Brain scan damage

[Wringing1212]

Hello, I've just signed up after finding this site while searching for answers to a very serious question. Dose a brain scan produce enough noise to damage your hearing or adversely affect tinnitus?

I was seeing a Neurosurgeon for neuropathy. I have a stenosis in c-5 c-6 that's caused numbness in my hands etc. he ordered nerve blocker shots for my neck to try and isolate the nerve damage. Immediately after, my tinnitus shot up by 40% or so. I complained to him about this and he ordered a brain scan. I'd just had an MRI on my neck and the noise wasn't bad. I was quite alarmed by the intense noise produced by the brain scan. It is in fact louder than scans for the neck. My tinnitus has more than doubled again to the point where I can't sleep, I have trouble hearing, and I'm very sensitive to other noises. The brain scan was perhaps,the biggest mistake of my life. I'm going to follow up with two other neurologists who are tinnitus researchers at UCSF in the hopes that they will take me seriously.

[welshexport]

Hi

I have the same problem in 2014 and 2015 I had MRI scans neck and head as I was having neck problems and numbness in my left hand. It got worse afterwards ended up being unable to work for 5 months lost most of the muscle in my left arm my thumb and two fingers were always tingling and numb. Neurologist Doctor didn't bother looking at my MRI scans did some tests and came back with Carpal tunnel syndrome. I couldn't believe it I then seen a professor for spinal surgery who went through the MRI disc's and explained everything to me he said the nerve root canals were getting smaller in my neck together with the herniated disc C5 C6 and C7 he said this was probably making my tinnitus far worse but wouldn't commit himself to say that it was the actual cause. He said it would only get worse with time. So where do we go from here. I have not slept any sense for four years now i sleep between 3 and 5 hours most nights and sometimes not even that much and it is really wearing me down I was up at 2 this morning knackered most days.

[Wringing1212 in reply to welshexport]

Hi welshexport,

That all sounds familiar. Not much you can do. I will say that my brother had fusion on c5 c6 20 years ago and his T went away. My nerousurguon says it might work for my T but that I’m better living with it as long as I can as there’s no guaranty that the T will go. Spinal surgery is always a last option.

4-5 hours of sleep is OK. Try changing your posture on things like holding iPads or sleeping

[Wringing1212 in reply to welshexport]

Sorry, I’m all thumbs.

My T got worse when I had a brain scan that also gave me hyperacusis . I’m now just overwhelmed with spikes. I hope someone finds a cure.

I’ve managed function so far but it seems like it could overtake me as it climbs by the week.