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Burning prickly pain down both sides of legs. mri said no disc problem. could i still have an irritated nerve without disc problem ?

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Still possible: Mri is not the hundred percent accurate. It depends on the image. It also depends on who's reading it.

Dr Cano and another doctor agreed

Answered 4/21/2014

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