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Chronic microvascular ischemic changes symptoms
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Dr. Brian Sabbanswered
Sports Medicine 26 years experience
Brain MRI right?: 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 ... Read More
5.5k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 61-year-old female asked:

Dr. Mohammed Parvezanswered
Internal Medicine 15 years experience
Stroke: These small micro vascular changes seen on MRI are called "lacunar infarcts", which is a result of uncontrolled blood pressure for a long time.
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Dr. Gerald Neuberganswered
Cardiology 39 years experience
? mini-stroke: Microvascular changes are sometimes referred to a mini-strokes but usually cause no symptoms. However, they suggest a risk of more and worse damage un... Read More
4.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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Dr. John Bakeranswered
Neurology 15 years experience
Brain: My opinion on chronic microvascular changes...Most important is how bad. Sometimes there are a few small speckles seen in people with migraines that a... Read More
5.5k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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Dr. Larry Armstronganswered
Neurosurgery 28 years experience
Aging changes: 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 ... Read More
5.8k viewsReviewed Feb 26, 2021
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Dr. Bennett Machanicanswered
Neurology 53 years experience
?vascular dementia: 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 hav... Read More
1.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 48-year-old member asked:

A Verified Doctoranswered
68 years experience
Pain: Feeling of cold. Blanching. Numbness.
5.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 52-year-old female asked:

Dr. Donald Colantinoanswered
Internal Medicine 62 years experience
Infarcts: In my experience the usual cause of these findings, which are often not symptomatic, is longstanding hypertension of varying degree. A neurologist co... Read More
138 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 60-year-old male asked:

Dr. Edward Smithanswered
Neurology 55 years experience
Parse the words: Chronic = long-standing. Microvascular = small blood vessel. Ischemic = insufficient blood flow. Technically such a condition can affect any organ in ... Read More
5.6k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 51-year-old member asked:

Dr. Frank Kuitemsanswered
Internal Medicine 37 years experience
No : Not curable but can be treated by managing the underlying diseases causing missed like diabetes and hypertension and high cholesterol
2.8k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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Dr. Mijail Serruyaanswered
Neurology 17 years experience
Patchy insulation: 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 t... Read More
3.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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