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Suggest Treatment For Disc Dehydration At L5-S1 Level Of Spine

Lumbar Spine MRİ: Technique: Axial and sagittal T1 and T2 images of the lumbosacral spine were obtained on a 1.5 Tesla magnet. Both hard and soft copy images including source images reviewed. Findings: at L5-S1 there is disk dehydration, tiny annular tearing and ignorable disk bulge, causing thecal sac indentation. other sidk spaces appear normal. there is decreasing of lumber Iordosis (muscle spasm). the conus medullaris and imaged lower dorsal cord appear normal. this is my findings. but though it is written that it is insignificant, my L5-S1 disk hurting me so much. what should i do?
Mon, 15 Dec 2014
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Hello, I have been through your question and understand your concern.

I assume you had your MRI done because of the back pain. The findings are within normal limits and you should not worry about. Disc dehydration is a normal finding in lumbar MRIs and it might be the cause of the lumbar pain, but you can not be sure for that. There is no specific treatment to this condition other than general pain killers, with acetaminophen being the preferred treatment.

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Suggest Treatment For Disc Dehydration At L5-S1 Level Of Spine

Hello, I have been through your question and understand your concern. I assume you had your MRI done because of the back pain. The findings are within normal limits and you should not worry about. Disc dehydration is a normal finding in lumbar MRIs and it might be the cause of the lumbar pain, but you can not be sure for that. There is no specific treatment to this condition other than general pain killers, with acetaminophen being the preferred treatment. Hooe this helps with your question, please feel free for further questions.