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My doctor refuses to give me an mri. he says i have a bulging disc and treatment will not change no matter what the mri shows. is this normal?

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Dr. Mark Weston answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Diagnostic impass: Jhw do you know you have a bulging disk woth out a MRI ct scan? He may feel that the MRI wont add anything substantial to the image you have already had that shows the bulge , i consider bulges as asymptomatic incidental findings that require no treatment and search for snotjer cause of pain.

Answered 6/10/2014

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A member asked:

My doctor refuses to give me an mri. he says i have a bulging disc and treatment will not change no matter what the mri shows. is this normal?

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