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ASTROCYTOMA (Signs and symptoms (Changes in mood and personality, Changes…
ASTROCYTOMA
Signs and symptoms
Changes in mood and personality
Changes in ability to think
Loss of appetite
Speech difficulty of gradual onset
Vomitting
Weakness
Double or blurred vision
Persistent headaches
Pathophysiology
Secondary clinical sequele causes by intacranial pressure
Increase blood volume
Release and recruitment of cellular mediators
Causes reginal affect by the destruction of brain parenchyma
Increase cerebrospinal fluid volume
Nursing care plan
Assess neurological status
Evaluate presence or absence of protective reflexes
Relief anxiety related to brain cancer and treatment
Patient to maintain optimal cerebral tissue perfusion
Administer analgesics
Causes
Environmental factors(exposure to ultraviolet rays)
Diet
Genetic and immunologic abnormalities
Stress
Management
Radiation
Chemotherapy
Surgery
Operative intervention
Definition
Cancer that form in the brain and spinal cord