What Are the Symptoms of a Recurring Glioma?

Glioma is a high-incidence tumor, mainly occurring in the head. The general treatment methods include chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and targeted drugs. However, glioma can still recur after treatment. When patients experience forehead headache, cognitive decline, memory decline, and aphasia after treatment, it indicates that the glioma has relapsed. They must go to the hospital for examination and undergo surgery promptly. Postoperative care measures should also be taken.

1. Headache: Brain glioma usually manifests as forehead pain, while cerebellar glioma often manifests as occipital and neck pain. If the tumor is too large and causes high intracranial pressure, the headache will significantly increase. Sometimes, patients may be woken up by the pain during sleep, and the headache will become more severe during intense head movements. It may also be accompanied by nausea and vomiting. If intracranial hypertension persists for a long time, vision loss may also occur.

2. Mental changes: Approximately 15-20% of patients with glioma experience changes in mental status as the initial symptom, mainly manifesting as changes in emotions, personality, cognitive function, and memory.

3. Focal neurological symptoms: Different locations of the tumor can cause corresponding neurological symptoms, such as paralysis of limbs, sensory disturbances, aphasia, gait instability, alexia, and agraphia.

4. Cranial nerve symptoms: Different cranial nerves may be damaged, resulting in corresponding neurological symptoms such as vision loss, diplopia, strabismus, and facial paralysis.

5. Seizures: About one-third of patients with brain glioma experience seizures, and the incidence rate increases to 50-70% during the course of the disease. Half of the seizures are focal, while the other half are generalized. Low-grade gliomas that grow slowly are particularly prone to seizures, while glioblastoma has a lower risk of causing seizures.