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What Does The Following MRI Report Indicate?
Question: My Father is facing some issues like forgetting things I had MRI reports with me Can you please suggest the needful?
Brief Answer:
Vascular dementia/multi-infarct dementia
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,here to answer your query.
I have gone through your father's MRI reports uploaded by you.
Periventricular and subcortical white matter hyperintensities along with lacunar infarcts is suggestive of vascular or multi-infarct dementia.
He needs to be on ecosprin and statins regular dose.Simultaneously,medicines for dementia like donepezil or memantine should be started.
PLEASE TAKE ALL MEDICINES UNDER A PHYSICIAN'S GUIDANCE.
Hope that I have answered your query.If you have follow up questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Vascular dementia/multi-infarct dementia
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX
Thanks for being on healthcaremagic.
I am Dr.Ajay Panwar,here to answer your query.
I have gone through your father's MRI reports uploaded by you.
Periventricular and subcortical white matter hyperintensities along with lacunar infarcts is suggestive of vascular or multi-infarct dementia.
He needs to be on ecosprin and statins regular dose.Simultaneously,medicines for dementia like donepezil or memantine should be started.
PLEASE TAKE ALL MEDICINES UNDER A PHYSICIAN'S GUIDANCE.
Hope that I have answered your query.If you have follow up questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Hi Sir,
Thanks for your response.
Glad to see your response, but it is bit tough for me to understand as your answer is in medical terms.
In simple can you please explain what are the effects and side effects of all this.
What kind of precautions we need to take care.
Thanks for your response.
Glad to see your response, but it is bit tough for me to understand as your answer is in medical terms.
In simple can you please explain what are the effects and side effects of all this.
What kind of precautions we need to take care.
Brief Answer:
Here follows:
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX
Thanks for being in follow up.
In simple words,MRI says about the brain damage due to poor blood perfusion which may result from the narrowed blood vessels due to chronic effects of some factors like age,high blood pressure or smoking.
He needs to be put on the medicines as I mentioned above to prevent further brain injury and to help improve the memory.
He also needs to be screened for high blood pressure.
Hope that I have answered your query.If you have follow up questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Here follows:
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX
Thanks for being in follow up.
In simple words,MRI says about the brain damage due to poor blood perfusion which may result from the narrowed blood vessels due to chronic effects of some factors like age,high blood pressure or smoking.
He needs to be put on the medicines as I mentioned above to prevent further brain injury and to help improve the memory.
He also needs to be screened for high blood pressure.
Hope that I have answered your query.If you have follow up questions,I shall be glad to answer else please close the thread,rate it and write a review.
Regards
Dr.Ajay Panwar,
MD,DM(Neurology)
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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