Brain cancer - The symptoms and signs of brain cancer

What are the symptoms and sign of brain cancer ?

The symptoms of brain tumors are numerous and not specific to brain tumors.  The way to make sure the symptoms of  brain cancer  is  undergo diagnostic testing. Early symptoms may not occur; but the diagnostic test  will do with the following reason  : 

• The symptoms are caused by the tumor pressing on or encroaching on other parts of the brain and keeping them from functioning normally. 
• Some symptoms are caused by swelling in the brain primarily caused by the tumor or its surrounding inflammation. 
• The symptoms of primary and metastatic brain cancers are similar in men, women, and children.

The following symptoms are most common:

• Headache 
• Weakness 
• Clumsiness 
• Difficulty walking 
• Seizures 

Other nonspecific symptoms and signs include the following: 

• Altered mental status: changes in concentration, memory, attention, or alertness 
• Nausea, vomiting: especially early in the morning 
• Abnormalities in vision (for example, double vision, loss of peripheral vision)
• Difficulty with speech
• Gradual changes in intellectual or emotional capacity 

Brain Cancer

  

In many people, the onset of these symptoms is very gradual and may be overlooked by both the person with the brain tumor and the person's family members, even for long time periods. Occasionally, however, these symptoms appear more rapidly. In some instances, the person acts as if he or she is having a stroke. In some patients, the symptoms may be more pronounced if the cancer is located mainly in a specific brain lobe that is usually responsible for certain body functions. For example, behavioral changes may predominate in frontal-lobe cancers while difficulty with speech or movements may predominate in cancers within the parietal lobe.