Does anyone know what triggers a pitutery brain tumor ?
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A LOT OF THINGS! There could be cancers, exposure to radiation, brain damage, birth defects. There are alot of chemical factors that are hard to understand but there is no ACTUAL cause. INdustrial chemicals like Vynil chloride could cause it, but thats justlike the radiation exposure. Mutations, depletions of your "brain immune system" hahahhaa can deplete your tumor supressor genes.
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What you are describing is called galactorrhea. The most common cause is a benign prolactin-secreting tumor (prolactinoma) in the pituitary gland. Prolactinomas usually are very small. Overproduction of prolactin and the development of galactorrhea may also be induced by drugs, including phenothiazines, certain drugs given for high blood pressure, opioids, and even licorice. There are other causes of galactorrhea that do not involve high levels of prolactin, such as an underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroidism).\n\nAlthough breast milk production may be the only symptom of a prolactinoma, many women also stop menstruating (amenorrhea) or have less frequent menstrual periods. Women with prolactinomas often develop hot flashes and vaginal dryness, which causes discomfort with sexual intercourse, because of low estrogen levels. A high prolactin level can cause infertility in both men and women.\n\nWhen a prolactinoma is large, it may press on the nerves of the brain that are located just above the pituitary gland, causing the person to have headaches or to become blind in specific visual fields.\n\nSee your doctor. He can diagnose the problem with a simple blood test. The treatment usually involves taking a pill every day to regulate the hormone causing the problem. Although surgery may be necessary in extreme cases, that is rarely necessary.
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Hard to believe ibuprofen will relieve brain tumor. Check your blood pressure, your eye sight and stay away from stress and from computer screen.
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The most frequent symptoms of brain tumors include:\n\nHeadaches that tend to be worse in the morning and ease during the day, \nSeizures (convulsions), \nNausea or vomiting, \nWeakness or loss of feeling in the arms or legs, \nStumbling or lack of coordination in walking (ataxic gait), \nAbnormal eye movements or changes in vision, \nDrowsiness, \nChanges in personality or memory, and \nChanges in speech. \n\n\nHope this helps
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You have a brain tumor and a possible sinus infection.
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hi\n\nI also have a seizure disorder due to a brain tumor.\nhot weather, or just getting overheated greatly increases.  My seizures.  I've talk too other people with seizure disorders, i.e. brain tumor/epilepsy and it seems pretty consistent he is a problem.\nheat can cause the brain to swell just a bit.  In some of us, just don't have enough extra room to accommodate the extra swelling.\n\nto stay cool :)
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It appears that you have a cranial tumor.  The phrase "the mass" is the clue for the layperson.  Ask you doctor right away and/or call the physician that wrote the report.  Get answers as to the diagnosis and treatment alternatives.  Most cranial tumors are astrocytoma but there are a few that are benign.  All tumors of this area need treatment.  Radiation is usually the modality that can help shrink the lesion, benign or malignant.  Good luck
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There may or may not be pre-seizure signs. Each person and case is unique. If you are in need of a surgeon, I would suggest Dr. Takanori Fukushima-one of the best in the world for skull based resections. What you have is also treatable with good success by using Proton radiation. Please check out this website for more info on Proton treatment. http://www.llu.edu/proton/patient/sites.html#MENINGIOMAS
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Sounds like the flu! Or...a brain tumor
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BUSTED!\n\nWhile medical experts agree that the accompanying stories are fiction, debate over the authenticity of the images themselves is ongoing. When I showed them to pathologist Ed Friedlander, he concluded they had been faked, largely because most of the anatomical landmarks one would expect to find in a dissected brain are nowhere to be seen. Another expert speculated that the photos could be real, but, if so, depict a very serious case of scalp cancer, not a "brain infection."  In any case, no one was able to account for their origin.\n\nIn a new development, the debunkers at Snopes.com have determined, based on information from an unnamed but presumably reliable source, that the images are indeed real and document the case of 70-year-old man suffering from "an unusual form of cancer which had eaten away at the upper portion of his skull and scalp."  Contacted for a follow-up opinion, Dr. Friedlander agreed the explanation is plausible, but in his judgment the photos may still have been retouched.  "I cannot account for the apparent maggots and apparent eggs," he wrote. \n\nAs to Mr. Fujiwara, the sushi fanatic who supposedly contracted brain worms by eating raw fish, that variation of the tale is simply preposterous. While the medical literature supports the claim that certain species of tapeworm and roundworm can infect the human digestive tract when consumed in raw or undercooked fish, I could find no indication that these particular parasites (in contrast to the pork tapeworm, which is capable of causing a wider, more serious array of symptoms) can migrate to other human organs, such as the brain. In documented cases where pork tapeworm larvae have been found in the brain, they were embedded, cyst-like, in the neural tissue; they don't crawl around freely, nor are they capable of boring through the patient's skull and emerging through the scalp.\n\nTo set the record straight, maggots can infest the human brain, and so can certain types of tapeworm larvae. But these conditions are pretty rare and, in spite of what you may have heard through the email grapevine, they don't result from ignoring ingrown hairs or binging on sushi.
