How to detect brain tumor at home – Common symptoms explained

The condition of a brain tumor sounds like one scary fact for all of us, as it involves one of the most important and fragile parts of the human body-brain. Sitting at the top of the process chain of the nervous system, the brain handles all the processes, movements, and functions of other body parts.

However, if one is suffering from a brain tumor, no matter how small or big the tumor is, it results in failure of transmission of signals to and from the brain and other parts, resulting in a lot of abnormal behavioral patterns. Following are some of the signals by which we can determine from home that one is suffering from a brain tumor:-

1. Thinking problems and memory loss – Many people do face a problem of forgetfulness in their routine life, which is usually shrugged off if it does not happen on a daily basis. However, if this very problem of forgetfulness (loss of memory) increases in terms of frequency and magnitude, and one is unable to remember one of the most significant memory or thing happened in the current day, it is of major concern. In such a condition of the tumor, remembering things becomes a major task and matter of concern.

2. Unusual headaches – While minor headaches do persist for a maximum period of the day, if one is suffering from a brain tumor, he/she might suffer from constant headaches, and the pain in this context becomes unbearable gradually with time. Usually, such unusual headaches are not the early signs of the phenomenon of brain tumor, and it can happen if the tumor grows considerably larger in size.

3. Seizures – Often regarded as brain freeze, seizures are one of the early signs of a brain tumor. Such a condition of seizure arises when the irritation caused due to the growth of tumor in the brain results in the firing of neurons, thus eventually leading to abnormal movements of other body parts, such as arms and legs. In the condition of seizures, either one part of the human body behaves abnormally, or it can happen to the entire body.

4. Numbness – When one is suffering from a brain tumor, one might feel constant numbness in one or more parts of his/her body. In such a condition, the breakdown of the nervous system occurs due to irregular receiving or sending of signals from the brain, due to which one can’t feel a particular part of his/her body. The people in whom the tumor usually is formed in the brain stem (place where the brain and spinal cord connect with each other) do suffer from numbness in their early phases.

5. Clumsiness – When one is suffering to do the regular works due to lack of attention and reflexes, such as missing steps while climbing, struggling to maintain balance, or fumbling while handling things, he/she is considered to be suffering from clumsiness. In addition to it, in such a condition, the concerned person faces problems while speaking, expressing something, eating food. This is one of the earliest signs of a brain tumor which is usually not taken seriously by people and is passed off as carelessness.

6. Irregular or faded vision – If the tumor in the brain happens over one or both of the eyes, the concerned person can suffer from a loss in vision, or seeing one thing as doubled (double vision), blurriness in case of both near as well as distant objects and views or floating vision of even stationary objects. While some of these symptoms can be easily mistaken as common eye problems, one should not discard such signals if they refuse to go off.

7. Nausea – Nausea is considered to be one of the most common short-term ailments in a human body due to common fever or uneasiness. However, if one is suffering from nausea for a long time in an inconsistent manner, and due to which one might even suffer from unusual headaches in addition to a side effect, it is one of the clear indications of a brain tumor.

8. Mood swings – Mood swings are perceived to be a clear sign of mental discomfort, and if one faces mood swings repetitively and is unable to concentrate on one particular thing or process at a time, chances are that he/she might be suffering from a nervous breakdown or brain tumor.