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What Are The Treatments Suggested After Analyzing The MRI Report?
My Lumbar spine MRI shows changes at the level of L4-L5 with some impingement on the left nerve root as well as mild narrowing of the central spinal canal. What would be the treatment for this? On a scale of 1-5, 1 = bad and 5 = fairly common, what does this mean? I am not sure if this is amenable to a cortisone injection?
Tue, 4 Mar 2014
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Your MRI report is suggestive of pressure on the nerve.it can be cured by two ways either by drugs or surgery.MRI reports are for doctors to see along with patient suffering.the decision of treatment is based on your seffering and not only on the report.so i would like to know your complaint's like difficulty in walking,pain in limbs and so on.
thanks and wish you good health
thanks for writing to HCM
Your MRI report is suggestive of pressure on the nerve.it can be cured by two ways either by drugs or surgery.MRI reports are for doctors to see along with patient suffering.the decision of treatment is based on your seffering and not only on the report.so i would like to know your complaint's like difficulty in walking,pain in limbs and so on.
thanks and wish you good health
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