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General Category => AN Issues => Topic started by: am2lady on May 10, 2014, 07:37:50 pm

Title: symptoms=increase in tumor size??
Post by: am2lady on May 10, 2014, 07:37:50 pm

When/if you're symptoms come and go and appear to be stronger than before. Does that mean that the tumor could....maybe have grown?

Title: Re: symptoms=increase in tumor size??
Post by: john1455 on May 10, 2014, 08:18:51 pm

According to Dr Steven Chang at Stanford, there is not necessarily any correlation between symptoms and tumor size and/or growth. Small tumors can cause big problems and larger tumors can cause little or no problems. Likewise, a tumor can grow and not cause any worsening of symptoms and a tumor can remain the same size and cause an increase in symptoms. The only way to see what is going on is having a MRI done.

Title: Re: symptoms=increase in tumor size??
Post by: dukerman on May 10, 2014, 08:47:57 pm

I had a huge AN at 4.2 cm pressing on my brain stem.  No symptoms whatsoever other than some hearing loss and ringing in my ear. 

Title: Re: symptoms=increase in tumor size??
Post by: jsanders1379 on May 11, 2014, 10:32:10 am

Symptoms can also increase/decrease with environmental factors- air pressure, stress, caffeine intake, etc.