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Cervical spine stenosis
This is the narrowing of the spinal canal in the cervical spine (your neck). This can have serious nervous sytems effects at or below the area that is narrowed.
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A 47-year old asked:
What sort of disease is cervical spine stenosis?
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A 18-year old female asked:
What are the symptoms for cervical spine stenosis?
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A 40-year old asked:
Can I die from cervical spine stenosis if I ignore it?
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A 54-year old female asked:
How serious is cervical spine stenosis and how is it treated?
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A member asked:
Do lots of people get cervical spine stenosis, or is it unusual?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: cervical spine stenosis?
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A 25-year old asked:
My sister was diagnosed with cervical spine stenosis. What does this mean?
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A 28-year old asked:
Do people with cervical spine stenosis have a lot of pain?
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A 38-year old asked:
My fiance has cervical spine stenosis and now I wonder what I am getting into. Will this affect his ability to work?
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A 47-year old asked:
What are cervical spine stenosis treatments? What are treatment options for cervical spine stenosis?
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A 63-year old male asked:
Is there any connection between cervical spine stenosis and vertigo/ dizziness in an otherwise healthy person?
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A male asked:
I have cervical spine stenosis. I have received conflictingn opinions fromd re surgery. I have tingling in& some neck pain but my arm s& fingers are f?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I hav cervical spine stenosis, and yesterday went to Dr and he said my right leg is getting weak but that is dominant side of body, worried help?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I have cervical spine stenosis, every time I flex my neck back it hurts , had mri done last yr, and showed bone spurs, what could it be?
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A 46-year old female asked:
4yrs ago mri=moderate cervical spine stenosis with complex bone spurs.If worse now, could it cause balance problems and walking difficulties? 46 y/old
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A 42-year old female asked:
Should severe multilevel neural foraminal narrowing of the cervical spine and stenosis be concern for paralysis?
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A 45-year old female asked:
45 yr old female with cervical spine issues of stenosis,bulg.discs, pinched nervs. How can I no if messing up words are age related or something else?
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A 60-year old male asked:
Are there orthopedists that specialize in cervical endoscopic spine surgery for stenosis?
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A male asked:
Would you suggest laser spine surgury for cervical stenosis. Girlfriend has NO insurance, so I am paying out of pocket. success rate for laser?
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A 45-year old female asked:
What is the safest test/procedure to find what parts of body are affected by bulg.disc, stenosis ,pinched nerves in cervical spine?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Could cervical stenosis cause pain in your upper middle back on the spine?
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A 39-year old female asked:
My cervical spine has lots of problems like spinal stenosis.. Coukd that cause pain in the upper back on right? Pain present one year
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A 40-year old female asked:
Ache in upper right back for 2 plus years now. Mri throastic spine ok. Is this more related to my cervical stenosis or 9% function of gallbladder or ?
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A 28-year old female asked:
My cervical spine measures between 11mm and 13mm maximum. Radiologists repeatedly report generous canal dimensions. I thought under 13mm was stenosis. I have myelopathy symptoms :-( ?
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A female asked:
Please explain.Spinal stenosis and neural foraminal stenosis, inferior cervical spine due to posteriordisc osteophyten complex formation, uncovertebral?
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A member asked:
Please explain the significance of my recent MRI findings on my cervical spine. I have a history of spinal stenosis in the lower back. I recently had an MRI on my cervical spine showing significant to severe foraminal and thecal sac narrowing at multiple
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A female asked:
I have spinal stenosis in both my cervical and lumbar spine, bulging discs, nerve abutment. Do you think surgery is a good option for me?
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A 42-year old female asked:
What is spinal stenosis and what causes it? I have it in my cervical and lumbar spine. My 15 yr old just had X-ray show it around l5s1. Causes?
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A 55-year old female asked about a male:
Can a posterior disc osteophyte cervical spine without spinal or foraminal stenosis cause pain, tingling fingers in 26 year old. Ongoing for years. ?
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A 60-year old female asked:
Could moderate to severe stenosis in cervical and thoracic spine cause pain, weakness in the upper arm, dizziness and tinnitus when stretChing my neck?
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