What does the MRI show?

[RobertVerhulst]

Dear Medical Doctor,

I’m 23 years old. Three months ago, an MRI (see picture: Dark-Fluid, T2 and T1 with contrast: http://s3.amazonaws.com/medhelp_images/posts/5397109_fs?1266756128 of my upper torso and head was done for an unrelated issue (persistent flank pain on the left side). The results came back negative, just a little scoliosis and IBS the doctor said. But he did find something else. He asked me if I have been in an accident, I said no. I said I was born 5 weeks too early, this explained to him what he saw. He said I had something which looked like a hemorrhage or calcification in the left frontal lobe. Nothing to worry about…

Now, three months later, I have pain (feels a bit like muscle pain) behind my left eye since 4 weeks. Yesterday I went to an optometrist. He looked into the eye with an ophthalmoscope, nothing interesting to see which could explain the pain. But my left ear also hurts a bit since 2,5 weeks (just a little bit at times, like there is air trapped or it starts to get infected, doesn’t get worse or better, it’s still there). I also had a bad headache and nausea about 2,5 weeks ago (it might be a cold combined with the ear pain symptom). Nonetheless, a week ago I started thinking back to the MRI and what the doctor told me about my head. I really started to get worried. How can he be so sure? Could it be the contrast didn’t get to my brain?

So since a week I’m worried and I have no idea what to do. Three out of the past five nights I woke up too early with my right hand feeling numb (pins and needles). After 2 minutes of movement it was gone. I sometimes feel a little bit of sharp pain on the left side of my forehead. Is it all because I’m worried, but there is no reason whatsoever to be worried about?

I really hope you can help me. I need to study for my exams and want to stop worrying about my head if there is really no reason to worry at all. What should I do?

Thank you so much in advance.

Robert

[RobertVerhulst]

Dear Medical Doctor,

Although I don't want to rush you, I would like an answer to my question. I hope you didn't forget about it. Thank you.

Robert

[RobertVerhulst]

To rephrase my question: what do you, as a neurologist, see in the MRI pictures of my head I posted in the above question?

http://s3.amazonaws.com/medhelp_images/posts/5397109_fs?1266756128

http://www.medhelp.org/photos/show/5397109?type=posts

I hope this allows you to click on the link...

Kind regards,

Robert