2. Persistent Headaches
If you have a headache that does not go away, you shouldn’t automatically think ‘tumor’ as headaches can be caused by a wide spectrum of other conditions. However, brain tumor patients do report having headaches in 50% of cases. Brain tumor head pains are usually dull and persistent, rather than fiercely sharp, and are worse in the morning. This is because, most likely, the tumor is interfering with pain receptors in the brain, or exerting pressure on it, the delicate membrane lining the brain.
Headaches due to tumors rarely manifest alone. Rather, they are accompanied by other symptoms. The pain could be all over or worse on one side. Often, the other present symptoms are vomiting; and a pain that specifically worsens when you try to be active, sneeze, cough, bend, or exert pressure during a bowel movement. Another common accompanying symptom is a blurred, double, or impaired vision. Consequently, you may think you have a migraine, not a tumor.
