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Hi I have been having really bad weakness and pain in my arms and legs when I walk i feel like im going to fall ,I am having trouble folding clothes, my arms feel so heavy and they start to hurt I also have pain in my finger tips where it hurts to touch anything I had an MRI , for my neck I was having neck pain and lower back the MRI said I have degenerative disk disease throughout the cervical spine at c4-5 there is mild diffuse posterior bulging of the disk at c5-6 it shows moderate size neural foraminal disk protrusion at c6-7 disk protrusion without canal stenosis
at c7-t1 shows large paracentral neural foraminal disk protrusion it also says multilevel disease and the fact that abnormality can only be seen on the axial can this be causing my trouble or could it be something else
Hi I have been having really bad weakness and pain in my arms and legs when I walk i feel like im going to fall ,I am having trouble folding clothes, my arms feel so heavy and they start to hurt I also have pain in my finger tips where it hurts to touch anything I had an MRI , for my neck I was having neck pain and lower back the MRI said I have degenerative disk disease throughout the cervical spine at c4-5 there is mild diffuse posterior bulging of the disk at c5-6 it shows moderate size neural foraminal disk protrusion at c6-7 disk protrusion without canal stenosis
at c7-t1 shows large paracentral neural foraminal disk protrusion it also says multilevel disease and the fact that abnormality can only be seen on the axial can this be causing my trouble or could it be something else
Thanx alot Doc, I guess I should have asked, is this a Normal MRI????
Billy
The decreased signal appearance on the MRI is caused by 'dessication' of the disc
This means that there is a loss of water content within the discs, which is usually normal as people get older
The loss of water shows up as a loss of signal (or a darker area) on the MRI scan
It can be a very early sign of disc degeneration, a slow process where the disc gets wear and tear over time
PW