hilbiligrl Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 I was just wandering if anyone has noticed on any MRIs over the years, if any of your records or images state or if the doc pointed out any calcification of the pineal gland?thanks tennille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sue1234 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 No, I have never had a mention of anything about the pineal gland. Did your doctor say what it means? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilbiligrl Posted March 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Actually, it's not even been discussed with me. I went and got MRIs yesterday dating back to 2006..... and one particular one, while i was under the care of a doctor whom i fired.... she never mentioned it, or discussed it. I have actually sent a message to my doc to pick his brain a bit and see what he might could tell me about that. From what im reading and researching, there is a disease called Pineal Dysfunction.... sounds soooooo much like DYS & POTS and everything we all seem to have in common. Hmmmm....... im def interested in what my doc might have to say..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sue1234 Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Well, let us know what you find out. I've had about 3 brain MRIs over the last 12-13 years, and none have mentioned it. But, who knows, things may have changed in the last few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilbiligrl Posted March 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 Thanks sweetie.... I will definitely post anything we can find out. I thought it was really interesting though. ~tennille Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsquirrel Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Calcification of the pineal gland is a NORMAL age-related change that usually occurs in the late teens-20s. Some radiologists make a note of it, some don't...it's kind of like saying "there's gray matter and white matter and ventricles"...they're just naming all the normal things that are there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilbiligrl Posted March 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 Yea.... i noticed most stuff I find says it's a 'normal process'.... but even so... would this not be a very important gland? And just theorizing, if it becomes calcified, would it not cause lots of dysfunctions in the body and organ systems? Also, i ran across some research (i'll have to look back at it) about a study on MS patients, that all of them (not sure how many they studied, but hundreds of cases).... all of the MS patients (as in 100% of them) in that study had calcification of the pineal gland, which i also found interesting. I read that the pineal gland is the first organ/gland formed when a baby is forming in the body, also has alot to do with sympathetic processes, etc. I know not much study has been done on the pineal gland. But i have a feeling it plays a vital role and that the calcification of it would have to cause some health issues. Lol.... me and my theories Sometimes i have to 'think aloud'.... to try to make sense to myself..... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramakentesh Posted March 8, 2013 Report Share Posted March 8, 2013 Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingsquirrel Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 The pineal gland has some important functions in small children, but in adults, not so much.It doesn't suprise me that 100% of MS patients showed calcification since most people with MS are middle aged. If you took any sample of middle aged people and looked at a CT/MRI of their brain you would see calcification of the pineal gland in very close to 100% of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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