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Sunday, November 22, 2009
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What Does Small Vessel Ischemic Disease Mean on My MRI? |
| NetWellness receives many questions about small vessel ischemic disease (which is also called white matter disease or periventricular white matter change.) For example, a MRI report might mention left sided brain changes that suggest the appearance of a stroke. High blood pressure is the single most important risk factor for stroke, and in a patient with diabetes it is crucial to control the blood pressure for optimal prevention of future strokes. | |
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MRI results in confusion |
| My MRI results are as followed: signal changes in periventricular and subcortical white matter as well as left inferior cerebellum are most suspicious for mid chronic small vessel ischemic changes. I have written extens |
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Head trauma |
| Can a head injury have anything to do with a MRI showing up a small vessel ischemic diease are even a Bilateral maxillary sinus disease. To my knowledge, small vessel ischemic disease is not the result of a head injury. Max |
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MRI results |
| I am a 52 year old women who recently had an MRI without contrast; the results as follows: Several periventricular and subcortical foci of white matter hyperintensity seen on T2-weighted and FLAIR images are nonspecific, howe |
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What Does Small Vessel Ischemic Disease Mean on My MRI? |
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What's New on NetWellness - January 2008 |
| NetWellness January Spotlight: Thyroid Awareness Month Every time you look in the mirror, a key to your well-being is staring you right in the face: your thyroid gland. Top 5 Things To Know About Thyroid Disorders* - As many as 27 million Americans may be affected by thyroid disorders, although more than half remain undiagnosed. | |
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Severe chronic eye pain |
| I`ve been suffering with eye pain for about 5 years and my last visit with an opthalmologist said he "didn`t know what`s wrong" but he did say the eyeballs appear normal. Based on your description, it would appear |
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Small vessel disease |
| After 2 MRIs and evoked potential testing my neurologist states I have small vessel disease and not cerebellar ataxia as my former neurologist had stated. I have written several previous answers about "small vessel diseas |
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Medical Terminology Definition |
| Small vessel disease/moderate chronic ischemic disease of the white matter/mild cortical atrophy/ My father in-law was just diagnosed with dementia have to explain it to him. "Small vessel disease/chronic ischemic disease of |
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Small Vessel Disease Leading to Memory Loss |
| On seeking definition on ischemic changes, I found this site by accident. Can you answer my question or tell me where to go to ask my own question - Recent MRI confirms one of 2 years ago which indicated ischemic changes - h |
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