Because of increased noise in my left ear, tinny sounds and small muscular spasms through the left side of my face and head, I had an MRI to rule out any problems with my ears. Nothing showed up except for and I quote, a number of small foci of increased T2 signal in the hemispheric white matter bilaterally, probably due to chronic small vessels ischemia. My doctor told me not to worry about it. It s usually seen in people with hypertension, diabetes, etc. But I don t have hypertension, or high cholesterol, or high blood pressure, and I never have, I have always been low-normal. I don t have diabetes. I am 50 yrs. old. I m healthy and fit. But over the last 5 years have had lots of tiny spasms throughout my head and sometimes feels like everything is tightening and have had very low grade headaches that last for days. Could this be a result of the ischemia. thank you.