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Any radiologists/doctors around who wouldn't mind taking a peek at my neck x ray?

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Pancaked · 12/12/2024 07:26

I had awful undiagnosed chronic neck pain in my 30s and 40s, has eased off a lot in my 50s, but have recently been diagnosed with inflammatory arthritis. Current imaging is focused on my SI joints looking for bone changes, some borderline stuff going on. I have since remembered this x ray from my early 40s. I seem to recall that something was spotted at C5 ish but cant find anything in medical records about it. Can anyone who knows about these things comment on whether there is anything worth mentioning to my rheumatology consultant when I next see her? I did mention it once, but they couldnt find the x ray, and then I realised belatedly that I had requested a copy and managed to dig it out. Attached. Thank you!

Any radiologists/doctors around who wouldn't mind taking a peek at my neck x ray?
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JC03745 · 12/12/2024 11:31

So this Xray is 10+yrs ago? Have you had another one since? Did you have a fall or accident at the time? Do you have the original report and was anything done once they saw this Xray? I can clearly see the shape and distance to the next vertebrae is different, which normally indicates a fracture/degeneration/damage of some sort. I'm not a specialist in this area though.

Pancaked · 12/12/2024 12:50

@JC03745 No accident at the time (tho did land very much on my head as a teenager many years ago in a bicycle accident.) The x ray was purely because of long term chronic neck pain that didnt respond to physio or pain killers. Havent had one since, I dont really get pain there any more. I just wondered if it looks like inflammatory damage since that is the condition I have subsequently been diagnosed with. I cant find the report, I have a vague idea it may have said OA. Thanks for taking a look.

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