Brain Cancer is a general term used to describe various types of tumors that begin in the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system, or CNS). Tumors in the various regions of CNS May be treated in different ways. Brain Tumors were mostly from cancer that started somewhere else in the body and metastasized, or spread, to the brain. Primary Tumors Brain Tumors were initiated in the brain, and can be started in one of the various types of cells or cells in the brain or spinal cord.Diagnosis of the tumor that begins when the general symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, headache, changes behavior or emotions, impaired the court, and / or developing sensory changes. If symptoms suggesting CNS tumor is present, the doctor will take a complete medical history and perform a physical examination to evaluate the brain and spinal cord function (neurologic examination).
To see where in a brain tumor may be located, doctors most often use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) scans. Although this test can help you find health professionals, ordinary people, who must have a diagnosis was made only partially remove the tumor tissue for examination, called a biopsy.
Central nervous system (CNS) tumors may be treated by surgical removal, radiation therapy, or chemotherapy, although the combination is a treatment general. Cortisone like drugs given to reduce the swelling that often occurs in about Brain Tumors, which can help alleviate headaches and other symptoms.
Brain Cancer Symptoms
Before you understand more about the symptoms of brain cancer, you need to understand first the structure of the human brain. The brain is an important organ that regulates all the activities / movements of the human body. Just imagine you're up the motorcycle, how many activities you do? Seeing the road, drive, look left-right, look in the rearview mirror, balance, yet again, think later tonight to eat anything ... In one second, there a thousand things happen in your brain (even happening consciously or unconsciously).
The brain can be multitasking like this because all the activity is regulated by different brain parts (each part has a different function). In general, the human brain is divided into three parts, namely a large brain (cerebrum), cerebellum (cerebellum) and brain stem (brain stem). Each section was divided into smaller sections, where each small part is divided again, and so on. Filled the space between
Each part of the brain can be affected by the tumor / cancer. Although benign, but because of the growth in the brain, can be extremely dangerous. These tumors can interfere with the function and structure of the central nervous system damage, because it is located within the restricted cavity (cranial cavity). Along with the development of these tumors, brain tissue will be more depressed. Whereas the volume of cranial cavity is very limited and unlikely to grow large. This is what makes the headaches / dizziness as an initial symptom of brain cancer. The characteristics of early brain cancer vary greatly, depending on which part of the brain affected. For example the head feels dizzy or nauseated.
The following symptoms of brain cancer that you should be aware :
- Headache accompanied by nausea to vomiting spray
- Reduced the power of vision
- Decrease of consciousness or changes in behavior
- Disorders talk
- Hearing loss
- Trouble walking / balance body
- Nerve disorders
- Weakened limbs or seizures
- In infants usually prominent large fontanel
