Brain Tumor

[Bevan1027]

hey, I'm just 17 and male, I'm a bit worried about some pains i have been having i want just to ask around before i see a doctor i have been having bad headache  for about a year now but that not the thing that worried me some time i will get i headache and i will lose balance and have a loss of visions not fully gone and these can last up to a minute but i have gotten really worried because one about 6 months ago i was in bed on the xbox and i went to get up and the headache came i fell back down but this time i went fully blind for about 10 minutes i cried preying that it would get better but it went away it its never happen like that since the other day i went blind for about 2 mins. i dont now what it is and i have look on the net to find out more, if it is a brain tumor it could have been cause when i was 14 and a half i was coming home from holidays with my dad in his Ute i was asleep a car pull out on the road and we T-bone it and flip once over it i woke min air dad said in the report that my head was going toward the window to hit but he grab me under his saving me i had no head injury or any think but i might had dont something.
but if any one knows any think about what these pain and loss of vision could please email of leave a message ASAP because i need help please.          

[Dr Sharma]

Hi there. Your symptoms of headache and loss of vision temporarily cold be due to a pituitary tumor which can be a micro or macroadenoma. A macroadenoma  is a large tumor which presents as headache, lethargy, nasal drainage, nausea and vomiting, problems with sense of smell, visual changes like double vision, drooping eye lids and visual field loss. Respect to opt
Brief visual loss could be because of  location of pituitary gland with respect to optic chiasma.
An MRI brain would be needed to assess if there is a tumor and its size and location. Fundus examination to check the pressure effects if any.
Rule out hypertension, diabetes etc.
Check with your neurologist immediately for the needful.

[suziqt1963]

Hi Bevan, my name is Suzy and I am a nurse and live in New Zealand. I am rather concerned about what you have described here and I would strongly urge you to go and see your doctor, hopefully they will send you off to have an MRI scan done of your head to see what is going on . without having investigations to see what the cause is, it is really hard to determine whether you do have a brain tumour. I do pray for you that you dont have one, so please, I know you are scared and frightened but please do go and get yourself checked out. have you got lots of support around you? and someone who can go with you to the doctors for support.??
With any time of serious illness such as cancer/brain tumours, time is of the essence in treatment so the sooner you do go and get yourself checked out, the sooner they can diagnose you properly and commence treatment.  Please let us know how you are doing  and dont hesitate to contact me if i can support you in any way. I have a special interest in brain tumours and that is why when you described your symptoms i thought i had better encourage you to go and get yourself checked properly. thinking of you. Suzy