The advanced stage of brain tumor can cause severe headache due to tumor metastasis and increased intracranial pressure, etc. The pain can be relieved by changing body position, taking oral painkillers, reducing intracranial pressure and local radiotherapy.
1. Changing body position: patients with brain tumor can relieve headache by changing bed position, such as semi-recumbent position or lateral position.
2. Oral painkillers: those with mild pain can take ibuprofen and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs orally to relieve pain, and those with poor effect can take morphine, oxycodone hydrochloride and other opioid painkillers orally under the guidance of doctor. This type of drug is a controlled substance, there is a certain degree of addiction, must be used in strict compliance with medical advice.
3. Reduce intracranial pressure: patients with advanced brain tumor may have headache due to the increase of intracranial pressure caused by tumor compression, and the pain can be relieved by dehydration and reduction of intracranial pressure such as mannitol.
4. Local radiotherapy: if the patient cannot bear surgery and systemic chemotherapy in the advanced stage of primary disease, local radiotherapy and other palliative treatments can be used to relieve the pain.
When patients with advanced brain tumor have headache, it is recommended to treat them under the guidance of professional doctors, and the use of medicines should be in accordance with the doctor’s prescription, and should not be used without authorization.