Meningioma of the brain: treatment, rehabilitation, consequences

This disease is considered one of the most common benign brain tumors. As a rule, meningiomas develop rather slowly, and for a long time they may not change in size at all. Consider in more detail the treatment of meningioma without surgery, the consequences of this disease and methods of rehabilitation.

Treatment of

Meningioma of the brain provides medication. Since this disease can cause pain and swelling, the patient is prescribed steroids. These drugs have a rapid anti-edematous effect. Therapy with corticosteroids in large doses takes a limited time until the state stabilizes. Subsequently, the drugs are gradually canceled.

To prevent the increase in intracranial pressure, patients are prescribed diuretics( Diacarb).Symptomatic therapy includes the use of anticonvulsants( carbamazepine), analgesics, antiemetics and decongestants.

A more radical method of treatment is surgery to remove this tumor. It is carried out in the case when the tumor grows rapidly and has a large size. It is not uncommon for meningoma to be located too close to important parts of the brain, so it is completely impossible to remove it.

With incomplete removal of meningioma in patients after 15 years, a relapse is possible. In such cases, radiotherapy is used. The downside of surgical removal of the tumor is a high risk of infection and impairment of brain functions. Most often, the removal of the meningioma of the brain has such consequences:

• partial amnesia( memory loss);
• behavioral disorder;
• impaired vision and hearing;
• occurrence of epilepsy;
• violation of fine motor skills;
• speech impairment;
• violation of information perception.

Neurosurgeons and oncologists are developing new methods that can effectively get rid of this tumor.

Treatment of meningioma with radiation therapy

One of the effective methods for the removal of meningioma is radiotherapy. It is considered a type of radiation treatment. This procedure consists in the action of powerful radiation on the tumor.

In the event that the patient has contraindications to the operation, and he develops actively meningioma, radiation therapy can help stop its growth and development.

During the irradiation, healthy cells may suffer from negative effects. Therefore, the task of doctors is to accurately calculate and direct the irradiation only in the tumor.

Modern equipment on which irradiation is performed, allows to accurately influence the meningioma and minimize the negative impact on surrounding healthy tissues. Under the influence of radiation therapy, cancer cells lose the ability to divide and die. Usually the course lasts from 6 to 8 weeks.

Use of folk methods for the treatment of meningioma

Treatment of meningoma with folk remedies is carried out only if the tumor is not prone to rapid growth. Before using traditional medicine recipes, you should always consult a doctor. The most effective recipes are:

1. Cleanser. You need to take a gram of dry celandine( preferably collected away from the city).Put it in a deep bowl. Pour a glass of hot water and insist for fifteen minutes. After this, strain and take two tablespoons twice a day.
2. Decoction of birch lye. To make it, you need to take some birch firewood and collect the ash. Pour it with water( 1 glass).Bring the mixture to a boil. After this, strain and pour over glass bottles. Next, the finished product( 8 teaspoons) dilute in milk and drink. Take two times a day.
3. Oak bark remover. For its preparation, take a little oak bark and grind it. A tablespoon of dry mixture to brew in a glass of boiling water. Strain and use as a lotion to the head.
4. Recipe for aloe: cut several aloe leaves and transfer them to a jar. Pour a glass of boiling water and insist for twelve days. After that, the finished product is taken three times a day on a tablespoon.

Nutrition after tumor removal

Nutrition after removal of meningioma requires compliance with such rules:

• it is necessary to completely exclude from the diet table salt and any other sodium source;
• diet should be based on products rich in calcium;
• is very useful to eat seaweed and drink freshly squeezed juice;
• include foods rich in fiber;
• to drink decoctions of berries;
• a lot to eat onions;
• include sour-milk products.

Portions should be small, but you need to eat often.

Rehabilitation

If the growth of meningioma has ceased, rehabilitation after surgery should include the following procedures:

• physiotherapy;
• massage( to improve the outflow of blood);
• exercise therapy( needed to restore lost functions).

The main goal of rehabilitation activities is to restore lost functions and adapt the patient to postoperative complications( for example, paresis).To effectively restore the patient develop an individual complex, which includes activities depending on the patient's problems( classes with a speech therapist, exercise therapy, massage, etc.).All anticipations and procedures should be as easy as possible until the patient's first fatigue.

In conclusion, it should be noted that the patient, even after successful treatment, needs constant monitoring. For timely detection of recurrence, an MRI is performed, which assesses the state of the brain tissue. Computer tomography is used as an alternative diagnostic method.