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Given Tumor Melting Dosage. Headache, Nose Bleed, Serious? What Stage Is It?
Dr. I m from srilanka. my wife have a brain cancer . we think that. now she admit in srilanka Ayurveda hospital at matara. that hospital doctors gave to her that tumor melting dosage. but she had a headache , nose blooding , mouth blooding. is that serious problem doctor ? her hair also outing. what is that brain tumor stage ? actually we want to know is it brain cancer ? that s the way we admit her to hospital. (she had a headache ,nose blooding mouth blooding her hair also outing). this is the problem to admit to her hospital
Tue, 7 Aug 2012
Hi dear your wife having brain tumor and given radiotherapy,after which she developed headache, bleeding from nose and mouth,along with hair fall,dear these all are caused by high doses of radiation given to melt the tumor.you have asked what is the stage of brain cancer of my wife.Dear staging of brain tumor cannot be done from these symptoms .it needs CT scan of the brain,along with many more investigation.you Doctors must have done the staging of disease before treating her by radiation therapy ,you can inquire from your treating physician about the brain cancer of your wife
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