Brain Tumor

The chance that someone with a brain tumor will get better depends on whether the tumor is benign (not-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous) and whether it started growing in the brain, or started growing somewhere else in the body and then spread to the brain.

There are two categories of signs and symptoms of brain tumors:

  1. Generalized signs and symptoms include headache, seizures, personality changes, nausea, and double vision. These are caused by the growing tumor in the brain.
  2. Specific signs and symptoms include changes which are caused by pressure on the specific area of the brain where the tumor is. For example, if the tumor is in the side of the brain there may be changes in the ability to move and changes in sensation. If the tumor is in the front of the brain, there may be personality changes.

Tumors are treated medically whether it is with surgery, or medicine. Physical therapy is helpful to rehabilitate after surgery or to help patients learn how to compensate for the changes that have occurred and cannot be changed through medicine.

Here is a good web page with helpful information about brain tumors:

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