what are symptoms of brain cancer?
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Signs and Symptoms of Brain Cancer\n\nA brain tumor can obstruct the flow of cerebrosinal fluid (CSF), which results in the accumulation of CSF (hydrocephalus) and increased intracranial pressure (IICP). Nausea, vomiting, and headaches are common symptoms.\n\nBrain tumors can damage vital neurological pathways and invade and compress brain tissue. Symptoms usually develop over time and their characteristics depend on the location and size of the tumor. A brain tumor in the frontal lobe may cause the following:\n\n    * Behavioral and emotional changes\n    * Impaired judgment\n    * Impaired sense of smell\n    * Memory loss\n    * Paralysis on one side of the body (hemiplegia)\n    * Reduced mental capacity (cognitive function)\n    * Vision loss and inflammation of the optic nerve (papilledema) \n\nA tumor located in both the right and left hemispheres of the frontal lobe often cause behavioral changes, cognitive changes, and a clumsy, uncoordinated gait.\n\nA tumor in the parietal lobe may cause the following symptoms:\n\n    * Impaired speech\n    * Inability to write\n    * Lack of recognition\n    * Seizures\n    * Spatial disorders \n\nVision loss in one or both eyes and seizures may result from a tumor located in the occipital lobe.\n\nTumors that develop in the temporal lobe are often asymptomatic (i.e., without symptoms), but some may cause impaired speech and seizures.\n\nA tumor in the brainstem may produce the following symptoms:\n\n    * Behavioral and emotional changes (e.g., irritability)\n    * Difficulty speaking and swallowing\n    * Drowsiness\n    * Headache, especially in the morning\n    * Hearing loss\n    * Muscle weakness on one side of the face (e.g., head tilt, crooked smile)\n    * Muscle weakness on one side of the body (i.e., hemiparesis)\n    * Uncoordinated gait\n    * Vision loss, drooping eyelid (i.e., ptosis) or crossed eyes (i.e., strabismus)\n    * Vomiting \n\nEpendymoma originates in the lining of the ventricles and the spinal canal and may damage cranial nerves. When this happens, hydrocephalus, stiff neck, head tilt, and weakness may result.\n\nSymptoms produced by a tumor of the meninges (meningioma) depend on which area of the brain is being compressed. They include:\n\n    * Headache\n    * Hearing loss\n    * Impaired speech (i.e., dysphasia)\n    * Incontinence\n    * Mental and emotional changes (e.g., indifference, disinhibition)\n    * Prolonged drowsiness (somnolence)\n    * Seizures\n    * Vision loss \n\nA tumor located in the pituitary gland (i.e., pituitary adenoma) may increase the secretion of hormones and cause discontinuation of menstruation (i.e., amenorrhea) and excess secretion of milk (i.e., galactorrhea) in women. Impotence may occur in men.\n\nMetastatic brain cancer tends to invade the brain tissue indiscriminately. Some symptoms include the following:\n\n    * Bleeding\n    * Headache\n    * Impaired mental function\n    * Motor dysfunction\n    * Nausea\n    * Seizures\n    * Swelling\n    * Vomiting \n\nComplications Drastic and sometimes life-threatening complications can develop with brain cancer.\n\n    * Obstructed flow of cerebrospinal fluid from the third ventricle may cause sudden death.\n    * Cerebral hernia is a progressive, fatal condition in which the brain is forced through an opening in the skull.\n    * Hemorrhagic stroke produces sudden loss of vision and/or speech, unconsciousness, and paralysis.
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no you cannot feel it, the skull does not allow that!  Headaches and nausea can be caused by many many things including brain tumour.
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Having had one myself, it depends on where it is and what it's doing (i.e., growing or just sitting there)\n\nWhere it is has a big impact on if it's important.  My husband also had one (cortical displaysia actually, but similar) that included seizures, headaches, speech and memory problems.  It was removed and he was back to normal within literally /minutes/ of waking.\n\nMine was more benign.  A colloid cyst which sits in the center of your brain on the membrane connecting the hemispheres.  Mine had to be removed because it grew, but it was not cancer and had no other symptoms.\n\nFind out where, what kind and what size it is.  That will help.
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Dear, please, please go to your doctor to rule out any type of brain tumours, etc.  Also, have your eyes examined.  Have your doctor check for TMJ. You could be suffering from migraines also.  See a doctor.  There is help and hope.  Believe me, it is no way to live...in pain every day.  See a doctor. See a doctor.  See a doctor!  Good luck.
