WORLD BRAIN TUMOUR DAY

The theme of World Brain tumour Day in 2023 has not been announced yet.

Every year on June 8th, World Brain Tumour Day is observed. This campaign was started by the German Brain Tumour Association and is currently celebrated all over the world to promote awareness and educate people about brain tumours.

The German Brain Tumour Association proposed World Brain Tumour Day first. In the year 2000, the Deutsche HirttenTumorhilfe (German Brain Tumour Association) designated this day as the International Day of Remembrance for people who died as a result of brain tumours.

A brain tumour is an abnormal mass of cells growing inside or outside of your brain. Spinal tumours and brain tumours are referred to as central nervous system (CNS) tumours. Brain tumours can be malignant (cancerous) or benign (non-cancerous). Some tumours develop quickly, while others grow slowly.

Symptoms of brain tumour: Headaches, Speaking, Thinking Difficulty, Changes in behavior, Paralysis, dizziness, Blurred vision, Loss of hearing, Facial numbness, Vomiting, swallowing difficulties, Confused Mindset, Lack of interest, Loss of smell

Researchers know that brain tumours form when particular genes on a cell's chromosomes are broken and no longer function properly, but they don't know why this happens. Your DNA, contained in your chromosomes, instructs cells throughout your body on what to do. It informs them when to grow, divide, or multiply, and/or die.