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What Does Central Disc Protrusion At T7-8 Mean?
What does these mri results mean? And is it serious? I also have severe back, occasional butt & leg pain. And a lot of off and on leg & feet numbness if not moved often. Central disc protrusion at T7-8 with effacement of anterior thecal sac. mild pressure on ventral aspect of thoracic cord. And Disc desiccation is seen at T9-10 with an annular bulge
Fri, 10 Oct 2014
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1.There is a disc between the vertebral bodies helps as a shock absorber effect, the disc contains maximum percentage of water, due to degenerative changes or excessive weight bearing - when the water content / hydration is lost the disc slips / bulges.
2.There is a bulge noted in your scan at the level of T7-8 which is causing mass effect on the spinal chord.
3.There is disc disease with loss of hydration and peripheral bulge at the level of T9-10 vertebrae.
4.No this is not very serious - the treatment in this case is back exercises followed by physiotherapy.
5.In rare cases when the exercises and physiotherapy does not work an operative / interventional procedure is required.
6.Please follow the link for exercises -
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Backpain/Pages/low-back-pain-exercises.aspx
Good luck.
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1.There is a disc between the vertebral bodies helps as a shock absorber effect, the disc contains maximum percentage of water, due to degenerative changes or excessive weight bearing - when the water content / hydration is lost the disc slips / bulges.
2.There is a bulge noted in your scan at the level of T7-8 which is causing mass effect on the spinal chord.
3.There is disc disease with loss of hydration and peripheral bulge at the level of T9-10 vertebrae.
4.No this is not very serious - the treatment in this case is back exercises followed by physiotherapy.
5.In rare cases when the exercises and physiotherapy does not work an operative / interventional procedure is required.
6.Please follow the link for exercises -
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Backpain/Pages/low-back-pain-exercises.aspx
Good luck.
Hope i have answered your query,
any thing to ask ? do not hesitate to ask.
http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-ganesh/62888
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