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See also: MRI Brain, MRI Cervical Spine, MRI Knee, MRI Thoracic
What is MRI? 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).
Reasons Taken
339 patients in the community are having or have had MRI.
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 145 | 42% |
| General health | 32 | 9% |
| Slow my MS progress | 25 | 7% |
| disease-related symptoms | 23 | 6% |
| Support another treatment | 13 | 3% |
| Pain | 7 | 2% |
| Stiffness/spasticity | 6 | 1% |
| Brain fog | 4 | 1% |
| Don't know | 3 | <1% |
| Fatigue | 2 | <1% |
| Sensation | 2 | <1% |
| Vision | 2 | <1% |
| Balance problems | 2 | <1% |
| Optic neuritis (inflammation of optic nerve) | 2 | <1% |
| Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia) | 2 | <1% |
| Difficulty walking | 1 | <1% |
| Falls | 1 | <1% |
| Walking difficulty without aid | 1 | <1% |
| numbness from chest down | 1 | <1% |
| Vestibular/Balance Problems | 1 | <1% |
| Mood swings | 1 | <1% |
| Numbness | 1 | <1% |
| Glossopharyngeal neuralgia | 1 | <1% |
| Numbness, face | 1 | <1% |
| Cognition | 1 | <1% |
| Facial spasms | 1 | <1% |
| Hand weakness, both sides | 1 | <1% |
| Mobility | 1 | <1% |
| optic nueritis | 1 | <1% |
Patient Reported Evaluations
Results from 29 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.
Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)
| Major | 69% | 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 15% | 2 |
| None | 8% | 1 |
| Can't tell | 8% | 1 |
Other
Side-effects (as an overall problem)
| Severe | 3% | 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | 10% | 3 |
| Mild | 10% | 3 |
| None | 76% | 22 |
Top reported side-effects include: Headache, sore muscles, Claustophobia
Summary results are based on 29 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.
Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 29)
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- lizupatree
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: None
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: none
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by lizupatree
Aug 19, 2008
- EfficacyCan't tell
- Side-effectsNone
- disease-related symptoms
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- Gypsy
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
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by Gypsy
Aug 20, 2008
- EfficacyMajor
- Side-effectsNone
- Other
- Advice/Tips
- I usually fall asleep. If I know I have 2 or 3 MRI's coming up- I schedule them ALL at the same time. Generally , that will put me in the "tube' for almost 2 hours but if you don't have a problem with small spaces- I'd just as soon get it out of the way.
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