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Mesothelioma asbestos and cancer

Many people have never heard of mesothelioma cancer, because it is rare. According to the National Cancer Institute, about 2000 new cases diagnosed in the United States each year. Compare that with 213380 cases of lung cancer predicts the Institute diagnosed in 2007.

Mesothelioma cancer begins in the fabric, mesothelieum, surrounds the lungs, stomach, heart and other organs. The mesothelieum protects these bodies with two levels and a liquid tissue, in the bodies to move. It is in the area around one of these organs, but it is often found in the chest and stomach.

Contact with asbestos is the major risk factor. Asbestos can be found in the insulation, in a number of buildings. Asbestos can also be found in the floor tiles, roof, dust and stones.

Most of the use of asbestos in the products for the construction was abandoned after 1989. But the cancer can be diagnosed, not before 20 to 50 years after exposure, because it’s much time to develop.

Therefore, the majority of cases occur in people in their late 50’s, and more. According to the American Cancer Society, the three-quarters of patients are diagnosed, are older than 65 years.

Among the other factors in the context of this situation are:

* Radiation. A document that thorium as carbon dioxide was used in the x-radiation is the cause of cancer. But, this material was not used for many years.
* Tobacco. Smoking is not directly related to this type of cancer, asbestos and smoking, but increases the risk of lung cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.
* Virus virus simien 40th This virus was found in the vaccines against polio in the mid-50’s and early years of the 60 years. Because the symptoms are not for the 20 to 50 years old, it might be some time before we know whether the virus is a risk factor.

The symptoms are different from person to person depending on where the affected tissue. All in all, the symptoms include:

* Shortness
* Pain in the chest
* Abdominal Pain
* Abdominal swelling
* Fever
* Anemia

The treatments are dependent on the patient. Many patients have surgery to remove the feed and tissue, which is affected. In severe cases, the tissue around the breast, lung or part of the diaphragm can be removed.

The doctors may recommend some patients, radiation therapy, in the high energy of radiation to kill tumors shrink and the affected cells.

Another treatment, chemotherapy, can be recommended, but it was not successful in the treatment of patients with mesothelioma. According to the American Cancer Society, the anti-angiogenesis drugs that kill these cells by their verdict supply of blood in the study.

The prognosis for patients is dark, because the disease is often from the date on which it is intended. According to the American Cancer Society, the five year survival rate is about 10 percent. Most patients survive a year after diagnosis. New therapies and clinical trials are under way to secure the survival rate of patients with cancer mesothelioma.

Types mesothelioma

The mesothelioma is a rare type of lung cancer. The main cause of mesothelioma is the exhibition of asbestos fibers. There is a difference of time, sometimes even up to 30 years between asbestos exposure and the start of the disease. It is also very difficult to diagnose this disease, because the symptoms are very similar to other diseases such as pneumonia positive.

The mesothelioma is a disease that is in the mésothélium or seal, which form a protective layer around the abdomen, lungs, the heart and other parts of the body. The mésothélium cells divide rapidly in the course of this disease. From these cells no longer the life expectancy and to multiply. This development of abnormal cells mésothélium caused due to exposure to asbestos fibers. The people who have worked in industry, the asbestos or live, to the asbestos industry and their families are most likely to this disease. After some time, it may even impact on the other parts of the body.

There are essentially three types of mesothelioma. It’s like pleural effusion, when the lungs are concerned, peritoneal button when the abdominal and pericardial if it touches the heart. Approximately 75% of cases of pleural mesothelioma, and 20% are peritoneal or pericardial. There are also other types of mesothelioma few of the remaining 5%. All these statistics refer only to cases documented. There are thousands of cases, without papers or not diagnosed in the whole world.

Mésothéliome pleural mesothelioma:

Among the various types of cancer, mesothelioma, only for a small percentage. However, if the different types of mesothelioma, pleural mesothelioma is almost three-quarters of the cases documented. In pleural mesothelioma, which is the fluid between the chest and feed mésothélium.

Symptoms:

The symptoms of this disease include shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, fever, weight loss, blood in cough and wheezing. Patients with pleural mesothelioma against acute pain in the chest. Because the symptoms of this disease are similar to pneumonia, it is often associated with the disease. The diagnosis is difficult, too. There is no known cure for pleural mesothelioma. There are two types of pleural mesothelioma - cancer cells and non-cancer cells. If it is cancer patients, it is seen as a kind of malignant, and if it is not malignant, it is seen as a benign form.

