Small vessel brain ischemia

[eimanbakri]

I am 46 years old female , pediatrician . Sometimes I have mild headache , occasionally it is unilateral . Brain MRI was done to me , it shows 2 to 3 small ischemic lesions . I have no any neurological symptom or sign . What are these lesions indicate ? And what is the prognosis ? Is there any treatment to prevent further damage ?

[kwarendorf]

Arabic?

[Lulu54]

Usually what looks like Ischemic lesions has to do with the restriction of blood flow  that causes these areas of damage.   High blood pressure, migraines, and TIA's are known to produce ischemic lesions.  these lesions often occur as we age and has no real clinical relevance.

It can be concerning if your tests show these problems but if you have no other  neurological symptoms,  I would not be overly concerned, bur please remember none of us here are doctors who can give you answers.  

أتمنى لكم التوفيق ونأمل أن تتمكن من وضع جانبا المخاوف.

Laura

[PeninaD]

Are there no professional resources that you can access, even if not at your own hospital?  I can suggest online sources such as Medscape, Cyberounds, PubMed, as well as some resources for physicians at the US National MS Society.
Hope that you can find some answers.

[HVAC]

Hello we are people with MS not Doctors. I do not know what is causing your lesions. If it were MS causing your lesions then yes there are drugs to slow but not stop the progression. called Disease Modifying Drugs.For headaches I do not think there is any way to stop the damage. May be controlling the headaches stops further damage? I do not know. I lesion on a MRI can mean many things. With MS the lesions are often in certain areas like a ventricals and look a certain way. A radiologist would usually put something about demyelating disease if they were thinking it were MS. That is what my first MRI said and why they sent me to a MS Specialist. Sometimes people with MS have nothing at all on a MRI but they do usually have an abnormal Neurological exam and a few different symptoms. Only a Neurologist using a MRI, a Neurological exam, a history and possibly symptoms and some other tests would be able to tell if it were MS or not.

At this point they may just be thinking headaches but I am not a doctor. Migraines especially can cause ischemic lesions.

Alex