Glioma is a malignant tumor in the skull. In life, many people may not have heard of glioma, so many patients are prone to ignore some basic symptoms caused by glioma, so they cannot detect the occurrence of glioma in time, which has a serious impact on their own health. So what

Glioma is a malignant tumor in the skull. In life, many people may not have heard of glioma, so many patients are prone to ignore some basic symptoms caused by glioma, so they cannot detect the occurrence of glioma in time, which has a serious impact on their own health. So what is glioma? What are some basic medical knowledge about glioma? We will guide you to correctly understand glioma through the following popular sciences.

What is glioma

Glioma is also called brain glioma, but since gliomas can be seen in the entire nervous system, there are gliomas in the spinal cord. Generally speaking, gliomas are mainly divided into astrocytoma , ependymoma , glioblastoma , and oligospermoma, etc. However, according to the histogenetic source and biological characteristics, various tumors that occur in the neuroectoderm are called gliomas. With the development of medical technology, glioma was defined as a malignant tumor in 2017, and gliomas were divided into four levels: I, II, III and IV. Among these four types, grade I and grade II are benign, while grade III and IV are highly malignant.

causes glioma

genetic factors. After studying the chromosomes of gliomas, it was found that many gliomas are directly related to abnormalities in group C chromosomes, and the family incidence of glioma diseases is also different, which makes the causal relationship of gliomas still unclear, but it is certain that gliomas are inevitably related to genetic factors.

Tumor origin. The reason for tumors is that the embryo residues of the original cells grow into tumors, so these residual cells will be stimulated due to inflammation and eventually form tumors. Biochemical environment. The pigment oxidase, phosphokinase and ATP in glioma cells are lower than that in normal cells, but the normal brain tissue of β glucuronidase is higher, and lactate dehydrogenase is different from normal brain tissue due to the high metabolism of tumor tissue.

Bad living habits. Gliomas are related to bad habits in daily life, such as smoking, drinking, partial eating, etc. Although these factors are relatively low in the probability of causing gliomas, they are often related to digestive tract tumors and lung tumors, so they will eventually stimulate nerve cells and cause gliomas.

Hazards of glioma

causes visual impairment. Since gliomas cause gradually increase in the intracranial pressure, these pressures can compress the nerves, and even impact the visual nerves, causing the patient's visual nerve to suffer and lead to vision loss.

causes epilepsy. Glioma can cause epilepsy. When the patient's condition occurs, he will foam at the mouth, lose his will, and twitch, causing serious damage to the body.

causes hemiplegia in . Glioma can also cause patients to stroke and cause hemiplegia of the body. When the condition develops, the patient's face is numb, the corners of the mouth are crooked, and the hands and feet cannot be opened, which brings serious inconvenience to life.

causes headaches and aphasia . Gliomas can cause patients to lose part of their consciousness, affecting their memory and expression ability. Therefore, patients often appear to be taciturn, indifferent to anything, and eventually gradually lose their expression ability. At the same time, the patient's brain nerves are affected, causing severe headaches, which brings great pain to the patient.

treatment measures for glioma

surgical treatment. This is the best way to treat gliomas. Through surgery, it can avoid affecting neurological function. For early patients, the tumor can be completely removed, but when removing the tumor, you must pay attention to avoid harming the nerves and affecting subsequent recovery.

Radiation therapy. The characteristic of radiation therapy is that it has very strong penetration ability, and the common high-energy radiation methods include electronic accelerators. Therefore, it is necessary to pay more attention to and use the relevant number and measurement during treatment to avoid excessive radiation treatment that affects the patient's physical health.

Chemotherapy.Using chemical drugs can effectively pass through the patient's blood-brain barrier to treat the patient's affected area, but due to tumor problems, the patient's body will experience cerebral edema and . It is necessary to pay attention to using more water-soluble drugs for treatment.

diet therapy. Dietary therapy is suitable for the early stage of glioma and the condition is not very serious. It can be assisted by dietary therapy. In dietary treatment, it is necessary to avoid eating spicy and irritating foods. You can eat more high-protein and high-nutrition foods, which are conducive to supplementing the body's nutrition and strengthening the body.

In addition, patients should avoid the impact of adverse emotions during the treatment process, and improve their resistance and immunity through appropriate exercise, which will play a certain auxiliary role in the treatment effect. ( Lu County People's Hospital Han Ping)

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