Question 1

what does mean if i have narrowing of disk space in l4-s1 level?

Accepted Answer

Maybe nothing : Your spine looks on MRI like 30% of asymptomatic 30 years olds many narrow disc cause no pain at all 95% of backache ismuscularand resolves overtime and can be controlled w ith commonsense avoiding activities.

Question 2

what does it mean to have a narrow disk in your back?

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Unclear: Narrow disc is not a diagnosis by itself.  Odds are in a teenager that it is a variant of normal.  In older patients an isolated "narrow disc" can be related to disc degeneration, which usually is part of the normal aging process.

Question 3

does neural foramina narrowing cause herniated disk?

Accepted Answer

See below: Two seperate things foraminal narrowing is from settling and loss of spacing or bone spurs disc herniation are caused by pushing disc material through a preexisting crack radial tear commonpresent in people over 30.

Question 4

what does it mean to have narrowing in the disks in my neck? and could this be also causing extreme pain in my shoulder?

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Degeneration: Discs in the neck serve as shock absorbers and space maintainers and help keep the neck mobile to twist and turn to look around.  Discs can degenerate and thus narrowing between the vertebrae occur.  The nerves coming off the spinal cord exit at the levels of the discs.  If there is too much narrowing, the nerves are "pinched" and pain results.  Yes, this can be in the shoulder and go down the arm.

Question 5

what does arthritis in l5-s1 with disk space narrowing mean?

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Osteoarthritis: It means you have osteoarthritis of the area of the lumbosacral spine.

Question 6

narrowing of the disk space at the l4 5 and l5 s1, loss  of disc height, how can we make it fixed?

Accepted Answer

Disc narrowing: Disc narrowing is a natural aging process. It is just like wrinkles and gray hair. If you live long enough, it will happen to 100% of people. It is not arthritis which is a disease. It is also called degenerative disc disease or loss of height of disc space.

Question 7

i have a disk #6 that is narrowing, pincking the nerve that is down my right arm. thay would like to try an aperderal. prior to surgery

Accepted Answer

In : In general, conservative treatment is often preferred over surgery for the initial treatment of herniated discs or acute radiculitis (acute problems with the nerve).   While the mainstay of conservative treatment is physical therapy, epidural injections are quite useful to reduce the pain.

A few cautionary statements, however: not all pain management physicians are adept at cervical injections.  I would make sure that the pain management physician (or the surgeon or radiologist- all do these injections) is experienced with cervical injections as these can be more difficult than lumbar (low back) injections.  In the hands of a trained physician, the risks of a cervical epidural injection are low, but not zero.  The main risk is infection, which is about 1%.  Rarer risks include injury to the nerve or to the vertebral artery (one of the blood vessels to the brain, which runs very close to where the injection is placed).  However, I have sent patients for injections in the neck for years without any of these complications occurring.

Also, if you have progressive weakness of the arm, you may need to consider surgery instead.  For pain of the arm, however, injections are often quite helpful in reducing your pain.

Question 8

grade one sponylolisthesis with bilateral pars defects, which appear chronic, without edema. mild disk height loss with diffuse disc bulging, but resulting in severe right and moderate left neural foraminal narrowing. means?

Accepted Answer

: The most concerning statement was the last part, the severe foraminal narrowing. It means the disc bulges are pressing into the openings where the nerves branch off the spine and go out to the limbs. If you are having pain, consider a visit with a PM&amp;R doctor or a neurosurgeon to discuss treatment options.

Question 9

what does "t12-l1 l1-l4 no focal disk herniation, significant central canal or neural foraminal narrowing" indicate?

Accepted Answer

Normal: Translation: thoracic 12th vertebra to lumbar 1 (first lumbar) vertebra, lumbar 1 to lumbar 4 (there are 5 lumbar vertebrae) there is nothing protruding from the disc and pressing on the nerves, no bone spurs, outside the spinal canal where nerves exit, no pressure. All good.

Question 10

what does this mean? "t12-l1 l1-l4 no focal disk herniation, significant central canal or neural foraminal narrowing"?

Accepted Answer

MRI: These are some of most common problems seen on MRI. So this essentially means that these levels of your spine are normal.

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I have a disk #6 that is narrowing, pincking the nerve that is down my right arm. thay would like to try an aperderal. prior to surgery

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