2-year-old baby brain tumor symptoms?

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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. Many factors affect the occurrence of brain tumors. The occurrence of some brain tumors may be related to the deletion or mutation of specific genes. Let's talk about the symptoms of brain tumors in 2-year-old babies.

2-year-old baby brain tumor symptoms?

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.

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.

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In China, at least 7000-8000 children are diagnosed with brain tumors every year, of which 70% - 80% are malignant tumors. Among the malignant lesions in children, brain tumor is second only to leukemia. Statistics show that 5-8 years old is the peak incidence of brain tumors in children. The younger the onset age of children, the higher the malignant degree of brain tumor, and the faster the onset speed. There are more boys than girls in children with brain tumors.