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brain tumor - Coggle Diagram
brain tumor
signs and symptoms
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Weakness in the limbs, face, or one side of the body
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Changes in mood, personality, or behavior
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nursing careplan
nursing diagnosis
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altered comfort related to raised in the intracranial pressure manifested by the patient complaining of headache
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expected outcomes
patient is oriantated to time, place and person
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defination
these are space occupying lesions within the cranial cavity, taking up space that should be occupied by the normal cranial contents and thus raise the intracranial pressure
pathophysiology
Due to causes like chemicals and radiation exposureIrritation and damage to cell structureAs adaptive mechanism, changes in cell morphology occursas radiation exposure continue, the changes become irreversiblecausing gene mutations in DNAinactivation of tumor supressor genes and activation of oncogenesuncontrolled cell division and decreased apoptosishyperplasia of brain cellsbrain tumors