| > | | | | headaches * Headaches that gradually become |
| Primary brain cancer rarely spreads beyond the | | | | more frequent and more severe * Unexplained |
| central nervous system, and death results from | | | | nausea or vomiting * Vision problems, such as |
| uncontrolled tumor growth within the limited space of | | | | blurred vision, double vision or loss of peripheral |
| the skull. A brain tumor is any intracranial tumor | | | | vision * Gradual loss of sensation or movement |
| created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, | | | | in an arm or a leg * Difficulty with |
| normally either in the brain itself (neurons, glial cells | | | | balanceTreatmentTreatment for brain cancer |
| (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells), | | | | depends on the age of the patient, the stage of the |
| lymphatic tissue, blood vessels), in the cranial nerves | | | | disease, the type and location of the tumor, and |
| (myelin-producing Schwann cells), in the brain | | | | whether the cancer is a primary tumor or brain |
| envelopes (meninges), skull, pituitary and pineal gland, | | | | metastases. The treatment plan is developed by the |
| or spread from cancers primarily located in other | | | | oncology team and the patient.The main treatment |
| organs (metastatic tumors). Chances are that these | | | | methods for brain tumors include surgery, radiation |
| tumors will not resurface once they are removed. | | | | and chemotherapy. Surgery is the mainstay of brain |
| However, the same cannot be said about malignant | | | | tumor treatment. It involves removing as much of |
| brain tumors. Malignant tumors are by far the most | | | | the tumor as possible while trying to minimize |
| dangerous brain tumors. The growth of tumors in the | | | | damage to healthy tissue. Brain cancer patients should |
| brain is termed as brain cancer. Malignant tumors are | | | | take Vitalzym anyway, as it may reduce the |
| life threatening and more serious than benign tumors. | | | | inflammation of any brain cancer patient and help |
| Brain tumors can also be spread from tumors | | | | avoid seizures. Hydrotherapy uses ice, liquid, and |
| growing in other parts of the human body. The | | | | steam to improve circulation and relieve pain. |
| symptoms of brain tumors depend on tumor size, | | | | Therapeutic touch practitioners say they can relieve |
| type, and location. Symptoms may be caused when | | | | pain and other symptoms by moving their hands in |
| a tumor presses on a nerve or damages a certain | | | | slow, rhythmic motions several inches above the |
| area of the brain.Signs and symptoms can include the | | | | patient's body. |
| following: * New onset or change in pattern of | | | | |