What are the Early Symptoms of Brain Tumors in the Elderly

There are many early symptoms of brain tumor in the elderly, such as headache, vomiting, hemiplegia, mental abnormality, optic papillae edema and so on. 1. Headache: brain tumor in the elderly will have headache, which is mainly due to the increase of intracranial pressure, and the headache will be more obvious after waking up in the morning, and it mainly takes persistent headache as the main symptom. 2. Vomiting: due to the increase of intracranial pressure, brain tumor in the elderly will also have vomiting, which is mainly due to jet vomiting, and the episodes are more frequent. 3. hemiplegia: hemiplegia may occur in the early stage of brain tumor in the elderly, which may show unilateral limb weakness and sensory disorder. 4. Mental abnormality: Early stage of brain tumor in the elderly may also have the phenomena of memory loss, slow reaction, poor spirit, etc. In severe cases, memory loss may occur for a short period of time. 5. Optic papillae edema: optic papillae edema will lead to vision loss, and in severe cases, it may show blindness, retinal hemorrhage and so on. There are many symptoms in the early stage of brain tumor in the elderly, after the appearance of the above symptoms, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to improve the examination and take standardized treatment according to the doctor’s instruction, and not to ignore the symptoms and take them lightly.