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@red79 @willow11 - can’t tell which of you asked which question. My recent brain CT for MCI says
Preserved brain volume for age. Mild chronic small vessel ischemia in the cerebral white matter
From what I understand it is like a lot
Of conditions - can be a bfd, or can be managed -‘depending on things like how diffuse it is when you discover it, whether you have diabetes, high Blood Pressure, if you are smoking still, etc.
It could be from trauma or it could be from coming of age in the 70’s 🙄
Could be because you’ve let things like weight and health slide too long (guilty!). Or it could be a combination of all those things. But it sounds like there are treatment strategies to arrest progression to varying degrees.
I’m sure mayo has some good articles as well but here’s a good one From Cleveland Clinic.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22927-microvascular-ischemic-disease
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Thanks pb50,the information is really helpful.how are you.
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Mine was from Trauma and came on suddenly. I am 5’10 and weigh 160 pounds was strong and active prior to the concussion. Now it is headaches every day, cognitive issues, nausea, (that I control with very strong ginger Beer (which really isn’t an alcoholic beer)balance issues, (that I now know how to move safely after Vistbular Therapy. My doctor wasn’t happy with me using extra strength Excedrin, So I found Magtien and use that 400 mg Thiamine. That worked for a while, but no longer. Though I am still taking Magtien with Thiamine. Now I find, I can use caffeine (very strong Scottish black Tea). I have a Mug first thing in the morning and if I also have a Mug before bed, I can sometimes wake out without a headache and get to my morning cup. If the headache rears up in the afternoon I drink coffee with a shot of espresso. These keep me functioning, though don’t really help with the cognitive issues.