Smaller jugular vein than the other anyone ?
Smaller jugular vein than the other anyone ?
I just had my MRV done in Montréal. The conclusion is that my left jugular vein is of smaller caliber than the right one. Their conclusion is that there is no significant abnormality. I wonder if the fact that one of my jugular veins is smaller can cause MS. Does anyone know ?
Maybe ask in Dr. Sclafani's thread? There could be a reason (such as an unfound malformation or stenosis lower down) why the one jugular is smaller. Also if an ultrasound were done you'd have a sense of the flow within the vein...if the jugular is smaller but still able to do the job, you wouldn't have reflux...at least that's the best of my understanding, which may be limited!
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Thank you so much, Cece, for your answer. I had the doppler done as well, but it didn't demonstrate significant stenosis nor reflux. But does the adjective SIGNIFICANT mean that there could be a problem with the reflux ? I agree with you : I should ask a specialist about it. Where can I contact the one you mentionned in your answer ? Do you have any email address ? Once again, thank you !
When my husband had his tested they found that the left had a maximum diameter of 10mm with a narrowing to 1.7mm and the right a maximum of 6mm with a narrowing to 1.4mm. does anyone know what the normal parameters are? We have gone this alone and feeling our way as we go, not really sure where to get our info from, apart from this site, and googling
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When I saw Dr Dake last October, he commented that my right jugular was larger than my left. He also said that while it was common to have a dominant jugular, my right jugular was larger than normal and my left was smaller than normal. I ended up with one stent in the right and two in the left. Does this help?
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Here is the link to Dr. Sclafani's thread. He is an accomplished IR doctor and chief of radiology at King's County in Brooklyn and another hospital, and has been taking questions and answering them here as he waits for IRB approval to continue doing liberations. For legal reasons, he might not want to comment directly on a patient case but can address the general questions: what width should a jugular be, what might it mean if a jugular is very small, etc. Hope to help & wish I had MRV results of my own already!! So much waiting.
Here is the link to Dr. Sclafani's thread. He is an accomplished IR doctor and chief of radiology at King's County in Brooklyn and another hospital, and has been taking questions and answering them here as he waits for IRB approval to continue doing liberations. For legal reasons, he might not want to comment directly on a patient case but can address the general questions: what width should a jugular be, what might it mean if a jugular is very small, etc. Hope to help & wish I had MRV results of my own already!! So much waiting.
"However, the truth in science ultimately emerges, although sometimes it takes a very long time," Arthur Silverstein, Autoimmunity: A History of the Early Struggle for Recognition
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I am quite happy with my stents. My only "complaint" comes from shoulder pain related to the larger stent that was needed for my larger right jugular. (I have been babying that shoulder and have really gotten my neck and muscles out of whack. )
At any rate, I can't wait for my one year checkup. I have not noticed any new relapses and am hoping for no new lesion activity. At this point, I am very happy to be stable and in case anyone is wondering, I would do it again in a heartbeat!
Thanks for asking!
Heather
At any rate, I can't wait for my one year checkup. I have not noticed any new relapses and am hoping for no new lesion activity. At this point, I am very happy to be stable and in case anyone is wondering, I would do it again in a heartbeat!
Thanks for asking!
Heather
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I had the big right, small left thing too, and the local interventional guy said it was normal. Simka, on the other hand, found three very tight spots on the left, and a malfunctioning (long?) valve on the right.
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Dr. Schelling told me some time ago that it is absolutely NORMAL to have a smaller left internal jugular vein. Best Arne http://www.csvi-ms.net/en
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The human body is filled with pairs. Eyes, ears, nostrils, lungs, arms. legs, breasts, kidneys, ovaries, testicles. In no instance is the right one the same as the left one. There are always differences in size, shape, placement - the works.
The same is going to be true for the cardiovascular system. Left / right differences are nothing to get bent out of shape over. There is already enough hysteria around the whole CCSVI idea. We don't need to add any more fuel to the fire.
The same is going to be true for the cardiovascular system. Left / right differences are nothing to get bent out of shape over. There is already enough hysteria around the whole CCSVI idea. We don't need to add any more fuel to the fire.
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