It is important to quickly recognize the symptoms of a disease for which there is no specific prevention method. Brain tumors are one of them, with about 1,800 new patients per year. It refers to any tumor that develops in or around the brain. Headache or vomiting are the main symptoms. How to differentiate it from other diseases?
What are the characteristics of a brain tumor?
The most distinguishing feature of a brain tumor is that the tumor (cancer) grows inside the skull. There is no room inside the skull for expansion. Therefore, if intracranial pressure increases as the tumor grows, symptoms of increased intracranial pressure such as headache or vomiting may appear. Among brain tumors, meningioma and others occur more frequently in women, and medulloblastoma is more common in young men.
Early diagnosis Why is it late?... In the case of delay in internal medicine, ophthalmology, or psychiatry
Brain tumors have so many different symptoms that they are mistaken for dementia or mental illness, wasting a long time in a psychiatrist. If vision loss is the main symptom, the ophthalmologist may delay the time. If dysuria occurs, the urology department, and if nausea-vomiting-indigestion are the main symptoms, the gastroenterology department wastes time doing unnecessary tests and misses the appropriate treatment time in many cases (data from the National Cancer Information Center). Therefore, if you have any of the following symptoms, it is a good idea to consult a neurologist.
Headache-vomiting, vision loss, limb paresthesia-numbness and other body movements (gait) abnormalities, hearing loss (tinnitus), speech impairment, memory loss, amenorrhea-lactation in women, body convulsions, skin spots and nodules, if there is a family history. If a headache that does not resolve with painkillers lasts for a long time or if these symptoms occur together with a headache, a precise diagnosis is needed as soon as possible.
Dawn headache after lying down for a long time… “Just take your pills and don’t pass them on”
Headache, which is reported by about 70% of brain tumor patients, is characterized by intensification at dawn after lying down for a long time. I still have a headache when I wake up. It is often accompanied by nausea and vomiting. In particular, headache-vomiting-impaired vision is a typical symptom that appears when intracranial pressure rises and is an emergency. You have to go to the hospital quickly.
My child... Characteristics of Pediatric Brain Tumors
Brain tumors in children are often delayed due to lack of language communication. The tumor obstructs the flow of cerebrospinal fluid, resulting in hydrocephalus and compressing the brainstem and cranial nerves, resulting in various symptoms. In addition to headaches and vomiting, the head is unusually large, the eyes are lowered, the standing or walking is slower than normal children, and gait disorders appear. At an age where people can express themselves, objects appear double, vision problems, dizziness, poor academic performance, speech problems, facial numbness, and awkward hand movements appear.
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