Are you tired of chronic pain? Perhaps it’s in your lower back, abdomen, chest, or another part of your body. You may be unable to engage in sports or hobbies you normally enjoy, which can diminish your quality of life. You need answers.
Our board-certified radiologists at REDI Diagnostics Corp in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, perform advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to provide detailed images that help your physician investigate the cause of your pain and develop a treatment plan.
MRIs offer detailed, multi-dimensional images that other scans don’t. The following are just some of the types of conditions an MRI can help uncover.
Joint pain is one of the most common ailments that sends Americans to the doctor. An MRI yields highly detailed views of your soft tissue, including your muscles, tendons, and ligaments, as well as your nerves.
An MRI can detect soft-tissue strains and tears, arthritic conditions, subtle bone stress fractures, and bone infections, as well as spinal conditions such as herniated discs, stenosis, or disc degeneration. MRIs can also identify compressed nerves that are causing your intense nerve pain.
Perhaps you’re suffering from unexplained pelvic pain. If you’re a woman with painful periods, an MRI can help identify findings that may be consistent with endometriosis or other causes of pelvic pain. You may have uterine fibroids. These growths can become grapefruit-sized or larger. A scan could show pelvic inflammatory disease.
If you’re a man, a pelvic MRI can help evaluate your prostate and provide detailed information to guide your urologist’s diagnosis and management. The test can pinpoint bladder, rectal, and anal conditions in both men and women.
If your doctor suspects heart disease, an MRI can help determine what’s affecting your heart and how well it’s functioning. It uncovers whether your heart valves open and close properly and if they’re leaking.
An MRI identifies myocarditis as well as aortic conditions, such as tears or thickening in your heart wall. If you’ve had a heart attack, an MRI detects the amount of muscle that remains.
An MRI can detect benign and malignant brain and spine tumors as well as tumors on your internal organs: liver, kidney, pancreas, prostate, and female reproductive organs. It can also detect pancreatic, ovarian, liver, and kidney cysts, as well as joint and brain cysts.
MRIs don’t use radiation, so they don’t raise your risk of cancer. If your doctor suspects bone or brain cancer, they may order an MRI because it provides highly detailed soft‑tissue and bone marrow images.
If your health care provider suspects cancer of an internal organ, they may order an MRI. For certain conditions, such as prostate, uterine, and some liver cancers, an MRI can provide additional detail or detect abnormalities that may be less visible on a CT.
Call REDI Diagnostics Corp at 201-773-4255 or book an appointment online today if you need an MRI.
