I recently had a cervical MRI and my MD called me about is and said it showed cervical spondylosis and some narrowing to see a neuro surgeion. I got a copy of the report and this is what it says. Multiple sequences and multiple projections demonstrate cervical spondylosis with joints of Luschka hypertrophy at C5-6 and C6-7. Encroachment on the neuronal foramina are present more severe on the right than left. on disc herniation. Well I have tried looking all this up and it just looks almost everyone has spondylosis at my age and I live in a small town and don't know a neuro surgeion and so does this look like something that needs to be looked at? My shoulders hurt every day and I had a pinched never a year ago and it was not the side that is the worst according to this MRI. I am not going to do surgery but I would like to understand what this means. Can anyone please just help me understand this? Thanks Suttles
Posted by lou (Member # 81) on :
I had a lumbar MRI and it said a bunch of things that made my doc suggest seeing a surgeon. Having heard practically no positive reports on back surgery, I did not go. Didn't like the track record of such surgery and thought the trauma would make lyme worse.
Found later that meds took away some of the symptoms, so although permanent damage cannot be fixed by antibiotics, it is not always easy to know which is permanent and which drug will work for these symptoms. There are apparently some spine issues that do need attention, so benign neglect and lyme treatment won't work everytime.
Good luck translating this. Too bad there isn't the medical equivalent of internet babelfish (for language translation).
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Posted by bg (Member # 46416) on :
suttles,
I don't know anything about the terminology, but I went to NIH's medlineplus site, and came up with this info. Check it out.