hi doctor, I had an mri 2 days ago, it says i have a slight amount of chronic microvascular ischemic foci in and periventricular white matter stabel.what could this be? i am a 44 year old woman who worked as a school teacher for ten years! please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HelloThanks for writing to ChatDoctorSlight amount of chronic microvascular ischemic loci are mainly due to chronic microvascular ischemic changes resulting from involvement of small blood vessels. Iischemic changes resulting from blood vessels changes in diseases like hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia. So, you need monitoring of conditions that leads to ischemic changes like hypertension, altered lipid profile, diabetes mellitus. You need investigations like routine hologram, RBS,LFT, RFT, Lipid profile, ultrasound of abdomen. Proper treatment depend upon findings. Hope I have answered your query. Take Care Chat Doctor.