Osteoarthritis upper spine
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One or 2 vertebral body hemangiomas are seen within the upper thoracic spine here is a hemangioma within ghetto left fifth rib posteriorly. No soft tissue masses are seen
There us relatively mild degenerative disc disease n left facet join osteoarthritis in the cervical spine this is most prominent at c5/6 where ther is left greater than the right foraminal stenosis. Also noted in c6/7
What does all this mean???????
I have pain in both my upper arms. I suffer from osteoarthritis and wondered if it is connected, I know it is in my spine. The pain is enough to disrupt my sleeping, and I sometimes find it difficult to pick up or hold a book to read because it's so painful. I have to sleep on my side and I'm not sure if it's connected to that. I have tried putting heat on and it doesn't seem to make any difference.
i was also wondering about the osteoarthritis as my dr told me that i have severe degenerative osteoarthritis of the lower spine (I forgot the numbers), hips, left shoulder and both feet. I had major surgery last summer and mesh was used to attach part of my bowel to my spine. My dr figures that this may have jump-started the arthritis issues. Currently i have probs walking, bending and overall it hurts to be on my feet for more than 20 mins at a time.
The pain is due to irritation or injury of nerves, pinching of nerves by tight neck muscles, compression of nerves as it leaves the spine secondary to osteoarthritis or tumors in the neck. Local inflammation or infection, gout, diabetes etc. you need to consult a neurologist who will do a detailed neurological examination, X-ray upper spine, eliciting tenderness over affected nerve, relief from pain after an anesthetic block will be needed to confirm diagnosis.
- l have been diagnosed with extensive gear changes throughout the lumbar spine with disc space narrowing and facet joint changes. there is mild bilateral sacroiliac joint osteoarthritis. At L2-3 there is a paracentral disc protrusion and severe neuroforaminal stenosis. This is causing me abdominal sensations and anxiety.
The pain will occasionally radiate into my pectoral muscle and sternum. My physician did an MRI on my spine that came out clear and has also ruled out any heart problems. I suffer from IBS, and a CT scan was done on my abdomen that revealed nothing more than a few pockets of uninfected diverticula. I also had a nerve conduction study done and other than some mild carpal tunnel symptoms in my hand, it revealed nothing.
I have recently been diagnosed with Osteoarthritis, but have been suffering with a pain in the upper part of the inside & back of my legs, (not lower part of legs) it can only be described as cold & painful to the touch, or rather I cannot bear to touch it or for anything to touch the area because it feels icy/freezing. The easiest way to describe it is if you put your hand on the ice in your chest freezer for a while it becomes painful to the touch.
I have not been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia but I have this pain that nobody seems to know how to diagnose. I had upper back pain for a few months (4 months) over a year ago and that has not come back. Besides that, I don't have any other real symptoms. Im 26 years old and I am a guy and I am not sure why I am in pain.
I've had mri's of my spine and shows osteoarthritis with bone spurs in cervical thoracic and lumbar. This was done in 2007 (i was 35), now i have this horrible tendonitis in both wrists and i'm on prednisone. Could this be related to the arthritis? i'm seeing an ortho but he doesn't know about the osteoarthritis (i was just rereading my reports and it jumped out at me). What should i expect with this diagnosis?
Cervical Spondylosis actually means Osteoarthritis of the Cervical Spine. So the answer is the same to your question regrading Osteoarthritis.
I would assume you medical provider would refer you to a Neurosurgeon. I want to commend you for educating yourself on your condition. Read - Read - Read. Learn all you can about your condition so you can ask questions of your physicians and will understand their responses.
Generalized osteoarthritis is yet another subset of osteoarthritis. Most people know the meaning of primary osteoarthritis or secondary osteoarthritis, but generalized osteoarthritis is a lesser known term.
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Subsets of Osteoarthritis
Primary osteoarthritis is characterized by joint pain, stiffness, limited range of motion, and weakness. Primary osteoarthritis is also referred to as idiopathic, meaning, there is no known underlying or predisposing cause.
