| What is Mesothelioma?Most of people known that | | | | plants, fireproofing and heating, automotive repair, and |
| mesothelioma is an acronym of mesothelium which is | | | | pipefitting are at the risk of contracting mesothelioma |
| thin membranes lining the chest, lungs, abdomen and | | | | cancer. Common cases are found from workers such |
| sometimes the heart. Mesothelieum protects these | | | | as Factory workers, miners, railroad laborers, gas |
| organs with a dual layered membrane called visceral | | | | mask makers, insulation workers and ship builders. |
| and parietal membranes which surround organs and | | | | People who have received asbestos exposure of as |
| body cavities, such as the lungs or abdomen. The | | | | little as one or two months to very low doses are at |
| visceral membrane surrounds the organ, and the | | | | risk of mesothelioma cancer. People who wash |
| parietal membrane is a sac covering the visceral | | | | clothes of asbestos exposed people are at risk.The |
| membrane. There is a lubricating fluid between it that | | | | Chance of RecoveryIt depends on size and location of |
| allows the organs to move. This fluid helps organs | | | | the cancer, age of the patient and their response to |
| move easily between surrounding structure and | | | | the treatment. According to the American Cancer |
| reduce friction between the lung and chest wall during | | | | Society, the five year survival rate is about 10 percent. |
| normal breathing.So What Is Mesothelioma | | | | Most patients only survive for a year after diagnosis or |
| Cancer?Mesothelioma Cancer is a form of cancer | | | | 4 to 24 months from the observance of the |
| which occurs in mesothelium. This cancer cells | | | | symptoms. Some physicians find it hard to detect |
| become abnormal and replicate without control. They | | | | mesothelioma cancer because its symptoms are akin |
| will invade and damage tissues and organs and spread | | | | to other diseases like lung cancer and pneumonia. The |
| throughout the body causing death. It metastasizes | | | | average age of patients is between 50 and 70 years, |
| and at an advanced stage the disease reach to the | | | | three-fourths of patients diagnosed are over 65.Three |
| other parts of the body like the lymph nodes, lungs, | | | | Types of Mesothelioma CancerPrimarily, mesothelioma |
| chest wall, or abdominal organs. Mesothelioma cancer | | | | cancer occurs in three areas, and categorized into:1. |
| will cause fluid to accumulate between the lung lining | | | | Pleural mesothelioma (lung cancer), mesothelioma of |
| and the chest cavity.The Cause of Mesothelioma | | | | the membrane covers the lungs and chest cavity as |
| CancerThere are a lot of cases that indicate the | | | | well as the lungs2. Peritoneal mesothelioma (abdomen |
| cause of mesothelioma cancer but most of them are | | | | organs), mesothelioma of the peritoneum. Peritoneum is |
| caused by exposure to asbestos. Asbestos can be | | | | the mesothelial tissue that enfolds the organs in the |
| found in insulation in many buildings. Asbestos can also | | | | abdominal cavity.3. Pericardial mesothelioma, |
| be found in floor tiles, roofing, dust, rocks, cement, | | | | mesothelioma of the pericardium. Pericardium is the |
| brake linings, roof shingles, flooring products, and | | | | sac enclosing the heart.Symptoms of Mesothelioma |
| textiles. Asbestos consists of fibers that can enter the | | | | CancerThe symptoms of mesothelioma cancer occur |
| body through the skin, the mouth, and, subsequently, | | | | owing to the deposition of fluid in the pleura. The |
| enter the lungs, or blood stream. When a person | | | | patient would generally feel a pain in the chest region, |
| breathes in, the fibers then travel to the ends of the | | | | accompanied by shallow breathing. The other |
| narrow air passages reaching the lining of the lungs | | | | symptoms are include : respiratory problem, continual |
| and destructing the mesothelial cells (the lining of the | | | | cough and pneumonia, weight loss due to accumulation |
| lung cells). If swallowed, these fibers can get in to the | | | | of fluid, abdominal problems and swelling of the neck or |
| lining of the abdominal cavity where they play a part in | | | | face, fever, anemia, difficulties in bowel movements, |
| causing a mesothelioma cancer.The Patients of | | | | abnormalities observed during blood clots, fibrosis, |
| Mesothelioma CancerPeople in the construction jobs | | | | pleural effusion, calcified plaques, bronchial cancer, and |
| such as in shipyards, insulation, boilermaking, milling | | | | difficulty sleeping. |