What does the MRI show?

Dear Medical Doctor,

I’m 23 years old. Three months ago, an MRI (see picture: Dark-Fluid, T2 and T1 with contrast: http://www.medhelp.org/photos/show/5397109?type=posts) of my upper torso and head was done for an unrelated issue (persistent flank pain on the left side). The results came back negative, just a little scoliosis and IBS the doctor said. But he did find something else. He asked me if I have been in an accident, I said no. I said I was born 5 weeks too early, this explained to him what he saw. He said I had something which looked like a hemorrhage or calcification in the left frontal lobe. Nothing to worry about…

Now, three months later, I have pain (feels a bit like muscle pain) behind my left eye since 4 weeks. Yesterday I went to an optometrist. He looked into the eye with an ophthalmoscope, nothing interesting to see which could explain the pain. But my left ear also hurts a bit since 2,5 weeks (just a little bit at times, like there is air trapped or it starts to get infected, doesn’t get worse or better, it’s still there). I also had a bad headache and nausea about 2,5 weeks ago (it might be a cold combined with the ear pain symptom). Nonetheless, a week ago I started thinking back to the MRI and what the doctor told me about my head. I really started to get worried. How can he be so sure? Could it be the contrast didn’t get to my brain?

So since a week I’m worried and I have no idea what to do. Three out of the past five nights I woke up too early with my right hand feeling numb (pins and needles). After 2 minutes of movement it was gone. I sometimes feel a little bit of sharp pain on the left side of my forehead. Is it all because I’m worried, but there is no reason whatsoever to be worried about?

I really hope you can help me. I need to study for my exams and want to stop worrying about my head if there is really no reason to worry at all. What should I do?

Thank you so much in advance.

Robert

[Abhijeet Ghosh]

Dear Robert,
Mild scoliosis is not at all a problem.
So is the incidental finding of the "Mild Haemorrhage/Calcification" over the left frontal lobe.
And one thing i noticed was that all of your symptoms started appearing once you came to know about the findings.
So it could be easily co-related to the anxiety also. Moreover you have to take your exams also.
Hence i would request you to stop thinking about all the MRI findings because if the body was behaving in a proper manner before the MRI, then same should have been continued.But unfortunately the same is not happening.
I would want you to just relax and concentrate on the exam part ( the problem related to right hand feeling numb/etc looks stress related rather than and mechanical reason)
Also, i would like you to meet a real good ENT specialist for the ear related problem as it should be dealt with proper antibiotics. Minor infections inside the ear can cause persistent headache.

I wish you all the best, for the exams and hope you will settle down real fast.

Feel free to discuss more with me.

Regards

[RobertVerhulst]

Thank you for your answer. But could you please take a look at the MRI pictures I posted by following this link?

http://www.medhelp.org/photos/show/5397109?type=posts

What do you see?

Thanks again,

Robert

[RobertVerhulst]

Could you please look at the link I posted?

Kind regards,

Robert