Brain Tumor: Symptoms, Causes And Treatment

Introduction

Brain Tumor: Talking about the human brain, the human brain is of 1400 grams. It has 4 parts. Frontal means the front part of the brain, Temporal means the brain on the left hand side, Parental means the brain on the right hand side and occipital which is the back part of the brain.

Each part of the brain performs its different function, such as the work of the frontal part is to think, the function of the parietal is to touch or feel the pain, the work of the temporal is to hear, see and understand the language. Similarly, the job of the occipital is to recognize objects.

The brain is a very important part of the body. It needs to be right. When a lump forms in the brain, it is know as a tumor. The part of the brain in which the tumor occurs, the part of the body controlled by that part is affect.

What is Brain Tumor?

Brain tumor is a serious and dangerous disease occurring in the brain. According to experts, a brain tumor is a disorder in which brain cells start growing or multiplying abnormally. These tumors can be malignant or non-cancerous. It can originate in any part of your brain such as the membranes, cranial nerves, pituitary gland or pineal gland.

However, the sooner this dangerous disease is detect (brain tumor), the easier it becomes to treat. Many times, due to tumor, water starts accumulating in the head, which in medical language is called “Hydrocephalus”. A condition like hydrocephalus is extremely serious and fatal for anyone. Its diagnosis becomes a bit difficult because the symptoms present in it are also seen in many other diseases.

Symptoms of brain tumor

 Headache– If there is a lump in any part of your brain, and then headache can occur.

 Vomiting– If any person has a lump in the brain, then he may also have vomiting.

 Mood swings – Mood swings are also cause due to brain tumor.

Cognitive Decline (Low ability to learn) – If you can’t remember things, then the back part of your brain gets affect.

Hearing problems (hearing problems) – If you have hearing problems, then your temporal part or left side is affect.

• Persistent headache
• Vomiting
• Tiredness ( click Here to read more about Tiredness or fatigue)
• Anxiety or depression
• Lack of attention
• Wobble while walking
• Memory loss
• Change in temperament
• Throw a fit
• Trouble speaking, hearing or seeing
• Feeling confused
• Muscle weakness
• Feeling awful symptoms on one side of the body
• Feeling of weakness in some parts of the face
• Rapid weight gain
• Brain Stroke

Speech problem (difficulty in speaking) – If you have trouble speaking, then your frontal part or the front part of the brain is affect.

Seizures – You may also have seizures in this.

Tumors affect different parts of the brain. So if we want to know in which part of the brain how much tumor is there, then 26 percent of the tumors are in the frontal part, 12 percent in the parietal part, 19 percent in the temporal part and 3 percent in the occipital part. Similarly, the frontal part, that is, the front part, whose function is to think, is most affected by the tumor.

Types of tumor

Now if we talk about how many types of tumors are there, then there are two types of brain tumors.

Benign tumor– Benign tumors are confine to one place and are not very dangerous.

Malignant tumors– Malignant tumors are cancers which if not treated at the right time, they spread to the brain or other parts of the body.

Causes of brain tumor

Radiation, Chemicals and Pesticides – Depending on the number of chemicals in the area you’re working with, whether there are pesticides or radiation.

Diet – The amount of fat in the food you are eating depends on whether it is alcohol or smoking.

Hereditary – If someone in your family has a brain tumor, then your chances of getting it also increase.

If you have cancer in any other part of the body, then the chances of it reaching the brain also increase.

Brain tumor treatment

Home Remedies– Brain tumor can also be treat with many home remedies. Mushroom should be consume by the patient of brain tumor. It is beneficial for him.

 Doing Yoga– Yoga is very beneficial for the patient of brain tumor that is why the patient should keep doing yoga.

Getting a biopsy– Through biopsy, it is present out that how much cancer is there in the body, so biopsy is also beneficial.

 Brain surgery– When the tumor grows more and its treatment is not possible, then doctors recommend brain surgery.

Diagnosis of Brain Tumor

• Neurological test
• PET scan
• MRI
• MRI spectroscopy
• Perfusion MRI

Treatment of Brain tumor

Today its treatment has become very effective, safe and largely pain-free thanks to the latest techniques like radio surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and computer based stereotaxic and robotic surgery. However, the tumor can be remove through operation, so this method is adopt in the first treatment. This surgery can be done by endoscopic procedure or biopsy is done by stereotaxy.

Prevention of Brain Tumor

Consumption of fruits and vegetables- Consumption of fruits and vegetables is beneficial for everyone, but it is more beneficial for people with brain tumors. That is why the tumor patient should keep consuming fruits and fresh vegetables.

Avoid tobacco consumption– Tumor patient should avoid it a lot.

Ace special care of weight– Many diseases are also cause by being overweight that is why weight should be control!

Getting vaccinated- To avoid any kind of cancer, one should keep getting vaccinate.