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What is MRI Brain? Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a medical imaging technique used to visualize the structure and function of the body and provides much greater contrast between the different soft tissues of the body than does computed tomography scans (CT Scan). It is especially useful for imaging the brain.
Reasons Taken
215 patients in the community are having or have had MRI Brain.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 77 | 35% |
| General health | 19 | 8% |
| Sensation | 18 | 8% |
| Support another treatment | 15 | 6% |
| Slow my MS progress | 13 | 6% |
| Vision | 3 | 1% |
| Don't know | 3 | 1% |
| Mobility | 2 | <1% |
| Brain lesions | 1 | <1% |
| tingling in feet | 1 | <1% |
| Migrane | 1 | <1% |
| Cognition | 1 | <1% |
| speech/talking difficulties | 1 | <1% |
| Optic neuritis (inflammation of optic nerve) | 1 | <1% |
| Blurry vision | 1 | <1% |
| optic nueritis | 1 | <1% |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 19 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 38% | 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 13% | 1 |
| None | 13% | 1 |
| Can't tell | 38% | 3 |
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 0% | 0 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 0% | 0 |
| Mild | 16% | 3 |
| None | 84% | 16 |
Top reported side-effects include: Metallic taste in mouth, head ache, Upset
Summary results are based on 19 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 19)
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- mark61
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by mark61
Sep 02, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- Advice/Tips
- Gotta do it. No better way to see the lesions.
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks
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- jmscout
- Sex: F
- Sensation: None
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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by jmscout
Sep 17, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Slow my MS progress
- See full evaluation
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0 helpful marks