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- From: auwen@convex.com (John David Auwen)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: Does the Human Brain have Pain Receptors ?
- Message-ID: <auwen.721336589@convex.convex.com>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 19:16:29 GMT
- Article-I.D.: convex.auwen.721336589
- References: <1992Oct30.232247.23149@ennews.eas.asu.edu> <17347@pitt.UUCP>
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- In <17347@pitt.UUCP> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:
- > That is why, contrary to popular belief,
- >brain tumors don't cause headache until they are large enough to
- >distort the brain structures considerably. By the time your
- >brain tumor is large enough to cause a headache, you are in
- >quite a mess, usually.
-
- Oh no, now I'm paranoid that I've got a hidden brain tumor that I
- won't know about until it's too late! half ;-)
-
- Seriously, how are most tumors detected and is it usually too late
- by then? What symptoms should we watch out for?
-
- Thanks,
- Dave
- auwen@convex.com
-