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What Are The Treatment And Side Effects Of Thoracic Vertebrae Problems?

male 63 yrs, chronic intermittent thoracic back pain radiating to front ribs, chest, 6kgs weight loss in a few weeks, nausea, exhausted, weight loss dropped to low from usually high and medicated as such, worsening symptoms over 6 months,thoracic vertabrae problems in MRI
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi,

You may be suffering from osteoarthritic disease or disc degenerative problems resulting in the radiating pain you're talking about and as demonstrated by MRI.

But a more immediate concern should be to rule out some reason for the large weight loss in such a short amount of time. I would recommend you have a chest x-ray performed.

MRI of the spine is often not so focused at looking at the lungs and if you are feeling pain in the thoracic region of the spine then, the lungs could be the source of that problem as well.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist
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What Are The Treatment And Side Effects Of Thoracic Vertebrae Problems?

Hi, You may be suffering from osteoarthritic disease or disc degenerative problems resulting in the radiating pain you re talking about and as demonstrated by MRI. But a more immediate concern should be to rule out some reason for the large weight loss in such a short amount of time. I would recommend you have a chest x-ray performed. MRI of the spine is often not so focused at looking at the lungs and if you are feeling pain in the thoracic region of the spine then, the lungs could be the source of that problem as well. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist