Tumor

For each type of a brain tumor the symptoms corresponding can vary based on the tumors type and location. However, the most common types of symptoms include; recurrent headaches, issues with vision, seizures, changes in personality, short-term memory loss, and difficulty speaking or comprehending. Recurrent headaches are you usually associated with metastatic brain tumors. Now these are not normal headaches that a typical person has in the morning but as the day progresses the headache seems to…

debating team and talking in front of a large group of people. James’s the captain and best friend to Ishmael does not let fear stand in the way of his life, he put into the side and moves on, but when James’s tumor comes back a little bit of fear comes out and show us that he is afraid of his tumor. The debating teams fear is going into the finals with out their captain and best speaker James. Ishmael, the main character in the novel is held back by fear plenty of times. When Ishmael is…

A pituitary tumor is an abnormal growth in the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is the part of the body that regulates most hormones. Some of these pituitary tumors produce excessive hormones, which regulate important body functions, while others restrict some of the normal functions of your pituitary gland, thus decreasing hormone production. Around 20% of the human race have pituitary tumors. A lot of these tumors do not cause symptoms and are never diagnosed during a person's…

Pediatric brain tumors have always been a great interest of mine. I find it devastating hearing the news of a child with a brain tumor because often times they are fatal. The complexity of brain tumors and the impact they play on the functions of one’s body are life changing. For this reason, I was interested in researching a charity that raises money to find a cure or prevention for brain tumors in children. The two organizations I chose to research were American Brain Tumor Association,…

The lecture summarized an idea about the Gliomas, Meningiomas, Metastatic tumors and miscellaneous tumors. A stroke is defined as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), cerebrovascular insult (CVI) is when poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death. It disrupts the blood flow. Risk factor includes a heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, diabetes, smoking, obesity. Strokes can be visualized unto two types ischemic or hemorrhagic. Ischemic is caused due to lack of blood flow. Hemorrhagic is due…

No one in Maycomb country has ever seen or heard Boo Radley, so they are afraid of him. Boo Radley is a mystery to them. He is a ghost, there but hardly there. No one knows what he is really like, which makes the children’s fear of him unwarranted. The only things that the children know about Boo Radley are through rumours and gossip, also there is no evidence of the scary things people have said he has done. Rumours are rumours, they are usually untrue. People crave excitement and a bit of…

Cancer, malignant tumours or neoplasm refers to same thing. It is a term for diseases in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues. Cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body through the blood and lymph systems. Several main types of cancer include carcinoma (cancer that begins in the skin/tissues that line internal organs), sarcoma (bone, cartilage, fat, muscles, blood vessels, and other connective tissues), Leukemia (blood-forming tissues like the…

middle child of five children. I never took interest in specifically pharmacy. But because I was kind, patient, and caring I always knew that I wanted a career in the medical field. This all changed the day my father was diagnosed with stage-four brain tumor called Glioblastoma. I was only nine years old when my siblings and I had certain responsibilities when taking care of my father. I had the responsibility to give him his medication which was often multiple pills at once assuming each for a…

Animal Experimentation: Helping Humans, Hurting Animals Animal experimentation has been a resource for humans in centuries past to help better our survival, to some, it’s vital to humanity and to others, it should be eliminated completely. The controversy of animal testing has been going on since ancient times. For example, the Greeks used animals for scientific or religious purposes. Some of the world’s best philosophers have given their opinion on animal testing (Stump, Paragraph #1). For…

Abstract— A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue in the brain. It is possible to treat an insecure brain when brain cells divide and grow uncontrollably. Brain cells begin to grow and divide differently from healthy cells, forming a "high grade" (cancerous) or "low grade" (benign) tumor. Brain tumor spread by local extension and rarely by meta size (spread) outside the brain. The extraction of brain tumors and its analysis are demanding. In recent years, segmentation of brain tumors in…