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Having MRI
759 Patients currently have MRI
87 Patients stopped having MRI
icehogsfan Sex: M Flare-up: Severe Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile icehogsfan MRI Brain, as needed since Oct 01, 2007
bbrown5123 Sex: M Sensation: Moderate Overall: Severe Cognition: severe Vision: moderate Speech: severe Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: severe See profile bbrown5123 MRI Brain, yearly since Jun 01, 2001
Hestia58 Sex: F Sensation: Moderate Overall: Moderate Cognition: moderate Vision: moderate Speech: moderate Swallowing: moderate Upper limb: moderate Walking: moderate See profile Hestia58 MRI Brain, as needed since Apr 10, 2008

MRI Treatment Report

Brand Names: MRI Brain, MRI Spine, MRI Neck, MRI Head, MRI Knee, MRI Brain-second scan, MRI Brain and Cervical Spine, MRI Recheck, MRI Kidney, MRI Orbits
Generic Name: MRI
See also: MRI Brain, MRI Cervical Spine, MRI Knee, MRI Thoracic Spine

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).

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Reasons had

846 patients in the community are having or have had MRI.

Top 10 (Show all)

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Other	259	30%
Brain lesions	136	16%
General health	64	7%
Support another treatment	51	6%
Slow my MS progress	43	5%
Sensation	30	3%
disease-related symptoms	22	2%
Pain	14	1%
Vision	11	1%
Stiffness/Spasticity	10	1%
Optic neuritis (inflammation, optic nerve)	8	<1%
Don't know	7	<1%
Cognition	6	<1%
Brain fog	5	<1%
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)	4	<1%
Assistive communication	4	<1%
Mobility	4	<1%
INITIAL DIAGNOSIS	3	<1%
FEET AND LEGS NUMB	3	<1%
relapse	3	<1%
Cervical spine lesions	3	<1%
tingling in legs	2	<1%
Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia)	2	<1%
Trigeminal neuralgia	2	<1%
Fatigue	2	<1%
Vertigo	2	<1%
spinal lesions	2	<1%
Balance problems	2	<1%
Pain, possible lesions	1	<1%
to check for changes and amount of brain lesions	1	<1%
Glossopharyngeal neuralgia	1	<1%
Diagnosis tool	1	<1%
suspicion of MS	1	<1%
Seizures (partial/focal)	1	<1%
evaluate MS progress	1	<1%
Vision problems	1	<1%
Vestibular/Balance Problems	1	<1%
to have record/base	1	<1%
C-spinal & Lumbar area lesion	1	<1%
Numbness, Face	1	<1%
3mm lesion in the pons	1	<1%
Migraine Headaches	1	<1%
speech/talking difficulties	1	<1%
Falls	1	<1%
Show my ms progress	1	<1%
progression of M.S.	1	<1%
No Lesions	1	<1%
No Lesions	1	<1%
diagnosis of ms	1	<1%
observe brain lesions	1	<1%
Other	1	<1%
Hand weakness, both sides	1	<1%
test	1	<1%
Seizures (absence/petit mal)	1	<1%
observe lesions	1	<1%
Walking & Balance Problems	1	<1%
Migraine	1	<1%
Loss of Appetite	1	<1%
track progress of ms	1	<1%
Diagnosis process	1	<1%
numbness from chest down	1	<1%
Burning/ Buzzing/ Tingling painful feet	1	<1%
Foot drop	1	<1%
muscle jerks	1	<1%
Blurry vision	1	<1%
Dx	1	<1%
Sensation	1	<1%
Progression of MS	1	<1%
see how betaseron is working	1	<1%
Detect MS	1	<1%
test for lesions	1	<1%
MS	1	<1%
Walking difficulty without aid	1	<1%
spinal lesions at thoracic	1	<1%
Evaluate for spinal lesions	1	<1%
Difficulty walking	1	<1%
Diagnosis	1	<1%
monitor progression	1	<1%
Mood swings	1	<1%
Lower back pain	1	<1%
Numbness	1	<1%
tingling in feet	1	<1%

Other procedures patients are having for Other include Walking Stick/Cane, Levothyroxine, and Prayer.

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 87 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major	58%	19
Moderate	15%	5
Slight	3%	1
None	6%	2
Can't tell	18%	6

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe	3%	3
Moderate	9%	8
Mild	13%	11
None	75%	65

Top reported side-effects include: Headaches, Claustophobia, anxious

Summary results are based on 87 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 87)

lizupatree

Sex: F

Sensation: Moderate

Overall: Mild

Cognition: moderate

Vision: mild

Speech: mild

Swallowing: mild

Upper limb: none

Walking: mild

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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: moderate

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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Report created on November 08, 2009.

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