The Brain And Its Effects On Patients

cognition noted during assessment of attention & memory on neuropsychological testing. It is temporary impairment in cognition associated with surgery. The diagnosis is usually made by a preoperative testing of the cognitive functions (memory, learning, attention, abstract thinking) and then assessing the degree of impairment in these

What is Cancer? Cancer is many diseases which involve abnormal cell growth. Cancer cells are able to replicate and spread because they completely lose control and are not able to be restrained. These cells will then form to become tumors. There are two types of tumors called malignant and benign. The malignant tumor is the cancerous tumor. The benign tumors are much less destructive to the body. To tell the difference is quite simple, a malignant tumor has the ability to spread through metastasis causing the cancer to attack multiple areas, whereas the benign tumors cannot spread and are in most cases nonthreatening. Although there are numerous types of cancer, such as breast cancer, lung cancer, and kidney cancer, I chose to write about brain

Introduction I. Attention-getter: “On New Year’s Day 2013, after months of suffering from unbearable headaches, your family member learned that they had brain cancer. This family member was 29 years old, just married over a year ago, and was hoping to start to build a family. Every day the lives of this couple involved hospital stays, doctor consultations and medical research” (Brittany Maynard). A. “Nine days after the initial diagnoses, your family member have a partial craniotomy and a partial resection of their temporal lobe, both an effort to stop the growth of the tumor growing inside their head” (Brittany Maynard). 1.

There are different types of cancers. There is Leukemia, Breast cancer, Throat Cancer, and more. Then, theres the cancers that not a lot of people think about. Cancers that exist, but are unknown to most people. They are very rare and not a lot of people have it, but it’s still there affecting people in the same ways, even worse, that any known cancer affects people. One of the is Central Nervous System AT/RT Cancer.

Although symptoms usually progress slowly and increasingly becomes more severe, they could also occur spontaneously (National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2017). However, of significant importance is the dose-limiting potential of CIPN. As the neurotoxic effects of chemotherapy accumulate the neuropathy intensifies and spreads from the fingers and toes to the arms and legs. This escalation of symptoms could lead to treatment delays, dose reductions, or if severe enough the patient’s ability to complete treatment (Stubblefield et al., 2009). This, in turn, could increase the morbidity and mortality of the oncology patient who is depending on a predetermined course of treatment for a successful outcome.

Because these cancer cells attack the bodies system it often leads to outer signs of the sickness taking control and creating nervous system dysfunctions.

While therapists and physicians write prescriptions for various ailments, everything from changing the morning routine to antidepressants and chemotherapy to aspirin, there is a change occurring within the confines of the brain. While it is much more difficult to precisely diagnose cognitive workings, good or bad, than it is to check physical fitness, the fact remains that there are multiple accounts from both patients and doctors as to changes in the brain’s functions, specifically after certain incidents. Just like a fall from a bike will make a person a bit more reluctant to attempt to ride that bike, or any other, again, when the functions of the mind are analyzed, the self-awareness it presents becomes an almost instant catalyst for change. People who have cancer are almost always changed cognitively as well as physically, for example. Facing mortality is a difficult thing that prompts a change in the person’s view of the world; what is worth getting upset over. When people attend therapy, of any kind, they look at themselves in a new light. They examine their own short-comings and cannot face away. When a person sees themselves the way other people see them, or simply face their issues, their perceptions change. When perceptions change, the areas of the brain that are functioning at certain times change as well. For example, a right-brain person sees a work of art and decides to attempt to view the painting, not for its meaning, for its proportions, the mathematics of

In my own words, “chemo brain”refers to a hypothetical fog a cancer patient feels in their head after going through chemotherapy. This ‘fog’ makes it harder for them to concentrate and remember things as well as being incapable of multitasking. I cannot imagine how my friend felt when he had to go through chemotherapy. His parents

If the cancer treatment, chemotherapy is used to treat a patient, then the levels of cognitive function tested by brain imaging and memory speed will be less severe (or will increase cognitive function levels) than if the other two cancer treatment; radiation and hormonal therapy are used.

LM is when the layers of tissue that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord become infected with cancer, this could happen when cancer reaches the blood and is flowing in someone’s body. Cytarabine is a clear liquid that is used to help stop the spread of cancer by killing the cancer cells, so that they are unable to produce more. Surgery is used to place an Ivent which helps relieve symptoms in LM

198). The nonequivalent control group does not allow for randomization and thus the control and intervention group could have differences from the onset of the study that affect the outcomes. This study included participants greater than age 19 and less than age 75. One might argue that this widely varying age group has differing needs related to education, as well as the ability to retain and understand information that is provided. Additionally, it did not address other contributing factors to the study participants that may have impacted their ability to learn and understand. Considerations may have included current mental state, prior interventions such as cranial surgery, or influence of medications such as anti-seizure/steroid/chemotherapy drugs. The patients in the study all had metastatic brain lesions. The previously stated interventions can often affect the patient’s cognitive state and the ability of the patients to learn/retain the information that was taught to them in the pre-procedural

Brain tumors grow from abnormal cells which can be cancerous or noncancerous. Symptoms of brain tumors are headaches, muscular weakness like difficulty walking, whole body balance disorder, gastrointestinal (nausea or vomiting), sensory disorder like pins and needles, cognitive or mental confusion, speech (impaired voice), and very common blurred vision. There are various treatments for brain tumors. One includes chemotherapy which kills cells growing or multiplying too quickly. Surgery like craniotomy, this is brain surgery where a piece of bone is removed from the skull. And radiation therapy that uses X-rays to kill abnormal cells. Cancer cells can break off from the tumor into the bloodstream where they can go anywhere in the body. Noncancerous and cancerous brain tumors occur in about 12 in 100,000 people a year.

Benign tumors are non-cancerous and do not invade nearby tissue. On the other hand, malignant tumors are cancerous and spread to other parts of the body. Judging by the fact, Renee had a difficulty speaking, and was unable to remember her way back home, it seemed like both frontal lobe and temporal lobe of brain were affected by tumors. Since she cannot remember where she lived, it is likely tumor was suppressing the hippocampus area, where long-term memory is stored. Also, Brocas’s area seemed to be affected by tumor since she had trouble with speaking words. As a health-care professional, I will explain to the family member how the brain tumor may affect the patient’s cognitive, mental, memory, and language ability. Also, I will encourage

In conclusion, brain tumors are deadly and interesting at the same time. They can interfere with your ability to be yourself by pressing on a certain areas of your brain. It is a killer among people of every age from 0-100 so that means that no matter how old or young you are there is always a possibility for brain cancer. Whether it is serious or not cancer is not something to forget about and push to the side because it can ruin a life or

Chemotherapy is a drug that targets cells that are in the process of forming a new cell in your body. Since cancer cells develop more quickly than regular cells they are a good target for the chemo drug and helps the doctor predict which drugs may work together. The reason chemo therapy has so many side effects such as nausea, hair loss, fatigue etc. is because the drugs can’t tell the difference between regular healthy cells and cancer cells causing the regular cells to also be