brain tumour

Woman’s brain tumour symptoms dismissed as menopause side effects

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Woman’s brain tumour symptoms dismissed as menopause side effects

A woman’s symptoms were initially dismissed by doctors as the menopause, until a scan revealed she was actually living with a brain tumour. Karen Griffiths, 60, started suffering from one-sided pulsatile tinnitus, when a heartbeat is heard in the ear, in 2018. Around the same time, she also began suffering from headaches in the morning, … Read more

Toddler diagnosed with deadly brain tumour after being ‘tired and grouchy’

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Toddler diagnosed with deadly brain tumour after being ‘tired and grouchy’

A one-year-old was diagnosed with a potentially fatal brain tumour after her mum said she was “tired and grouchy”. In August last year Issy Rowe, from Harrogate in Yorkshire, noticed her daughter, Georgina Johnstone, was not acting herself. Things took a turn for the worst over the next week, as Georgina started throwing up every … Read more