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no - see another doctor........my 18yr. old cousin was bieng treated for migrain headaches - for 6mos. started having seizures and another doctor actually found that she had a mass on the brain that was cancerous, stage 4, terminal..........she died. you dont have time for mis-diagnosis, life is already to short.
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Symptoms can vary from person to person. Some common symptoms of Alzheimer's are:\n\n Memory loss\n Problems doing familiar tasks\n Problems with language\n Trouble knowing the time, date, or place\n Poor or decreased judgment\n Problems with abstract thinking\n Misplacing things often, such as keys\n Changes in mood and behavior\n Changes in personality\n Loss of interest in starting projects or doing\n things
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What are the symptoms?
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i am sorry about ur grief. i will try my best to give the best information i can. but u wouldnt mind if its long enough? do u?\nA brain tumor is any intracranial mass created by an abnormal and uncontrolled growth of cells either normally found in the brain itself: neurons, glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells), lymphatic tissue, blood vessels), in the cranial nerves (myelin-producing Schwann cells), in the brain envelopes (meninges), skull, pituitary and pineal gland, or spread from cancers primarily located in other organs (metastatic tumors).\n\nPrimary (true) brain tumors are commonly located in the posterior cranial fossa in children and in the anterior two-thirds of the cerebral hemispheres in adults, although they can affect any part of the brain.\n\nIn the United States in the year 2000, it was estimated that there were 16,500 new cases of brain tumors[1], which accounted for 1.4% of all cancers, 2.4% of all cancer deaths[2], and 20%–25% of pediatric cancers[2],[3]. Ultimately, it is estimated that there are 13,000 deaths/year as a result of brain tumors[1].\n\nAside from exposure to vinyl chloride or ionizing radiation, there are no known environmental factors associated with brain tumors. Mutations and deletions of so-called tumor supressor genes are incriminated in some forms of brain tumors. Patients with various inherited diseases, such as Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, multiple endocrine neoplasia, neurofibromatosis type 2 are at high risk of developing brain tumors.In contrast to tumors originating elsewhere in the body, differentiating primary "brain tumors"—these are the true brain tumors, arising exclusively from cells normally present in the brain itself—into benign and malignant is of relative and limited clinical value, since even histologically-benign tumors grow by infiltration of healthy brain tissue and, in time, tend to transform into malignant forms (anaplastic degeneration). True benign intracranial tumors arise mainly from the meninges (meningiomas; about 95% are benign), pituitary gland (pituitary adenomas) and the myelin sheath of cranial nerves (neuromas or Schwanomas, e.g. acoustic neuroma).\n\nMost primary brain tumors (gliomas) originate from glia: astrocytes (astrocytomas), oligodendrocytes (oligodendrogliomas). There are also mixed forms, with both an astrocytic and an oligodendroglial cell component. These are called mixed gliomas or oligoastrocytomas. Additionally, mixed glio-neuronal tumors (tumors displaying a neuronal, as well as a glial component, e.g. gangliogliomas, disembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors) and tumors originating from neuronal cells (e.g. gangliocytoma, central gangliocytoma) can also be encountered.\n\nOther varieties of primary brain tumors include: primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET, e.g. medulloblastoma, medulloepithelioma, neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma, ependymoblastoma), tumors of the pineal parenchyma (e.g. pineocytoma, pineoblastoma), ependymal cell tumors, choroid plexus tumors, neuroepithelial tumors of uncertain origin (e.g. gliomatosis cerebri, astroblastoma), etc.\n\nFrom a histological perspective, astrocytomas, oligondedrogliomas, and oligoastrocytomas may be benign or malignant. Glioblastoma multiforme represents the most aggressive variety of malignant glioma. At the opposite end of the spectrum, there are so-called pilocytic astrocytomas, a distinct variety of astrocytic tumors. The majority of them are located in the posterior cranial fossa, affect mainly children and young adults, and have a clinically favorable course and prognosis.\n\nIn contrast to other types of cancer, primary brain tumors rarely metastasize, and in this rare event, the tumor cells spread within the skull and spinal canal through the cerebrospinal fluid, rather than via bloodstream to other organs.\n\nThere are various classification systems currently in use for primary brain tumors, the most common being the World Health Organization (W
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Extreme fatigue \nWeakness \nShortness of breath \nConfusion or loss of concentration \nDizziness or fainting \nPale skin, including decreased pinkness of the lips, gums, lining of the eyelids, nail beds and palms \nRapid heart beat (tachycardia) \nFeeling cold \nSadness or depression
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Weeks to months or years later other symptoms can develop if the disease is not diagnosed and treated. These include symptoms of meningitis, certain heart irregularities, blindness, memory loss, temporary paralysis of certain facial muscles, pain with numbness or weakness of an arm or leg, and, most commonly, arthritis.
