World Brain Tumor Day 2024
World Brain Tumor Day is observed on June 8 every year. This day is organized to raise awareness about Brain Tumor and stand by those patients. the cells that from in the brain are called brain tumors by doctors. Brain cancer is the fourth most serious and prevalent disease in the world. Doctors are worried that by 2030, it will surpass skin cancer and become the second most dangerous cancer.
Brain tumor symptoms.
A doctor should be consulted if symptoms such as severe headache, fainting, slurred speech, strange behavior, weakness or numbness in any part of the body, paralysis, loss of balance, hearing loss, vision problem, confusion, memory loss occur.
Treatment:
Doctors diagnose brain tumors through neurological testing (coordination, vision, audio/hearing, balance check), biopsy, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tests. After diagnosis, if the tumor is found to be benign, depending on certain symptoms.
neurosurgeons remove it completely. Otherwise, they provide treatment and give medicines, Surgery is the most common method used to treat brain tumors. Treatment consists of radiotherapy, steroids, anticonvulsant drugs, ventricular peritoneal shunt with chemotherapy.
The German Brain Tumor Association organized the World Brain Tumor Day in the year 2000 to find a complete solution to brain tumor. The International Brain Tumor Alliance (IBTA), made up of brain tumor advocacy groups from around world, declared June 8 as World Brain tumor Day in 2010, The same is still going on. The theme for this year (2024) is ‘Brain Health and Prevention’.
When a tumor grows in the brain, It puts pressure on that part. Any part of the body is completely out of control. Affects body function. Based on tissue, researchers have identified 120 typed of brain tumors. More than 40,000-50,000 people are diagnosed with brain tumors every year in India. 20 percent of them are children. For all malignant brain tumor patients, the average survival rate is only 34.4 percent, it said.
Significance:
World Brain Tumor Days is observed to create public awareness about the causes, symptoms and treatment of brain tumors. Brain tumor is the most common form of cancer in the world. This is one of the most dangerous types of cancer. It is very important to create awareness on this. Otherwise… they will lose their lives without recognizing it until the disease progresses. Or suffering from dementia and other problems.
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