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What Does This Result From MRI Of Chest Indicate?

I have suffered a few mini strokes, Dr s can not find out what is causing them, Hospital has supplied a letter following an mri, but refuses to explain what the results mean. The Dr told me off for asking what these areas control. I am confused by the internet, some of the letter reads There is a large old right MCA artery territory frontal cortical infarct. T2 and FLAIR hight signal focus ain teh left frontal lobe (coronal image 12, sagittal FLAIR image 16), probably ischaemic in origin as well. Old lucanar infarct in the right thalamus. Probable small infarct in the right occipital lobe (axial image 10). Mildly advanced for age cortical involution. Can you explain how these mini strokes affect what I do?
Wed, 11 Mar 2015
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hello..
this MRI says you had infarcts(death of brain tissue due to lack of blood supply) in multiple areas of the brain..ischemic means decreased or stop in blood supply..
what you have to do is
regularly take the medication prescribed by your doctor
well balanced diet
quit SMOKING/ other addictions( if you have any)
do yoga or other physical activities like walk swimming etc..

hope my answer helps you
if you have any more queries i would be happy to answer..
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What Does This Result From MRI Of Chest Indicate?

hello.. this MRI says you had infarcts(death of brain tissue due to lack of blood supply) in multiple areas of the brain..ischemic means decreased or stop in blood supply.. what you have to do is regularly take the medication prescribed by your doctor well balanced diet quit SMOKING/ other addictions( if you have any) do yoga or other physical activities like walk swimming etc.. hope my answer helps you if you have any more queries i would be happy to answer..