I have my appointment tommorow to see if the pain in my neck is being caused by my oa or my ra, so my curiosity got the best of me and I went to the hospital to pick up the report on the xrays, this is what the report said please tell me what you guys think,
Four veiws of the cervical spine show disk space narrowing involving c3-c4,c4-c5,and c5-c6. Anterior and posterior spurring is seen at the c3-c4 and c4-c5 levels. No compression fractures are defined. The oblique views show no significant neural foraminal encroachment except possibly in the left c3-c4 level. Straightening of the normal cervical curvature is seen within the mid cervical area without evidence of definite subluxation.
Impression Cervical spondylosis from c-3 toc-6 as noted, most prominent at the c3-c4 level.
Do you guys think its oa or ra? Any input would be appreciated thanksOMG USMOM. Since I didn't understand one word of it I would be scared to death
no fx or subluxation
mild disc space narrowing at C 5-6 and C 6-7
Minimul anterior & posterior osteophyte formation seen at C 5-6 & C 6-7.
neural foramina are grossly patent
I don't know anything about oa, but maybe you can compare yours to mine. Hope this helps.
Since I have been diagnosed with cervical spondylosis I think I can help some. It is OA. The good news is that you don't have subluxation which can be the scary thing about RA in the cervical spine. I got lots of relief from symptoms with PT. It helped tons, in fact. I still have one particular neck movement that hurts alot but I got a lot of my range of motion back and got rid of the muscle spasm I had set up in my neck muscles. Good luck.