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chronic microvascular ischemic changes symptoms
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Dr. Brian Sabb answered
24 years experience Sports Medicine
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
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13 years experience Internal Medicine
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 Neuberg answered
37 years experience Cardiology
? 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
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13 years experience Neurology
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
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Dr. Larry Armstrong answered
26 years experience Neurosurgery
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
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Pain: Feeling of cold. Blanching. Numbness.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bennett Machanic answered
51 years experience Neurology
Unfortunately YES: Diabetes is one of many causes of accelerated cerebral artery and arteriole constriction due to atherosclerosis. Other causes include aging, hyperten ... Read More
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Dr. Donald Colantino answered
60 years experience Internal Medicine
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
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Dr. Steven Busuttil answered
32 years experience Vascular Surgery
Skin Changes: Ischemic changes usually noted in the skin caused by blockages of the very small blood vessels inside tissues like the skin. Seen most commonly in dia ... Read More
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Dr. Bart Denys answered
38 years experience Cardiology
Ischemia: Ischemia is a technical term for "lack of oxygen". Microvascular means the smallest of blood vessels. Think of the plumbing in your house. The microva ... Read More
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