Get alert before tumor turns malignant and life threatening
An abnormal growth of brain cells is called a tumor. There are many types of brain tumors. Brain tumors can be noncancerous or cancerous. In some cases, cancer starts elsewhere in the body and spreads to the brain, causing secondary brain tumors. Brain tumors grow at varying rates. A brain tumor's growth rate and location determine how it will affect the nervous system. You have different treatment options depending on the type of brain tumor you have, as well as its location and size. Symptoms A brain tumor's symptoms and signs vary greatly depending on its size, location, and growth rate. Brain tumors may cause the following symptoms: • A new headache onset or a change in headache pattern • Increasing frequency and severity of headaches • Without explanation vomiting or nausea • Blurred vision, double vision or loss of peripheral vision is some of the most common vision problems • A loss of sensation or movement in an arm or leg • Balance problems • Dif