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Cervical myopathy prognosis?
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Depends: Needs immediate evaluation by a spine surgeon before any permanent damage sets in.
Answered 3/8/2013
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Myelopathy?: Cervical myelopathy means the symptoms due to pressure on the spinal cord from stenosis or disc herniations. This can be reversible with intervention such as surgery. However, without treatment is typically does tend to progress with weakness, numbness, etc.
Answered 6/14/2015
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