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Can mri machines irritate nerves?tried an mri and felt heat in my face.took photos of face afterward because red and hot now diagnosed atn? need mri

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Heat: MRI is electromagnetic energy and this is known to heat tissue. https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1992.tb49617.x This is a link to an article from the New York academy of science that discusses possibilites. The machines are to be set to limit this effect. However, like with cell phones people can have various sensitivites.

Answered 8/25/2019

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