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I just passed my four year anniversary for the removal of my 4 x 7 cm left frontal meningioma. It was pushing the left side of my brain into the right. That first MRI was a scary one.\n\nTwo years ago, I was faded off dilantin/zonegran on the same slow and steady rate without problem. I hadn't had a seizure, but scans showed "abnormal activity" that could be seizure related. My neurologist said after surgery for a brain tumor you'd expect there to be some "abnormal activity".  Dilantin made me so tired it was great being free from it. \n\nGood Luck, there are more of us out there than you think.
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That is a rare brain tumor (0.4% of brain tumors are this).  It arises from cells called Zimmermen's pericytes, which are cells next to capillaries.  It is an aggressive tumor, and tends to regrow and spread to areas outside of the brain (metastasize).\n\nIt is more common in men than women.  It looks like another tumor called a meningioma, and may be called an atypical meningioma.\n\nTreatment may include surgery, radiation and/or chemotherapy.
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He has a brain tumor.
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First, what do you drink through the day? V-8 do this, it normal, so think of different drinks and stop for a few days and see if it clear up.\nNext, is Hemorrhoids, not sure how to check, I think they hurt some. I guess if you know someone who will look, they see them, just bumpy things I think.\nLast I know is Prostate Cancer, I really hope this not what it is. I think now they check different for prostate cancer, but, the old way was the finger test, just poke up in there and rub the prostate, if, it ok then finger may just look wet, if there a problem there is blood on the finger.\nAlso, I know this something people not want to hear, but, wash good there everyday, maybe every-time you go and see if that help. Dry well and maybe use a Talc Powder.\nBelow are three links to University of Maryland. Read these and all the Links on Symptoms and Treatment.\nThe first if I remember correct, mention problems with digestive tract and anywhere from the in point to the out could be the problem.\nI hope you read these and then you go see a Doctor. I hope it just something minor in the digestive tract, maybe cause by something you eat regular, but, have a Doctor check this out.
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There is a tumor called prolactinoma. It is benign and may cause lactation without pregnancy. It may also be galactorrhea. Or it could just possibly be idiopathic prolactinemia, which basically means lactating for no reason. Which is what I have. I have been tested through an MRI for the porlactinoma and galactorrhea and both came back negative. Also, my doc tested my thyroid. If she has hypothyroidism, it could also cause this. Hope this helps.
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I'm not sure, but you have my profound sympathies.\n\nI had a brain tumor a few years ago (a pituitary adenoma) and now have a small titanium plate in the base of my skull. It was bad enough for me, and I was 40, I can't imagine how scary it must be for a kid, and, as a parent, how terrible it feels for you.\n\nThe cost and risks are dependent on the nature of the tumor - where it is in the brain and how big it is. You need to find out from a doctor how much it will cost.\n\nI wish you the and your child the best and hope that everyone makes it through okay.
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There are a number of etiologies (causes) of increased intracranial pressure.  The approach would depend on which one is causing her problem.  I've given you the NIH link on the subject.\n\nAloha