Diagnostic Tests

[Guest]

Hi,I am going for a MRI for Spasmotic torticollis in JUly and the are saying they may have to use some sort of dye.What I would like to know is,howand were they inject this stuff,and are there any side effects.

[Guest]

Contrast material is not always used for MRI's. When it is, gadolinium is the stuff. It is generally injected through a very thin needle into the arm. This is a very inert dye and the vast majority of patients feel nothing at all.
Rare side effects include the headaches as well as the usual sort of allergic reaction with hives, sneezing etc.
[quote] Hi,I am going for a MRI for Spasmotic torticollis in JUly and the are saying they may have to use some sort of dye. What I would like to know is,howand were they inject this stuff,and are there any side effects... [/quote]

[Guest]

Contrast material is not always used for MRI's. When it is, gadolinium is the stuff. It is generally injected through a very thin needle into the arm. This is a very inert dye and the vast majority of patients feel nothing at all.
Rare side effects include the headaches as well as the usual sort of allergic reaction with hives, sneezing etc.
[quote] Hi,I am going for a MRI for Spasmotic torticollis in JUly and the are saying they may have to use some sort of dye. What I would like to know is,howand were they inject this stuff,and are there any side effects... [/quote]

[Guest]

Thank you.
[quote] Contrast material is not always used for MRI's. When it is, gadolinium is the stuff... [/quote]