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Brain MRI: Do findings possibly indicate small vessel brain disease?

Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases | Last Active: Oct 20 9:05am | Replies (42)
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@keithl56

I am 68 and have the same issue. Unfortunately, there is no treatment or way to reverse the condition. My neurologist said "there's no way to roto root your brain". You can't stop the ischemic changes, TMI's, or lacunar strokes that may occur, but my doctor has warned me to get to the ER immediately if symptomatic to head off or reduce the damage from a full blown stroke.

Enjoy life and good luck!

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leemoore13 | @leemoore13 | Aug 31 5:23pm

I posted earlier this month thst I had received a report from my doctor on a brain MRI i had in June. Bruefly, the report stated. thst I had ischaemic changes in my brain and my doctor said these were worse than expected for my age considering I did not have a stroke history. I was fairly concerned and two days returned to the neurologist who initially ordered the MRI and I brought the disc with me .....he insisted on seeing the disc from the scan and not just the report. He looked at the scan and he said " I would be more than happy if that was my brain....I would expect to see 1 white spot on a normal brain of a person just past 40 and 6 spots by your age (I am 67)...I only have 1 spot!! I'm delighted, but need to check where this mistake was made...sometimes the scanners are not great and can be difficult to interpret especially by someone who isn't very experienced. Anyway I'm very relieved,

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