what is the usual cause of a meningioma?

Question

What are the medicines available to treat headaches caused by meningiomas?

Answer 1

No known cause: No certain risk factors.

Answer 2

Not known: It isn't clear what causes a meningioma. It remains unknown either of genes you inherited, or things you're exposed to in your environment or a combination of both.

Answer 3

2: The majority of meningiomas are classified at grade 1 or benign by the world health organization criteria. If there are features of more aggressive nature on the pathology slides it can be classified as a grd 2 or atypical. The carry a higher incidence of recurrence.

Answer 4

MENINGIOMA : Meningiomas, particularly those < 2 cm in diameter, are among the most common intracranial tumors. Amore common among women. These tumors tend to occur between ages 40 and 60 but can occur during childhood. These benign tumors can develop wherever there is dura, most commonly over the convexities near the venous sinuses, along the base of the skull, in the posterior fossa, and rarely within ventri.

Answer 5

Which Way Is UpDown?: To increase blood pressure? To decrease it? What? You gotta problem? There's LOTS of medicines for treating blood pressure either way, by far the most common for lowering blood pressure. They are all based on what the problem is. It's kind of complicated. But at 16, if you have a blood pressure problem, ask mom to take you to the doctor

Answer 6

?: Please be more specific.

Answer 7

Blood pressure meds: There are many different medicines that can be used to lower high blood pressure. Doctors choose among them based on several factors, including whether there are other medical problems (like diabetes, heart disease, or kidney disease). Costs vary a lot among different medicines. Many can be taken once a day, while some require 2 or 3 or 4 doses daily.

Answer 8

Medicine for BP: Generally speaking, the best medication for blood pressure control would be (1) the one that works and (2) that takes into account your other medical issues. Realize, though, that it's unusual to be able to effectively control your blood pressure with just one medication - patients typically need two or three so you need medications that play nicely together in your body.

Answer 9

Depends: You should be seen by a neurosurgeon, especially if you have any symptoms associated with it. Observation with close imaging follow-up may be approprate in select cases if asymptomatic. The usual treatment for the symptomatic meningioma include surgical resection, transarterial embolization and radiation.

Answer 10

It's not my field: Check with your neurosurgeon, neurologist.

Answer 11

Depends: That is dependent upon its location.

Answer 12

MENINGIOMA : Removing the meningioma should relieve pressure in the head (intracranial pressure). There shouyld be less headaches. Sometimes seizures or infections are common immediately after remoival. Also, it depends what part of the brain the meningioma was removed from.

Answer 13

Very different: Schwannomas are tumors of the nerve sheaths and are located outside the brain. Meningiomas are tumors of the lining of the brain and the spinal cord and not related to nerves at all. Schwannoimas require intial surgery for management typically while meningiomas can be removed by surgery or given radiation if no surgery is possible. Both are usually not cancerous.

Answer 14

They are diff.tumors: Schwannoma - a neoplasm originating from schwann cells (of the myelin sheath) of peripheral or sympathetic neurons, or from various cranial nerves, particularly the eighth cranial nerve; schwannomas include neurofibromas and neurilemomas. A meningioma is a tumor that arises from the meninges — the membranes that surround your brain.

Answer 15

The cell of origin: Schwannomas are tumors of the nerves, where meningiomas are tumors of the lining of the brain and spinal cord.

Answer 16

Yes: We don't always recognize the problem however, see your primary provider to further evaluate.

Answer 17

Depends: A neurosurgeon should be consulted for the evaluation and counseling for brain tumors including meningiomas.

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