Question 1

I'm a diabetic and my mri shows chronic microvascular ischaemic changes. what is this and what are the symptoms. i have recently have memory problems

Accepted Answer

On brain MRI your radiology physician saw small signal abnormalities that he or she thought were related to ischemia. These are not uncommon in older patients. What would be good to know is your age and the quantity of the disease that was seen on mr.

Your ordering physician will want to put these 2 pieces of information together and talk to you about controlling risk factors to minimize brain dz.

Question 2

Is stable bilateral frontaoparietal white matter t2w/flair hyperintense signals, probably chronic microvascular ischemic changes called mild stroke?

Accepted Answer

These small micro vascular changes seen on MRI are called "lacunar infarcts", which is a result of uncontrolled blood pressure for a long time.

Question 3

Is it normal for a 42 yr old female to have chronic microvascular ischemic changes of the brain & what could be the cause? history chronic muscle pn

Accepted Answer

My opinion on chronic microvascular changes...Most important is how bad. Sometimes there are a few small speckles seen in people with migraines that are definitely not worrisome. Otherwise risk factors for this are: smoking, high bp/cholesterol, diabetes, drug use, and genetics...Among other rare causes. My biggest recs would be to work on any changeable things like some of these.

Question 4

Hello dr, i had a mri of my brain. it came back as slight chronic microvascular ischemic changes. what does that mean? also what does a air cell mean?

Accepted Answer

As we get older, arteries harden and we see small vessel changes in the brain due to aging. They simply mean the brain doesn't work as well as it did when we are young and mostly attest to our slowly diminishing function. These are microvascular ischemic changes.  You probably don't notice these changes.
Air cells are bony areas of the skull with air spaces in them- normal.

Question 5

My grandpa have chronic microvascular ischemic changes.he has deficiency in vit b12,show low o2 in the brain,have memory loss,his behavior has changed?

Accepted Answer

1. Get the vitamin B-12 into normal range with injections.  2. He may have had small strokes which need to be prevented with medication.  3. Could have Alzheimer's.   Any of above separately or together could affect memory and behavior.   A neurologist can help.

Question 6

Symptoms of microvascular ischemic change ?

Accepted Answer

Feeling of cold. Blanching. Numbness.

Question 7

I was treated for a pulmonary avm that had been undetected for years. screened for brain avm & mri found chronic small vessel territory infarcts in left cerebellar hemisphere/chronic microvascular ischemic white matter changes. what is it? treatment?

Accepted Answer

In my experience the usual cause of these findings, which are often not symptomatic, is longstanding  hypertension of varying degree. A neurologist could evaluate and advise you further about these findings and their causes. I would strive for a blood pressure of no higher than 130/80 going forward.

Question 8

What is chronic microvascular ischemic disease?

Accepted Answer

Chronic = long-standing. Microvascular = small blood vessel. Ischemic = insufficient blood flow. Technically such a condition can affect any organ in the body but this condition gets most attention due to neurologic involvement. Certain genetic & environmental factors contribute to this condition--that is, there is more than one cause.

Question 9

Is it true that chronic microvascular ischemic disease is curable?

Accepted Answer

Not curable but can be treated by managing the underlying diseases causing missed like diabetes and hypertension and high cholesterol

Question 10

What is chronic periventricular white matter microvascular ischemic disease?

Accepted Answer

Chronic means this process has been going on for years in the brain. White matter is the part of the brain where the "communication cables" are, and they are "white" because of myelin insulation. The ventricles are fluid-filled "shock absorber" spaces inside the brain. Ischemic means they have been deprived oxygen, microvascular means in tiny blood vessels. Mini-stroke strips off some insulation.

Chronic microvascular ischemic changes symptoms

I'm a diabetic and my mri shows chronic microvascular ischaemic changes. what is this and what are the symptoms. i have recently have memory problems

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Is stable bilateral frontaoparietal white matter t2w/flair hyperintense signals, probably chronic microvascular ischemic changes called mild stroke?

Is it normal for a 42 yr old female to have chronic microvascular ischemic changes of the brain & what could be the cause? history chronic muscle pn

Hello dr, i had a mri of my brain. it came back as slight chronic microvascular ischemic changes. what does that mean? also what does a air cell mean?

My grandpa have chronic microvascular ischemic changes.he has deficiency in vit b12,show low o2 in the brain,have memory loss,his behavior has changed?

Symptoms of microvascular ischemic change ?

I was treated for a pulmonary avm that had been undetected for years. screened for brain avm & mri found chronic small vessel territory infarcts in left cerebellar hemisphere/chronic microvascular ischemic white matter changes. what is it? treatment?

What is chronic microvascular ischemic disease?

Is it true that chronic microvascular ischemic disease is curable?

What is chronic periventricular white matter microvascular ischemic disease?

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