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I heard somewhere, and I dont recall where, that everyone's joints and body is a mess as they age - you dont expect your face to stay young, why expect your spine? I think unless you have many years of imaging history to see trends, its hard to look at a snapshot in time and discern whether things are good or bad or getting worse.
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The problem is that simply having discs that are squished, a cord pinched, or other issues doesn't mean that's the cause of the problem. I've seen people with textbook looking spines that could barely move and others with multiple disc protrusions who were in for follow-ups with no issues. Having a history of scans does help point to what the issue might be, but you don't need them to tell that there are issues. To your other point, I once had a knee scanned and asked the Rad to read it for me. I asked if she saw any tears. "Of course I see tears. Everyone has tears. You could scan probably anyone in the hospital over 30 and we would find tears. It's not that there is a tear, it's where, how big, how recent. And in that scope, I don't see anything" Last edited by makoti; Today at 07:29 PM. |
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My wife had (has?) scoliosis and had her spine fused at 16-17. I think it’s the whole spine. At 20-21, the steel hardware that had been left inside caused a very bad infection, she had to have her back cut open again to have the hardware removed. The cut was left open for multiple days with drainage hoses, and she was on antibiotic infusions for weeks afterwards.
That was almost 20 years ago, she hasn’t had any notable issues since then. |
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