Ok, spondylosis is a term referring to common degenerative osteoarthritis of the joints of the spine. A lot of people develop it as they age.
Water and fluid will present as intensities on the T2 weighted images. In some situations, this can be due to some degenerative changes in that area of the spine, however, this can be non-specific and it is best that these findings be correlated with your present symptoms if any. In other words in might be nothing.
5 months ago I had a sudden onset of pain in my upper arms and thighs, generating into my hips and buttocks. I have had an x-ray which showed no degeneration of my hips, varying blood tests which showed raised crp level of 16 which have now reduced to 8 but no abnormality in esr test. I have a b12 deficiency and am now being tested for Intrinsic Factor Antibody - no results yet with a view to pernicious anaemia although I don't think that this would be responsible for my pains.
Although I have had 2 surgeries on my cervical spine for ruptured discs and lax ligaments (am now fused from C3-C6), I am now told that I have significant osteoarthritis at C1-C2 (atlanto-axial joint) Accupuncture did relieve a lot of the associated muscle spasms but I still get bone pain sometimes even at the base of my skull. I've also wrenched the left side of my neck twice in the past 6 weeks at work.
I have degeneration of my lower spine (osteoarthritis) and get pains that run down my legs and pins and needles in the feet. Dr. said this was referred pain from the spine.
I have never heard of people having too much iron, usually it is the opposite. Do you know what causes you to have too much iron in the body?
Don't presume that because you have a blood test taken every 3 months that they test for other problems. You will only know for definite if you ask.
Full work up done after the accident, x-rays of most major joints and entire spine. No one said anything about arthritis at that time.
I had a spine MRI performed in late March. Now all of the sudden I'm riddled with arthritis, and the degeneration is compressing discs and nerves.
My Orthopedist seems to feel that the arthritis is not related to the wreck. It's my understanding that trauma to any joints can lead to the onset of arthritis.
I have had an MRI with contrast on my brain that showed fluid behind my ear, but no one was concerned. I have had MRIs of my cervical spine and lumbar spine that show degenerative disc changes, but ortho doesn't feel nerves are being pinched. When I sit my left leg goes numb all over including the groin area. When I stand or walk the left leg is weak and the bottom of my foot tingles and is painful.
‘Line of weight bearing falling anterior to the sacral promontory’ would indicate an abnormal spinal curvature which could be the cause or the result of osteoarthritis. Some degree of osteoarthritis is expected with age which can worsen post-menopause, being overweight, improper posture, lack of physical exercise/ muscle strength, chronic trauma, diabetes etc., which causes degeneration of the joint and associated inflammation that causes pain. The acute injury is unlikely to be related to it.
Never take pain for an answer is my suggestion. To summerize, sounds like your lower cervical spine-which can affect your upper extremities, is showing signs of age. Disks 5-6 have whats known as a bone spur, or a growth, common as people get older, thats creating mild blockage to the area where your nerves exit the spinal cord (canal)- in other words your canal is mildly narrowed there. The rest is talking specifically about bone/disk malformation which could irritate the nerves.
Multi-level degenerative disc disease, foraminal encroachment, facet disease and mild stenosis (cervical and lumbar.) Physical therapist visit in 2007: Joint hypermobility syndrome, kyphosis, mid-thoracic joint dysfunction, sacral pain and sacroiliac joint dysfunction. She also said I was ½ inches shorter since 2005, and could have osteoporosis. She assessed me as 46% disabled, but did not know why?
In 2002 I was in a head-on collision, since the accident I have had surgery at c4-c6 and L3-S1, I am now experiencing what my neurosurgeon calls straight back syndrome. My thoracic spine is pressing on my lungs and I have spurs on each vertebrae on the inside toward my lungs. I can't hardly walk without getting out of breathe and I definitely can't stand or walk and talk at the same time without gasping for air.
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