diagnosis of a brain tumour

[nerd_do_well]

ANSWERED. Thank you all so much for your help

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[lilacsigil]

Presuming he's in the UK legally, he'd be entitled to life-saving treatment. Travel insurance is pretty cheap and would also cover it. If he wanted to go home (frankly, I would want to) it would depend whether it was safe for him to travel, and considering the seizures, it might not be.

[ynmyy]

Thank you for sharing

[kryssa_girl]

Internal Medicine Resident from US: When someone comes in with seizures and hallucinations, and then has another one in the emergency department, they are usually guaranteed at least a CT and an MRI, with a healthy dose of EEG on top of it. He would be a full admission to the hospital; you don't just "watch" someone who's actively seizing and hope it gets better

[nerd_do_well]

Wow! Thank you for such a detailed answer - you've knocked every problem I had right on the head, which I'm inordinately grateful for.

[sailorhathor]

What year is this taking place? I ask because I researched brain tumor diagnostic techniques for a story I'm writing and CT scans and MRI's weren't in wide usage until roughly the late 70's/early 80's.

[chaotic_binky]

NICE (|National Institute of Clinical Excellence) guidelines in UK require that anyone who has a head injury with loss of consciousness must have a CT scan when attending A+E. That is how the tumour would be found. The patient would be given a course of dexamethasone (a steroid) to stabilise their condition and shrink swelling around the tumour before any removal was considered. If it remained life threatening or the condition continued as unstable the patient would be operated on regardless of nationality, although it is likely the hospital would try to recover costs afterwards.