Can you feel physically if you have a brain tumor?

Question

My cousin says that she thinks she has a brain tumor and shes going in for an MRI but she wants to know if you can phyically fell it in two ways:
1. Feel around your head and feel someting and know you have one
2. headaches and naseua

Answer 1

no you cannot feel it, the skull does not allow that! Headaches and nausea can be caused by many many things including brain tumour.

Answer 2

I have a grade 3/4 mixed glioblastoma multiforme brain tumor.

Signs and symptoms of brain tumors

The signs and symptoms of a brain tumor vary depending on its location,

Many brain tumors produce symptoms that are related to pressure in and around the brain. There is limited space inside the skull and a tumor or extra tissue can result in an increase in intracranial pressure (ICP).


Headache
Nausea and vomiting
Blurred vision
Drowsiness or lethargy

Headaches are a common symptom of a brain tumor.

In addition to the generalized symptoms, a brain tumor may cause specific symptoms directly related to the location of the tumor. It can cause irritation or damage to parts of the brain that control certain functions. Specific symptoms can include:


Seizures
Weakness or numbness of a body part
Difficulty with motor movements, such as walking or speaking
Problems with thinking and communication
Personality changes

should consult a physician for a medical diagnosis.



Allan Mayta

Answer 3

It is possible to feel headaches and nausea from brain tumors. But if you feel a tumor on the outside of your head, it probably didn't start in your brain: After all, your brain is enclosed in that thick shell called a skull. That's not to say the tumor can't spread, though.

Answer 4

After it gets to a certain size and severity, you'll probably start getting quite a few headaches.

You won't be able to physically "feel" it, like, with your fingertips... it won't be a palpable lump or anything. It'd be under your skull, and your skull has more or less no "give" to it.

There are lots of other things it could be; like a persistent sinus infection. My dad used to get migraines every day to the point where he'd have to lay in a dark room in complete silence, and we were pretty worried about him, but it turned out to just be sinuses.

Answer 5

My friends mom had a brain tumor, she knew something was wrong because she had a headach for 7 months. Headachs bring on naseua. You have a skull so if its in your brain you wont feel it. It could be someother dieses to though.

Answer 6

I was diagnosed with a pinealcytoma in 2008. I can feel it -maybe it s the pressure it exerts on surrounding tissues ,especially when I turn my head, or lean it sideways.