Wetin yu nid fɔ no bɔt di bɔdi we nɔ gɛt kansa

We wi yɛri di wɔd dɛn "brain tumor," bɔku pan wi kin fred wantɛm wantɛm, nɔto so? Bɔt di impɔtant tin we yu fɔ no na dat nɔto ɔl di tumbu dɛn we kin kam na di bren kin gɛt kansa. Sɔm kayn tumbu dɛn de bak we nɔ gɛt kansa, we min se dɛn nɔ de skata to ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi, bɔt dɛn kin gro pan saiz ɛn mek sɔm sayn dɛn. Dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔl dɛn tin ya ‘benign tumors’. So tide, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dɛn bren tumbu ya we nɔ gɛt kansa.

Di kayn mɛningioma we kin bɔku pas ɔl na

Dis na di kayn bren tכmכro we kכmכn pas כl. I de mek lɛk wan pat pan tri pan ɔl di tumbu dɛn we de na di bren. Dɛn kin fɔm na di kɔva dɛn we de protɛkt wi bren ɛn spɛshal kɔd, we dɛn kɔl di mɛninges.

Uman dɛn kin gɛt dis kayn tumbu tu tɛm pas man dɛn. Dɛn tin ya kin mek di sik bɔku bak:

• We yu de gɛt bɔku bɔku raytin.
• if yu gεt hεriditri kכndishכn dεm lεk `(Nyurofibromatosis tayp 1 (NF1))` כ `(tayp 2 (NF2))`.

Bɔku tɛm, dɛn tumbu ya nɔ kin sho di sayn dɛn te dɛn big. As di tumbu de gro, di sayn dɛm lɛk:

• Ed de at
• Di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik
• Nɔs ɔ vɔmit
• Pɔsin kin chenj ɛn in maynd kin kɔnfyus
• Prɔblɛm dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de si
• I nɔ izi fɔ tɔk
• Yu nɔ de yɛri ɔ yu de ring na yu yes
• Di mɔsul dɛn we wik

Schwannoma (nyurɔnal tɔŋ) .

dεn gi dεn tכmכro dεm in nem afta di kayn sεl we dεn kכmכt frכm: Schwann sεl dεm, we de rawnd di nεv sεl dεm.

di kayn we we dεn kכmכn pas כl na dis kayn we dεn kכl am vestibular schwannoma. Yu dɔktɔ kin kɔl dis bak akostik nyuroma. Dis kin afɛkt di nerve we de rɔn frɔm wi insay yes to di bren ɛn kɔntrol di bɔdi in balans.

Pipul dεm we gεt wan sik we dεn kin kכl `(NF2)` kin gεt dεn tכmכro dεm ya mכr. Na ya bak, uman dɛn de pan ay risk.

Di men sayn dɛn we de sho se i gɛt dis sik:

• I nɔ de yɛri fayn igen
• Fɔ yɛri sawnd we de ring ɔ buz na yu yes
• Diziz we pɔsin kin gɛt
• I nɔ izi fɔ swɛla it
• Prɔblɛm dɛn fɔ balans

Pituitary adenoma (tumɔr na di pituitary gland we de kɔntrol ɔmon dɛn) .

dis tכmכro dεm de divεlכp na di pituitary gland, we de na di bεs pat na di bren. dis gland na di men sεntr fכ mek כmon dεm εn kכntrכl כda gland dεm na wi bכdi.

Dis na kɔmɔn kayn tumbu dɛn bak. Na lɛk wan pan ɛvri fayv big pipul dɛn kin gɛt rili smɔl smɔl pituitary tumor. Bɔt bɔku pan dɛn tin ya nɔ kin ɛva gro big ɔ kɔz prɔblɛm.

Pipul dεm we gεt di hεriditri sik ``Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1)`` de pan inkrεs risk fכ divεlכp dεn tin ya.

Sɔm pituitary tumor dɛn kin mek ɔmon dɛn. Dɛn kɔl dɛn tin ya ‘functional tumors.’ Di sayn dɛm dipen pan if di tumbu de mek ɔmon, ɛn if na so, us ɔmon.

• Prolaktin ɔmon: Uman dɛn kin gɛt mɔnt we nɔ de ɔltɛm ɔ we nɔ de. Man dɛn kin gɛt prɔblɛm wit dɛn bɔdi we kin big.
• ACTH ɔmon: Dis kin mek yu gɛt sayn dɛm fɔ wan sik we dɛn kɔl ``Cushing's disease''. Fɔ ɛgzampul, we pɔsin kin gɛt bɔku bɔku bɔdi, i kin izi fɔ mek i gɛt brus, ɛn i kin wik.
• TSH ɔmon: I de sho sɔm sayn dɛm fɔ wan tayroyd gland we de wok pasmak (Hyperthyroidism), lɛk fɔ lɔs yu wet, fɔ vɛks, ɛn fɔ swet pasmak.

