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whats my mri mean

MRI OF THE CERVICAL SPINE:
History: Radiculopathy, lumbar region; Pain; Additional info: To rule out demyelination
Sagittal T1, T2 and STIR and axial T2 images of the cervical spine. There are no prior studies for comparison.
Findings:
The alignment and bone marrow signal are normal. There are no vertebral body anomalies. The prevertebral soft tissues and craniocervical junction are normal.
The cervical cord is normal in caliber. There is no signal abnormality in the cord or thecal sac.
At the C2-C3 level, there is mild bulge. There is uncovertebral joint arthropathy. There is no significant spinal stenosis or foraminal narrowing.
At the C3-C4 level, there is mild bulge and bilateral uncovertebral joint arthropathy. There is mild narrowing of the canal and both foramina, left greater than right.
At the C4-C5, C5-C6, C6-C7 and C7-T1 levels, there is no bulge or herniation. There is no spinal stenosis or foraminal narrowing.
Impression:
Mild degenerative bulge and uncovertebral joint arthropathy at C2-C3 and C3-C4. No significant spinal stenosis. At the C3-C4 level, mild foraminal stenosis, left greater than right.
No focal herniations.
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Thanks a lot for your answer , even my doctor told me the same the surgery will make it worth , but the medicine doesn't effect a lot and control my pain and the pain start get strong even in my center of my back and can't sleep from it at all ,
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I'm not a neurologist, but overall I think it means is essentially what the report says...e.g., you have mild disc bulging between the C2-C3 and C3-C4 vertebra. The discs haven't ruptured, but are bulging. The bulging may press against nerves and cause some nerve pain/tingling/numbness. Mild stenosis means that the space in which the cervical disc is located is crowding, which also can cause nerve pain and related symptoms.

Here's more information, including a video that illustrates what's happening: http://www.spine-health.com/conditions/spinal-stenosis/cervical-foraminal-stenosis

Your neurologist can tell you more and what to do about it. Even if the symptoms are giving you trouble, I would guess a lot of doctors wouldn't recommend surgery at this point, as the damage doesn't sound too severe and spinal surgery can be risky. My mother has severe spinal stenosis and had surgery on her cervical spine about 20 years ago...it helped a lot. She had surgery on her lumbar spine about 10 years later because of unbearable sciatic nerve pain, and while the surgery corrected that pain, it caused more damage or otherwise aggravated her nerves to the extent that she's really not any better off for it (not to mention a bad staph infection in her back following the surgery).
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