As fans of
celebrated comedian, Julius Agwu, hope for his early return to the
entertainment scene, he has given further details on the health issue that has
taken him out of circulation for some time.
Agwu shocked many
people earlier in the week when he revealed in YES magazine that he had
undergone a surgery for brain tumour.
According to
Agwu, the crisis started with a progressive weight loss until he suffered a
seizure in May.
After his wife,
Ibiere, and maid initially rushed him to their hospital in the Lekki area of
Lagos, where he was stabilised, they had subsequently taken him to the United
States for further treatment.
It was at the
Park Plaza Hospital, in Houston Texas, that a series of tests revealed two
lumps in the versatile comedian’s brain.
YES wrote on the
diagnosis, “After a series of tests, two lumps were discovered in his brain.
The lumps had been messing up his health and causing his incessant weight loss.
Immediately, the surgeons went to work, operating on him for about four hours
on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at the hospital. After he was discharged, Julius
rested in the US for some time before returning home recently.”
Also in a
telephone interview on Channels Television on Wednesday, Agwu recounted the
ordeal.
He, however, gave
the assurance that he was recovering well, saying, “God is healing me.”
According to
experts, a brain tumor or intracranial neoplasm occurs when abnormal cells form
within the brain. There are two main types of tumours: malignant or cancerous
tumors and benign tumors.
Cancerous tumours
can be divided into primary tumours that start within the brain, and secondary
tumours that have spread from somewhere else, known as brain metastasis tumours.
All types of brain tumours may produce symptoms that vary depending on the part
of the brain involved. These may include headaches, seizures, problem with
vision, vomiting and mental changes.
The headache is
classically worse in the morning and goes away with vomiting. More specific
problems may include difficulty in walking, speaking and with sensation. As the
disease progresses unconsciousness may occur.
The cause of most
brain tumours is said to be unknown..
“But risk factors
that may occasionally be involved include a number of inherited conditions
known as neuro-fibromatosis, as well as exposure to the industrial chemical
vinyl chloride, the Epstein-Barr virus, and ionising radiation. While concern
has been raised about mobile phone use, the evidence is not clear,” an online
account added.