demyelinating plaques

hi im a 33 yr ol female who suffers from dizzines ,vertigo, ear pressure, hypothyroid, macular degene.headaches overall tireness,and lately tremors and brain fog.. i know this isnt enough for a dx  but please help in understanding mri reading ...sometimes i think im going crazy its been 8 long years feeling like this.
could this be multiple sclerosis..?


IMPRESSION:
  Multiple focal hypersensities on flair and T2-weighted images in the frontal cortex and subcortical white matter bilaterally that may represent demyelinating plaques ,viral process or unidentified bright  objects....

MRI machine is 3.OT/1.5T  

[Curtis1960]

Hello, Kitty.

I'm sorry to read that you're having so many health problems.  I am not a doctor and can't explain the full MRI report.  However, demyelinating plaques are lesions in the brain that cause demyelination of the nerves.  Nerves are surrounded by a protective sheath called the myelin.  When a disease causes the protective sheath to break down or deteriorate, this is called demyelination.  There are many diseases that cause this - MS being the most recognizable.  As the nerves demyelinate, the the signal flow from brain to nerve to body breaks down and causes many problems depending on what part of the brain and what nerves are affected.  Only your doctor can tell you exactly what the MRI results mean.  And, most demyelinting diseases have an uncertain future - no one can predict how severe the damage will be and what the long term prognosis is.  the fortunate thing is that there are many new drugs on the market that help with the symptoms and make life more manageable.

Best of luck!

Curt

[selmaS]

Just wanted to add to Curt's assesment, which is what I believe from what I understand of ur report.....but again not being a medical person it is not possible to translate ur report.Did u post this in the expert forum? Drs do post here, but u may get a quicker responce on the expert forum.Click on forums and look to the right.....


Good luck
Godspeed
"selma"