discussion spine /disk issues

[Shadowmeph]

not sure if anyone can explain these meaning that are from an old CT scan I had back in 2018 and of course now being 7 years later could be why I am having so many issues, I ask becasue My EI ran out and when I had t otalk to the welfare person I told here a few thigns about me alway in mild to medium pain but I am so used to it that its totally normal anyway she told me t og osee my doc and get a disability form filled out . so I did some digging and found my old CT scan and it says this which I did look up but myu brain isnt fully comprehnding wha tit actually means of course since then Ihave been in a car accident that really messed me up and well I went back t owork after a few months off becasue I was going crazy not doing anything but now it takes me a few hours t oget going every day anywa here is wha tthe CT outcome was back in 2018
No disc herniation, spinal canal stenoses or nerve rooi compression detected.
The facet joints appear within normal limits. The vertebral alignment is maintained.
The vertebral body heights are maintained without evidence of vertebral compression fractures.
No paraspinal soft tissue edema, fluid collections or mass detected.
No obvious intraspinal mass lesion detected within the limits of CT scan assessment.
Incidental circumscribed liver hypodensities noted consistent with incidental cysts.
IMPRESSION:
1. Multilevel degenerative intervertebral disc changes detected from C3 to C7 levels associated spinal canal and intervertebral foraminal stenoses.
2. Mild degenerative and upper thoracic intervertebral disc changes demonstrated.

 

[vulcan500rider]

Hey, man. I'm not a doctor, so take this with a grain of salt, but I did a lot of powerlifting when I was younger (still lift, just not as heavy), and paid a lot of attention to the anatomy involved.

TLDR: you've probably got some disc issues in your neck that are pressing on things and causing you pain.


Your spine is like a giant, layered sandwich, where you've got squishy discs alternating between bony vertebrae. Through the centre of all that runs a nerve cord, which is how your brain communicates with your organs and muscles. Several things can go wrong, with the most common being disc herniation (the squishy part squishes out and potentially puts pressure on the cord and vertebrae fractures (the bony part gets broken or cracked. When things go really sideways, and the back gets broken, a vertebral bone can actually get knocked so far out of alignment that it ruptures the cord and you end up paralyzed.

The good news in what you posted is that the major bad things weren't happening (then, at least). The discs aren't herniated, the vertebrae are lined up and uncracked. There's no obvious compression on the cord or big masses (cancer or cysts) on the spinal cord.

In the less good news, you had some small lesions on your liver (not sure why they reported these, but Dr. Google says they're often benign anyway, which is why they weren't fussed about them at the time. You've also got numerous discs in your neck (that's the C3 to C7 bit) that were starting to degenerate, which could now be putting pressure on the cord and causing pain and dysfunction. Same deal, but milder, in your upper back.

I hope that helps!