Ɔda sayn dɛn we kin apin:

• Ed de at
• I nɔ de si fayn ɔ i nɔ de si tu tɛm
• Di want fɔ du mami ɛn dadi biznɛs we de go dɔŋ
• Di we aw pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ bɔn pikin
• Di we aw pipul dɛn de biev kin chenj
• We yu de gɛt mɔ wet fɔ natin

Ɔda kayn tɔŋ dɛn we nɔ gɛt kansa

Bɔku ɔda kayn nɛt dɛn de.

Ɛmanjiɔblastoma we dɛn kɔl ɛmanjiɔblastoma

Dɛn tin ya kin apin na di blɔd vesel dɛn. Dɛn kin divɛlɔp na di bren, spɛshal kɔd, ɔ di retina na di yay. Dɛn kin si dɛn pan pipul dɛm wae gɛt wan sik wae dɛn kin gɛt frɔm dɛn mama ɛn papa dɛm wae dɛn kɔl ``Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome.`` Di sayn dɛm kin bi wae dɛn kin gɛt swɛt na dɛn an ɛn fut, wik, ed kin at, nɔs, ɛn i nɔ kin izi fɔ waka.

Kraniofarinjiɔma we de na di bɔdi

dis dεm de stat insay sεl dεm we de na di bεs pat na di bren, nia di pituitary gland. Dɛn kin bi sak dɛn we gɛt sɔlid ɔ we ful-ɔp wit wata (cyst). Dɛn kin kam mɔ pan pikin dɛn we ol bitwin 5 ɛn 14 ia ɛn big pipul dɛn we dɔn pas 45. Dɛn kin mek dɛn gɛt sayn dɛn lɛk fɔ fat, fɔ tɔsti pasmak, fɔ mek pikin dɛn nɔ de gro fayn, ɛn fɔ chenj di we aw dɛn de si.

Glioma we dɛn kɔl Glioma

dis dεm de kכmכt frכm di glial sεl dεm we de sכpכt di nεv sεl dεm na di bren εn di spεnal kכd. Dɛn sheb dɛn to difrɛn gred dɛn. Gret 1 ɛn 2 nɔ gɛt kansa ɛn dɛn de gro sloslo. Gret 3 ɛn 4 na agresiv, we de gro fast fast.

Aw dɔktɔ dɛn kin no if dɛn tumbu ya de?

Yu dɔktɔ go aks yu fɔs bɔt di sayn dɛm we yu gɛt, lɛk ed we de at ɛn we yu de swɛla. Dɔn, fɔ mek dɛn no di sik, dɛn kin du wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn tɛst ya:

• CT Scan: Na tin we dɛn kin yuz pawaful ɛkstrem rayt fɔ mek di bren fayn fayn wan.
• MRI Scan: Na tin we dɛn kin yuz pawaful magnet ɛn redio wev fɔ mek pikchɔ dɛn we rili klia bɔt di bren.
• Bayopsi: Dɛn kin tek wan rili smɔl tisu frɔm di tumbu ɛn chɛk am ɔnda maykroskɔp fɔ si if kansa sɛl dɛn de.
• Lumbar Puncture / Spinal Tap: dεn kin du dis tεst fכ chεk fכ abnכmal sεl dεm na di spεnal fכluid.
• Blɔd ɛn urine tɛst: Dɛn tin ya kin ɛp fɔ luk fɔ ɔmon ɔ ɔda tin dɛn we di tumbu dɛn kin pul na di bɔdi.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ dis?

Di we aw dɛn kin trit am kin dipen pan di kayn tumbu, di sayz, ɛn usay di tumbu de.

• Smɔl tumbu dɛn: Dɛn nɔ go nid ɛni tritmɛnt. Bɔku tɛm, yu dɔktɔ go du CT ɔ MRI skan fɔ wach if di tumbu de big.
• Big big tumbu dɛn: Fɔ pul di bɔdi we dɛn de du ɔpreshɔn na di men tritmɛnt. Di dɔktɔ we de du di ɔpreshɔn go tray fɔ pul bɔku pan di tumbu as i ebul.
• Redyushɔn tɛrapi: .Dis na wan we we dɛn kin yuz ɛkstrem rayt we gɛt bɔku ɛnaji fɔ mek di tumbu dɛn smɔl. Dɛn kin yuz dis tritmɛnt fɔ di tumbu dɛn we dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ pul ɔltogɛda we dɛn du ɔpreshɔn pan ɔ we dɔn kam bak afta dɛn dɔn du di ɔpreshɔn. Stereotactic Radiosurgery na spɛshal fכm fכ rεdyushכn tεrapi we de tכk bכt di tכmכro dεm dεn wan dεm, we de mek di tכmכro dεm we de rawnd di hεlty tisu dεm nכ de pwεl.

Yu dɔktɔ go ɛp yu fɔ pik di bɛst tritmɛnt plan fɔ yu, ɛn tɔk bɔt ɔl di tin dɛn we yu go ebul fɔ du wit yu. So nɔ disayd fɔ du ɛnitin fɔ yusɛf. Tɔk bɔt dɛn wit yu dɔktɔ ɔltɛm.