脳の病気と薬

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■■Illness of Brain■■　 Brain tumor　 Cerebral infarction Migraine
■Brain tumor  Difficulty:★★☆☆☆ 
 The brain tumor means tumor which is appeared in a skull intracranially. It is apt to be thought that there is the brain tumor in brain, but in fact, it is possible to have the brain tumor anywhere in a skull.
 ■Symptom
 When the condition of a brain tumor appears, the tumor is large to some extent and the patient may have trouble with other illnesses , such as cerebral edema (it is that -> brain stores much fluid from usual, and a brain should become large).The condition of a brain tumor are as follows.
- A view (-> range which can be seen by the eye) is missing.
- Paralysis of the body takes place.
- It becomes impossible to talk.
  And other conditions may appear by the place a tumor appears.
Otherwise, the condition of cerebral edema like..
- Headache
- Nausea
 may also appear simultaneously.
 ■Therapeutic method
Component name Temozolomide
Usage Taking orally
Structure Multiplication can be prevented by this medicine which starts a chemical reaction and connects strongly with DNA in the body.
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Side effects Decrease of the number of leukopenia or thrombopenia. Additionallty, little appetite, a headache, constipation, convulsions , diarrhea, and others.

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■Cerebral infarction Difficulty:★☆☆☆☆
The cerebral infarction occurs when clots blocked the blood vessel in the brain and the cell of the brain is necrotized. It can be classified it in four kinds for cerebral infarction as follows.
Seed Kind Cause
Atheroma thrombosis cerebral infarction A thick blood vessel in the brain becomes hard.
Lacunar infarction Stoppage appears in an artery of a small brain.
Cardiogenic embolism The thrombus made in the heart is got blocked in the brain.
■Symptom
Condition of cerebral infarction differs by where the portion which necrosed is made.
The followings are main conditions which happen in common.
- Paralysis
- Becomeing hard to talk.
- Blindness.
- Troubles in consciousness.
Such condition can also be classified into what appears suddenly, and what appears gradually.
 ■Therapeutic method
Therapeutic method t-PA intravenous-injection treatment
Usage Injection and intravenous drip
Structure By melting the thrombus leading to cerebral infarction, condition is softened by recovering the flow of the blood to a brain.
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Side effects The bleeding from a cerebral blood vessel may take place.

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■Migraine
 Difficulty:★★★★★
A migraine headache is the headache that accompanies a great pain in one side of the head and nausea.
The blood vessel of the brain is expanded, and it is thought that a pain is caused.
■Symptom
 The following thing is mentioned as a condition of migraine.
- Sensitiveness to light and sound.
- A field of view fades.
- Perspiration
- Nausea
- Diarrhea
 And, there conditions also continue for several hours up to several days.
 ■Therapeutic method
Therapeutic method The dosage of sumatriptan
Usage Taking orally and injection
Structure Sumatriptan combines with the receptor in a brain contracts and that constrics the blood vessel causing a pain and the pain is subsided.
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Side effects The feeling of oppression and displeasure of a breast may arise.
Blood may change in color if high intake is carried out.
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