How long can you live with a pituitary tumor

The incidence of pituitary tumors has been increasing in recent years. It is very harmful to the brain. Many people become very negative after suffering from pituitary tumors and worry about their own safety. Many people ask me how long can people with pituitary tumors live. I have collected a lot of information. Now let's learn about this question together!

To know how long a person with a pituitary tumor can live, let's first understand what are the methods for treating pituitary tumors:

Except for prolactinoma, which is generally treated with drugs first, all pituitary tumors, especially macroadenomas and functional tumors, especially those that compress the central nervous system and optic nerve bundle, should consider surgical treatment if drug treatment is ineffective or intolerable. Unless the macroadenoma has extended to the sella turcica and parasellar, it is necessary to consider craniotomy and transfrontal approach to remove the tumor. For tumors in the sella turcica, transsphenoidal microsurgery is generally used to remove microadenomas. The surgical cure rate is 70% to 80%, and the recurrence rate is 5% to 15%. Postoperative complications such as temporary diabetes insipidus, cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea, local hematoma, abscess, and infection are low, and the mortality rate is very low.

For large adenomas, especially those that develop above or beside the sella turcica, the surgical cure rate is reduced, postoperative complications are increased, diabetes insipidus and hypopituitarism occur more frequently, and the mortality rate is also relatively increased, which can reach 10%.

In summary, if you go to a regular hospital for treatment in time for a pituitary tumor, the cure rate is very high, and the patient should do a good job of health care:

1. Strengthen physical exercise to enhance your physical fitness, improve your resistance to disease, enhance your immune function and prevent viral infection.

2. Reduce and avoid exposure to radioactive radiation, especially during the bone development period of adolescents.

3. Eliminate the patient's fear, anxiety, and even despair. Explain the purpose of the operation to the patient in a timely manner, list the cured cases, arrange to talk with the patients who have undergone surgery and have good results, so that the patient can build confidence in overcoming the disease. Do a good job of family work, so that the family can overcome pessimism, encourage the patient to overcome the disease, and cooperate with treatment and nursing with an optimistic and positive mental state. Explain to the patient and his family the handling and treatment of some common complications after surgery, so that they can smoothly pass through the critical period of surgery.

At the same time, patients can also be given good dietary care and some dietary therapy plans can be adopted. For example, they should pay attention to eating more foods rich in vitamin A, carotene and vitamin B2; at the same time, they should choose foods high in phospholipids to improve brain health, such as egg yolks, fish, shrimp, walnuts, peanuts, etc.; they should also consciously choose more eggs, animal liver, kidneys, carrots, spinach, millet, cabbage, tomatoes, day lily, water spinach, wolfberry, etc.