MRI problem?

Question

Has anyone suffered after affects from a MRI scan?
After twelve months investigation the medical profession still haven't decided why the scan caused problems. Any other incidences where the scan has caused problems?

Answer 1

This must be incredibly rare, I have never heard of this hapening before..;

Answer 2

onestep,

A problem from an MRI? That must be nearly impossible, except in certain well-known circumstances. You don't say what the "problem" is, and since the only problems known are those to people with implanted devices or substances, it should have been obvious from the first what the "problem" must have been.

You don't have an artificial knee or hip, do you? You don't wear a pacemaker or an insulin pump? You wear nothing with a microchip in it?

If not, there can't be any side effects from the MRI. It is merely a strong magnetic field that energizes the protons in your body, and as they absorb energy they show up on the scan as either bright or dark (depending on the trouble being scanned for), and as they release the energy they absorbed they show up either as bright or dark.

That's it. You're not in the magnetic field long enough to do you any possible harm, and in all the MRIs that have been done, there have been no verifiable reports of problems or damage.
There's very good reason that no one's been able to determine what problem the MRI caused you. MRIs do not cause problems.

Are you sure that it was caused by the MRI? What kind of problem is it? Might it not be a coincidence?

Answer 3

MRI works by lining up your atoms in a magnetic field, as atoms are like tiny magnets ( north and south pole) Then their alignment is changed by an Rf Frequency to make them in effect flip. It's when they return to their alignment they give off a frequency that the scanner can sense. The different frequencies are interpreted to be different materials, as they all react differently. It's the tissue relaxation time that the scanner senses and interprets as a density.
Bone is not seen very well in MRI, CT is better (computed tomography). MRI is best for soft tissues like cartilage. It's thought to have no effect on the body but they think leukaemia can be caused by living for a long time under a pylon due to the fields experienced. The scan is considered safe by the medical profession as there has been no proof of anyone suffering.
As nobody with a pacemaker fitted can enter the scan room I don't think that's it.
They should have asked you if you had any metal work in your body, such as a hip replacement, or if you had any iron filings in your eyes BEFORE you had the scan

Answer 4

what kind of problems? an mri uses magnetic power which is bound to have some kind of affect on your body. get another opinion. they may never figure it out. just get the problems taken care of.