Symptoms of brain tumors in children

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Brain tumors are the most common tumors in childhood, and the incidence rate of malignant tumors is only inferior to leukemia. It can be found in all ages, but the peak of the disease is 5-8 years old. A variety of factors affect the occurrence of brain tumors. The pathogenesis of some brain tumors may be related to the deletion or mutation of specific genes? Next, I'd like to share my views with you.

Symptoms of brain tumors in children

It includes headache, vomiting and papilledema. The main manifestations of headache in infants were fullness of anterior fontanel, cracking of cranial suture, enlargement of head circumference and broken head sound. Headache is intermittent at first, then it can turn to persistent with paroxysmal aggravation, distributed in the whole brain or frontal and occipital regions. Headache and vomiting are often more serious in the early morning, and can be relieved after vomiting. Increased intracranial pressure can also lead to secondary optic atrophy and visual loss. 　

Children often have high blood pressure, bradycardia, hyperactivity, irritability and depression at the same time. If the pupil is not large or obvious disturbance of consciousness, tentorial hiatus hernia should be considered. If there is irregular respiratory rhythm and neck stiffness, we should consider complicated foramen magnum hernia.

Head anatomy (1) limb paralysis: cerebral hemisphere tumor can cause hemiplegia with positive pyramidal tract sign, brain stem tumor can cause cross paralysis, that is, ipsilateral cranial or subnuclear paralysis, and contralateral limb supranuclear paralysis. 　

matters needing attention

Be sure to pay attention to some subtle changes in children's symptoms. When the child has continuous fever, emaciation, pallor, anorexia, fatigue, purpura and other bleeding symptoms for more than two weeks, he should go to the hospital blood tumor specialist clinic for diagnosis and treatment in time, and receive necessary special examination, so as to avoid missed diagnosis or delayed diagnosis.