Persistent headaches could be a symptom of brain tumour

Persistent headaches could be a symptom of brain tumour
Constant headaches should not be ignored as they could be an indicator of brain tumour.

Migraine and other reasons for headache are diagnosed in the doctor’s office, without the need for any special tests. But neurosurgeons, with their experience with patients having brain tumours, can differentiate between types of headaches. According to Hawasli and coauthors, patients with brain tumours may suffer from isolated headaches in the absence of other neurological symptoms and signs. (Read: 7 reasons for you could be suffering from a headache).

To reach the conclusion, the authors analysed 95 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of brain tumour. Nearly half the patients showed a combination of symptoms, such as seizures, cognitive and speech dysfunction, or other neurological abnormalities. However, about one-fourth had isolated headaches without any other symptoms.

It was found that about 11 patients had only headache as the symptom of brain tumour. Four of them had new-onset headaches that would have qualified them for neuroimaging under recently proposed guidelines. The remaining seven patients had migraine or other types of headache for which imaging may not have been performed under the proposed ‘Choosing Wisely’ guidelines.

(Read: A non-invasive gene therapy that can treat brain tumour)

Source: ANI

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