What are the hazards of glioma

Gliomas are tumors that threaten human health, with high morbidity and mortality rates. However, many people are still not clear about the specific harms of gliomas, and do not know the related symptoms. Now let's take a look at the harms of gliomas.

What are the specific dangers of brain glioma?

1. Tumor bleeding: Patients with small amounts of bleeding may have no symptoms or very mild symptoms. Patients with large amounts of bleeding may present with symptoms of high intracranial pressure, hemiplegia, aphasia, and in severe cases, loss of consciousness, brain herniation, or even sudden death.

2. Limb paralysis: mostly hemiplegia. The incidence is high when the tumor is located near the motor area of ​​the brain, the basal ganglia, or the ventral side of the brainstem. It starts as mild paralysis, gradually develops into severe paralysis and even complete paralysis. Hemiplegia may be accompanied by other manifestations, such as symptoms of high intracranial pressure.

3. Mental disorders: It can be caused by progressive increase in intracranial pressure, or it can be the result of compression and destruction of the brain substance by tumors. In the early stage, the symptoms are generally mild, manifested as apathy, dullness, memory and comprehension impairment, etc. As intracranial pressure continues to increase, mental symptoms become more obvious, such as dementia, confusion, changes in personality and behavior, etc.

4. Inducing epilepsy: The incidence rate accounts for about 30% of brain tumors, and the cause is mostly due to direct stimulation or compression of the tumor. The seizure type is often localized, but it can also be a major seizure. The seizure is related to the location and nature of the tumor. For example, tumors in the motor area and its vicinity have a higher incidence of epilepsy. The incidence rate is higher in gliomas, astrocytomas, and oligodendrogliomas.

5. Lead to blindness: Not many people go blind suddenly due to brain tumors. Often, vision loss occurs first. If it is not treated promptly and effectively, it will gradually develop into blindness. Some children, and even a few adult patients, ignore the vision loss on one side, and the doctor finds that one eye is already blind during the examination. Some patients, especially the elderly, have eye diseases with brain tumors. When vision changes, they mistakenly think it is an eye disease, delay treatment, and develop into blindness.

Warm reminder: Glioma is extremely harmful to the human body, and people need to pay attention to it and work together to prevent and resist it. If you have the above symptoms, you must not be careless and go to the hospital in time for effective treatment to relieve the condition.