40 health professionals fail to diagnose brain tumor

A sought medical advice from over 40 health professionals over her symptoms of insomnia, vertigo, panic attacks, hearing loss, mental vagueness and digestive problems. Many told her it was psychological problem. A dermatologist finally told her to see an ear-nose-throat specialist who was able to diagnose a brain tumor from an MRI. The ensuing surgery to remove the tumor carried a high risk of stroke, speech loss and requirement for a permanent gastrointestinal tube. The surgery left her paralysis to half of her face, throat and digestive tract. She was unable to speak or eat. She found that Transcendental Meditation combined with rehabilitation showed great benefits. After several years she tried yoga and found the benefits extraordinary. Other forms of exercise in fairly high doses tended to strain her immune system and she would become sick whereas yoga was gentle enough to be sustainable. She believes that yoga and meditation were crucial to her recovery.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Joga Journal

Related Disease Topics:

• Brain tumor
• Cancer
• Stroke
• Speech loss
• Paralysis
• Psychological disorder

Related Symptom Topics:

• Insomnia
• Vertigo
• Panic attacks
• Hearing loss
• Mental vagueness
• Digestive problems

Article Source Details

About: 40 health professionals fail to diagnose brain tumor

Date: 6 January 2005

Source: Joga Journal

Author: Susan Cohen

URL: http://www.yogajournal.com/views/310_1.cfm

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Misdiagnosis (type of Medical misadventure)
• Exercise
• Misdiagnosis and brain tumor
• Misdiagnosis and cancer
• Misdiagnosis and insomnia
• Misdiagnosis and vertigo
• Misdiagnosis and panic attacks
• Misdiagnosis and hearing loss
• Misdiagnosis and mental vagueness
• Misdiagnosis and digestive problems
• Misdiagnosis and psychological disorder
• Undiagnosed
• Undiagnosed and exercise
• Undiagnosed and brain tumor
• Undiagnosed and cancer
• Undiagnosed and insomnia
• Undiagnosed and vertigo
• Undiagnosed and panic attacks
• Undiagnosed and hearing loss
• Undiagnosed and mental vagueness
• Undiagnosed and digestive problems
• Undiagnosed and psychological disorder
• Cause of exercise
• Cause of stroke
• Cause of speech loss
• Cause of paralysis
• Cause of insomnia
• Cause of vertigo
• Cause of panic attacks
• Cause of hearing loss
• Cause of mental vagueness
• Cause of digestive problems
• Surgery
• Surgery and paralysis
• Surgery and brain tumor
• Surgery and cancer
• Surgery and stroke
• Surgery and speech loss
• Surgery and paralysis

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