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Adult Brain Tumor : Complications

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Complications could include:
Brain herniation (often fatal) Uncal herniationForamen magnum herniationLoss of ability to interact or functionPermanent, progressive, profound neurologic lossesReturn of tumor growthSide effects of medications, including chemotherapySide effect...
Source:ADAM
Date:June 10, 2008
A brain herniation is when brain tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, and blood vessels are moved or pressed away from their usual position in the head.Herniation syndrome; Transtentorial herniation; Uncal herniation; Subfalcine herniation; Tonsillar hern...
Source:ADAM
Date:September 22, 2008
Self-care behavior, a key concept in health promotion, refers to decisions and actions that an individual can take to cope with a health problem or to improve his or her health. Examples of self-care behaviors include seeking information(e.g., rea...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
A seizure is the physical findings or changes in behavior that occur after an episode of abnormal electrical activity in the brain.Secondary seizures; Reactive seizures; Seizure- secondary; Seizure- reactive.There are a wide variety of possible sy...
Source:ADAM
Date:March 29, 2009
A seizure is a sudden change in behavior characterized by changes in sensory perception(sense of feeling) or motor activity(movement) due to an abnormal firing of nerve cells in the brain. Epilepsy is a condition characterized by recurrent seizure...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
A seizure is a sudden change in behavior characterized by changes in sensory perception(sense of feeling) or motor activity(movement) due to an abnormal firing of nerve cells in the brain. Epilepsy is a condition characterized by recurrent seizure...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
The intense, involuntary muscular contractions that often accompany seizures are referred to as convulsions. Seizures normally last three to five minutes, with a period of unconsciousness that may last for up to 30 minutes.Seizures can result from...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
A headache is pain or discomfort in the head, scalp, or neck. Serious causes of headaches are extremely rare.
Source:ADAM
Date:June 19, 2008
The extracranial and intracranial pain-sensitive structures all project pain sensation to the cranial surface, usually fairly near to the source of pain. Because many such sources register their pain in the same general area, a pain in any location may represent disordered function in any of several structures, intracranial or extracranial.
Source:Elsevier
A headache is a pain in the head and neck region that may be either a disorder in its own right or a symptom.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
A headache signifies activation of the primary afferent fibers that innervate cephalic blood vessels, chiefly meningeal or cerebral blood vessels. Most nociceptive fibers innervating these structures arise from pseudounipolar neurons located within the trigeminal ganglia (first division), although some may be located within the upper cervical ganglia.
Source:Elsevier
A headache involves pain in the head which can arise from many disorders or may be a disorder in and of itself.There are three types of primary headaches: tension-type(muscular contraction headache), migraine(vascular headaches), and cluster. Virt...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
A headache involves pain in the head that can arise from many disorders or may be a disorder in and of itself.Headaches can be categorized as primary or secondary. Primary headaches occur independently and are not the result of another medical pro...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Headache is a pain in the head and neck region that may be either a disorder in its own right or a symptom of an underlying medical condition or disease. The medical term for headache is cephalalgia.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Deep intracerebral hemorrhage is a type of stroke due to bleeding within the deep structures of the brain. These structures include the thalamus, basal ganglia, pons, and cerebellum.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 13, 2008
Coma, from the Greek word"koma," meaning deep sleep, is a state of extreme unresponsiveness, in which an individual exhibits no voluntary movement or behavior. Furthermore, in a deep coma, even painful stimuli(actions which, when performed on a he...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Coma, from the Greek word koma, meaning deep sleep, is a state of extreme unresponsiveness, in which an individual exhibits no voluntary movement or behavior. Furthermore, in a deep coma, even painful stimuli(actions which, when performed on a hea...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Personality changes are alterations in the behavior, thinking and interactions of a person from their established character. These changes may be indicative of chemical dependencies, psychiatric illness, dementia, trauma, illness, altered body chemistry or temperature, or poisoning.
Source:Healthline
Date:November 30, 2007
A neurologic deficit is a functional abnormality of a body area due to a decrease in the function of the brain, spinal cord, muscles, or nerves.Examples include inability to speak, decreased sensation, loss of balance, weakness, mental function pr...
Source:ADAM
Date:March 2, 2009
A focal neurologic deficit is a problem in nerve function that affects:.A specific location-- such as the left face, right face, left arm, right arm, left leg, right leg, even just a small area such as just the tongue.A specific function-- for exa...
Source:ADAM
Date:March 5, 2007
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