Mesothelioma Cancer

Paul Kraus is a mesothelioma survivor and the author of surviving Mesothelioma. The Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer, often in connection with a previous exposure to asbestos. In this disease, malignant (cancer) in the cells of the mésothélium develop protective fairing, the majority of the organs of the body. The acceptance is the most common on the website of the pleura (the outside coating in the lungs and chest cavity), but it can also occur, the peritoneum (the mucosa of the abdominal cavity) or pericardium (a pouch surrounds the heart).

Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs for which they inhaled asbestos particles were suspended, or the dust of asbestos fibres in other ways, such as by washing the clothes, a member of the family who worked with asbestos, or when the renovation of habitat use of asbestos-cement products.

The symptoms can mesothelioma, not before 30 to 50 years after exposure to asbestos.

Caractérisés by shortness and pain in the chest by an accumulation of fluid in the pleural effusion space is often the symptoms of pleural mesothelioma.

The symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma include weight loss and cachexia, the bump and abdominal pain because of ascites (fluid in the abdominal cavity). Other symptoms can peritoneal mesothelioma of the bowel obstruction, blood clotting disorders, anemia, and fever.

If the cancer has been beyond the mésothélium to other parts of the body, the symptoms of pain, difficulty swallowing or nodes in the neck or face. Be aware, however, that these symptoms may mesothelioma or by other, less serious. The achievement of a diagnosis of mesothelioma is often difficult, because the symptoms are similar as for a number of other, less serious.

In June 1997, Mr. Kraus was a diagnosis mesothelioma (a terminal cancer), and in view of the fact that a few months to live. More than eight years later, it is still alive with a good quality of life after rejection of the surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. He has a different approach to the treatment of cancer, which deals with the mind, body and spirit.

In his book about mesothelioma, Kraus defines the way in which he proposed quotas. The introduction of Paul’s inspiration and commitment for life:

“In my eighth year after diagnosis, I am good. I have my forecast of at least seven years and a specialist doctor, I visited not long ago told me, ‘you will for a very long time.” My survival was hard jobbing. The underlying assumption that everything I have done and will continue to do so, it is a deep conviction that our bodies are equipped with amazing capabilities for self-healing. ”

Mr. Kraus has himself for the other patients who want to talk to him. The survivors Mesothelioma site provides information about the book, how to speak directly with Mr. Kraus, facts and statistics about mesothelioma, conventional, alternative, immune-biological and medical therapies, the latest news, directories, clinics, a holistic approach to healing , and a pregnant patient, where the patient can find information and issues of importance.