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snow

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Hi been having scans and test for over 2 years brain scan was ok a year ago but the results of my lumbar puncture came back positive, what does this mean? Now I'm been put back on list for MRI head again?
@CharlotteW94

Hi @Snow! And do you know what they were testing for with the lumbar puncture? I've had a quick check, and there's a few things they can catch on it, like infections, cancer, haemorrhages, ms, guillan-barre. See, if it was an infection, like meningitis, they can treat it easily. A haemorrhage would have probably been sorted there and then. Cancer, I suspect, would have been referred to another specialist, and stuff like ms would probably need another mri to track if theres any changes, meaning it would require constant monitoring and possibly medication.

@snow

Looking for MS so lumbar results show positive for MS but brain scan only showed a cyst but no lesions, so waiting on another scan as last one was over a year ago..