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The report’s impression says:
  1. Wear-and-tear changes in the neck spine at several levels, called cervical spondylosis. The discs have lost some water content, called disc desiccation.
  2. At C5-C6 there is a disc bulge with bone-spur formation, called a disc-osteophyte complex. It narrows the openings where nerves leave the spine on both sides and causes mild pressure/indentation on the exiting nerve roots. This can cause neck pain, pain spreading to the shoulder or arm, tingling, numbness, or weakness.
  3. At C4-C5 and C6-C7, similar but milder changes indent the front of the sac around the spinal cord, but the report states there is no significant neural compression at these levels.
  4. Mild straightening of the cervical spine, often seen with neck muscle spasm, posture, or pain.
  5. The visible prevertebral and paravertebral soft tissues are unremarkable, meaning no concerning soft-tissue abnormality was reported.
In simple words: there are degenerative neck-disc and bone-spur changes, with the main issue at C5-C6 mildly affecting the nerve exit spaces on both sides. The report does not describe major spinal-cord compression.
Please show the full scan and report to an orthopaedic spine specialist, neurologist, or neurosurgeon, especially if you have arm pain, tingling, numbness, or weakness. Cervical nerve compression can produce symptoms down the arm and hand, as described by the AAOS cervical radiculopathy guidance.
Seek urgent medical care if there is new or worsening arm/leg weakness, trouble walking or balancing, loss of hand coordination, or bladder/bowel-control changes.
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