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What are the signs and symptoms of testicular cancer?\n\nTesticular cancer can cause a number of signs and symptoms. Listed below are warning signs that men should watch for:\n\nA lump in either testicle; \nAny enlargement of a testicle; \nA feeling of heaviness in the scrotum; \nA dull ache in the lower abdomen or in the groin; \nA sudden collection of fluid in the scrotum; \nPain or discomfort in a testicle or in the scrotum; \nEnlargement or tenderness of the breasts. \nThese symptoms are not sure signs of cancer. They can also be caused by other conditions. However, it is important to see a doctor if any of these symptoms lasts as long as 2 weeks. Any illness should be diagnosed and treated as soon as possible. Early diagnosis of testicular cancer is especially important because the sooner cancer is found and treated, the better a man's chance for complete recovery.
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yeah, a brain tumor can do just about anything to you. make you hallucinate and see things, do things, lose senses, lose movement, etc.
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Demand a second opinion. Positive note I had similar symptoms for years rarely a day off. I had a brain scan, a EEG and other tests turns out I have hemiplegic migraines - very scary. I have an aura with mine - a bad taste often triggered by what I eat or smell. Gloss paint sends me off my legs for up to 2 weeks. I was investigated for having a stroke! Go back an see your Dr if symptoms don't improve and demand further tests! Have allergy/ sensitivity tests done, mine showed my triggers as being corn, melon, larger etc. I changed my diet and took FEVER FEW natural health supps and have made a fantastic recovery, with the occasional relapse. I f your symptoms are new to you and you have had no further investigations than a DR appointment, go back and demand more. Take a friend or relative with you if your reluctant to push the issue. You only have one life - enjoy it. Luv J xx
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Here's a directory that may guide you to specific sites for various kinds of brain tumors, including Foundations. Was there a specific type of brain tumor Foundation you were looking for?\n\n http://dmoz.org/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cancer/Brain_and_CNS/\n\nhttp://dmoz.org/Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Cancer/Brain_and_CNS/Support_Groups/\n\nAmerican Brain Tumor Association\nhttp://hope.abta.org/
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You should see your doctor. Any medical advice obtained over the Internet is, obviously, of uncertain and unevaluated value, and without the chance to see and examine a patient no one can make an accurate diagnosis.\n\nThat said... symptoms of brain tumour can include headache (not generally pulsatile, but can be), often worse in the mornings. Nausea/vomiting (again, often worse in the mornings), double vision, visual loss, weakness of arms or legs, changes in sensation, trouble with speech, trouble with balance, seizures, confusion, memory problems...all these and more can be signs of a brain tumour, depending on where in the head it is.\n\nHowever, brain tumours are a RARE cause of headache. Migraine is much more likely. Again, see your doctor for a proper exam and work-up.
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There is the possiblity that radiation and/or chemotherapy might slow down the progression, maybe even surgery if the tumor can be reached and is small enough to make the surgery worth while.  Much depends on how invasive the cancer is in the brain and elsewhere in the body.  Sometimes a known metastatic tumor may not have spread elsewhere in it's early detection.  \n\nThere are several different factors to consider.  Can the brain tumor be treated for cure or to prolong quality life?  What other areas has the cancer spread to if any?  The oncologist can give you the best answers of how invasive the cancer is and if there is anything to be done.  The person with the cancer has to make the decision to accept or deny possible treatment based on the information and the prognosis.  The people who love and care about this person should abide by the decisions made.  If the cancer is prognosed terminal in weeks or months, then Hospice at home or in a hospice facility is a wonderful choice for patient and family support.
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Consult your physician with regards to what to do about your brain tumor.  There are so many different kinds that I don't feel comfortable trying to answer.\n\nFor both your heart and your bloodpressure your going to want to do the following:\n\nLose weight.\nChange your diet to eliminate salty and sugary foods.\nResearch medicines to lower blood pressure but be careful of the side effects.\nExcercise.\n\nBeyond that I don't know.  You should have some powerful pain killers available to you by perscription.  Meditation might also the something you'll want to look into for pain management.  Also if your able to make the above lifestyle changes you should start to feel a little better.\n\nWishing you the best,\n\nArmus