Warning Signs of a Brain Tumour You Should Know

Brain tumours have become increasingly prevalent and they come in all kinds of ways with a distinctive set of features, along with a wide range of symptoms that show the presence of trouble within your brain.

In order to fully understand the symptoms caused by a tumour, it is importantl to know its location because the tumour’s location can change the symptoms entirely. For instance, if the tumour has emerged near the brain area that is responsible for controlling your eyesight or your arm movements, the symptoms can cause a blurred vision or weakness in your limb muscles. Therefore, it is always essential to keep track of sudden changes in your limb movements and vision, for they can be linked to trouble brewing inside your brain.

Study reveals that it is important to grasp the fact the each cell present within our brain is capable of developing a tumour, and our brain controls and interprets all the information that is collected from every single part of our body, so the quantity of potential tumour symptoms is extremely difficult to encompass for it account for any given organ or function within your body.

However, there are certain signs and symptoms that commonly tend to occur in all the cases of brain tumours, and MedMD has listed them below so you know what to watch out for.

See them below:

1. Seizures

Regardless of the specific kind of tumour you may have developed, seizures are always regarded as one of the earliest indicators of trouble within the brain. The tumour can cause severe irritation, forcing the neurons within the brain to fire uncontrollably, which leads to the abnormal spasmodic movements that patients tend to experience. Much like the tumours, seizures tend to have multiple forms and kinds. For instance, you could experience flexing in one muscle, limb or even one part of your face, or you could experience jerking, and even whole-body convulsions.

2. Clumsiness

Patients with brain tumours often find themselves struggling against clumsy movements of the hands, arms and legs as they fumble around with keys, fail to maintain their balance and find themselves missing steps dangerously. This clumsiness is a serious sign of trouble that cannot be ignored.

Clumsiness can also show up in the form of speaking troubles, problems swallowing or controlling certain facial expressions.

In certain ways, this clumsiness can also show up within the head and mess up with the cognitive processes of the patient.

3. Numbness

Much like clumsiness, it is entirely possible to entirely lose sensation in one part of your body or your face, and it is a direct indication of the presence of a brain tumour.

In certain cases, if the tumour has developed on the brain stem, the area which connects your spinal cord with your brain, you are highly likely to experience numbness, clumsy movements and a loss of sensation.

4. Changes in Memory or Thinking

Research reveals that brain tumours can cause some serious changes in the behaviour and personality of the patient, however, the radical changes that we often hear about in myths or movies are extremely rare.

Patients suffering from brain tumours tend to find it difficult to remember things, they have certain cognitive difficulties while thinking along with feeling confused, but they don’t face any drastically dramatic cognitive impairments.

5. Nausea

Recurrently feeling extremely sick to your stomach, nauseous or queasy can be regarded as an indication of a brain tumour.

If these symptoms are consistently persistent and cannot be explained by another plausible cause.

6. Unusually Painful Headaches

If you start experiencing unusually and agonizingly painful headaches, clam down by easing your breathing patterns.

Even though headaches seem like an indication of brain complications, headaches are not regarded as an early indicator of the presence of a brain tumour.

In certain cases, they do tend to accompany the presence of an extremely large brain tumour, but they usually don’t tend to be one of the earliest symptoms to be detected.

7. Vision Impairments

Experiencing symptoms like double vision, lack of vision or blurry vision are all regarded as symptoms that indicate the presence of brain tumours.

Some patients also experience an “aura”, which is basically a term coined for seeing floating shapes and spots.