White matter on the brain

[Pam]

Hi, actually I have lot's of questions,but this is the main one.I suffer from a lot of things-vertigo,chronic pain through out my body,double vision,muscle weakness,to name a few.I've had 3 MRI'S of the brain,each 2 yrs. apart.All show white matter in area's of the brain.Had a lumbar puncture,MS was ruled out.I was told it's FMS.But, I can't get a clear answer about the spots on my brain.Why ar they there and will they affect me some how?I sure would appreciate any info. you can give me.Many Thanks

[Verytired94]

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[Debbie1948]

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[debmcdonald]

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[Judy]

My sisters little boy has shown signs of white brain matter loss
such as doing poorly in school, he was diagnosised with very mild
siezers and is controlled with med., they said he has lost some of the white brain matter but they wont tell her how much or what the different stages are to help prepare for the out come which they did inform her that it would be death. Is there any way of informing her of the different stages to look for?

[Cathy McDonald ([email protected]]

I am a 47 year old female. I don't smoke or drink but have a family history of heart problems, diabetes and cancer.  I began not feeling well several years ago - it started with tiredness in my legs, especially when walking or climbing stairs.  Then it got to the place where my muscles were sore and achy and I had severe fatique. I had blood work, a stress test, an echogram, and all of that was normal.  About a year ago my family doctor diagnosed me with fibromyalgia.  I've read quite a bit about fibromyalgia and I have most of the symptoms but my doctor never performed the pressure point test.  

In February of this year I was in an accident and suffered an injury to my head.  A CT scan was performed to check for bleeding.  The CT scan showed I might have a pineal cyst so I was told to have an MRI.  In April I had an MRI without contrast which showed some white matter disease, nonspecific finding, could not rule out demyelinating.  I was sent to a neurologist.  The neurological exam was normal and both the visual evoked response and the auditory revoked response tests were normal.  The neurologist suspected that I may have MS but was somewhat baffled.  I then had an MRI with contrast and followed up with the neurologist.  The MRI with contrast report reads "there is no evidence for enhancing mass, mass effect or midline shift.  The ventricles are normal in size and location.  There are periventricular white matter hypertensities identified within the right frontal region, stable from previous examination.  No areas of acute hemorrhage.  Impression:  Stable periventricular white matter hypertensities found predominently in the region of the right frontal white matter tracts.  The finding is nonspecific and is likely secondary to chronic small vessel disease.  Demyelinating process however is considered less likely."  The neurologist says that if the white matter hypertensities were only in the white matter it would more likely suggest MS but he said I also have hypertensities in the gray matter, which does not occur with MS.  He says it is "mysterious" and he can't tell me what is wrong.  Can you help?

[Sheree Kazi]

My grandmother suffered a stroke this week.  It was evidently mild, but was shown in a cat scan.  The dr. has said that he would like to have a MRI done because he detected a malignancy within the white matter.  Reading what I can about white matter, I'm not sure how he would know this from a cat scan.  What would your insight be?  Thank you.