The duration of the period of latency Mesothelioms lies in the magnitude of 20 to 50 years. So it is very difficult for many people to bind the disease in the asbestos exposure. Maybe they have changed many jobs in this moment, and can not on their illness as a kind of occupational disease.

Mésothéliome pleural mesothelioma is caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibers. These fibers in the lungs through the nose or mouth, and they fall into the lungs. Then, they travel through the tissue. Because they are light and invisible, they are easily respirable suspended in the air and. If the asbestos fibres in the mésothélium fodder, the mésothélium cells start to show normal behavior, which is by mesothelioma. In this disease, tumors formed in the lungs and mésothélium and can be adapted to other parts of the body.

How they are difficult to detect that they could sacrifice up to the date on which they are found. Especially when the mesothelioma is detected, the patients in the final stages of cancer with only a few months or years left. Sometimes not. The mesothelioma is a horrible disease. Proper testing and efforts must be made by the medical fraternity to recognize the disease as early as possible.

Peri Tone Alen mesothelioma:

Peri Tone Alen mesothelioma is a very rare disease. Approximately 10-20% of cases are documented peritoneal mesothelioma diagnosis mesothelioma. This type of mesothelioma affects the abdomen of the patient. The mésothélium cells in the abdominal abnormal behavior in the disease. This disease is provided by the oral inhalation of asbestos fibers. The fibers of the journey through the whole digestive tract and in a part of the digestive tract. The mésothélium poetry in this part starts soon split, and the cells also have more life. This leads to tumors in the abdomen, which has also spread to other parts of the body. The main symptoms are peritoneal mesothelioma severe abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, constipation, fever, pain in the chest, weight loss and the interruption of difficulties. Loose motions or constipation, swelling of the stomach and the title of tissue in the abdomen are classic signs peritoneal mesothelioma. The disease is diagnosed in several ways, with the help of X-rays, IT scans, MRI, PET, laparoscopy, Laparotomy, Thoracotomy and so on. The main risk for the disease is the issue of asbestos fibers and asbestos dust. However, some of the following factors also increase the risk for the disease:

§ A family, a history of cancer that is hereditary risk factors.
§ A smoking seems more chances to fall ill, compared to a non-smoker, the same level and the level of exposure to asbestos fibers.
§ The Zeolite is a mineral, which has properties that are very similar seems to be asbestos and as dangerous as asbestos.
§ carbon thorium in the radiation-x is also a factor in the initiation of cancer.

Mésothéliome pericardial:

The most rare form of mesothelioma is the pericardial mesothelioma, which affects mésothélium conditions of the heart. The main symptoms are pericardial mesothelioma pain in the chest, shortness of breath, fever, palpitations, fatigue and cough. Like all other types of mesothelioma, there is no cure for this type too. The only thing doctors can do is to reduce the pain and discomfort of the symptoms and the patients suffer from a quiet and death.

The lining pericardial heart is removed to the symptoms. The heart is the weakest part of the organism. It has a circulation even fragile pericardium. Therefore, this disease also known as pericardial mesothelioma, as it does in the pericardium. The first symptoms include fatigue, chest pain, heart palpitations, shortness of breath and coughing. Since these characters are, in other cardiovascular diseases, it is difficult to diagnose this disease. Slowly the heart begins to thicken and fluids to meet the requirements heart. It may also contact other parts of the body.

In the last stages of pericardial mesothelioma, the patient noted that it is very difficult to consume all foods or liquids. The lungs have stopped working, progressive and obstruction in the intestines is greater. Heart disease, and patients can be affected by a stroke or heart attack. The death is the solution and halo that for mesothelioma patients crave. The people who are most affected by the disease are those who are against a constant exposure to risk factors such as

• projects workers
• asbestos industries’ workers and youth protection.
• Zeolite industries’ workers and youth protection.
• projects workers.
• Fire stool manufacturer of materials
• cement mixer
• Painter

Not only these groups of individuals with a high risk for the disease, but also their families, run a risk for the disease. The workers at home, they contribute to the dust of asbestos and asbestos fibers in their clothes and their families can be exposed to the disease. The workers should be following precautions:

1st They must wear protective clothing at work.
2nd They must change their clothes and clean, before returning to the country.
3rd An expert must be set to determine whether asbestos in the environment and the residence nearby.