental findings and need not be acted on. 40% of individuals who have NO SYMPTOMS of back pain, leg pain, or other problems usually attributed to disk herniations, compressions of the thecal sac, etc. can have MRI's that show all these things. Neither patients nor doctors need reflexly act to do anything invasive or dramatic unless there are complaints and symptoms. Please rate with 5 stars on exit and write me at: www.bit.ly/drdariushsaghafi for more questions.
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What Does These MRI Of The Lumbar Result Indicate?

Well, you need do nothing necessarily unless you re having symptoms of back/leg pain with radiating symptoms or paresthesias in the feet, or if you re tripping/stumbling or unable to raise the feet. Your doctor who ordered the test should be the one to help you interpret and point you in the right direction as to whether or not physical therapy vs. other specialty consultation should be necessary. If you re not having ANY SYMPTOMS whatever that or new or progressing then, the findings of the MRI are taken as incidental findings and need not be acted on. 40% of individuals who have NO SYMPTOMS of back pain, leg pain, or other problems usually attributed to disk herniations, compressions of the thecal sac, etc. can have MRI s that show all these things. Neither patients nor doctors need reflexly act to do anything invasive or dramatic unless there are complaints and symptoms. Please rate with 5 stars on exit and write me at: www.bit.ly/drdariushsaghafi for more questions.