There are many symptoms of asbestos exposure. When asbestos fibers enter the lungs, they can become stuck in the lungs, leading to very serious health conditions like mesothelioma. There are various types of mesothelioma, including mesothelioma, a cancer in the breast, peritoneal mesothelioma, a cancer of the abdomen and pericardial mesothelioma, a cancer that affects the cells of the heart.
Pleural mesothelioma is the most common type of mesothelioma. About 75% ofthose people diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma. It is caused by inhaling asbestos fibers eventually reach the ends of the small airways in the lungs, causing inflammation and scarring of the pleura. The pleura are the tissue layer that covers the chest and also helps protect the organs. In most cases, pleural mesothelioma tumors appeared in one lung. This is because cells in the lungs grow too fast and abnormal. Finally, pleural malignant mesothelioma take before breaking up in the abdomen or chest. When spreading cancer and begins to grow, the chest is filled with liquid and the pressure is put on the most important organs of the body. This condition often causes pain in the back and the chest and shortness of breath, coughing and other symptoms.
Diagnosed more than 10 to 20 percent of people with peritoneal mesothelioma. This cancer causes tumors occur in the abdomen. This occurs when asbestos fibers are expelled, and then swallowed and protects caused damage in the peritoneum, the layer of tissue, organs, for the belly. Peritoneal mesothelioma causes scarring and inflammations in cancer cells multiply and spread throughout the body. You can go through the peritoneum and cause damage to organs such as heart, intestine, esophagus or blood vessels. It can also attack the heart, liver, lungs or stomach. If the cancer spreads, it can also fill the stomach with fluid pressure on the organs. The symptoms of this disease are weight loss, stomach pain and indigestion.
Pericardial mesothelioma affects the pericardium, the cells lining the heart. It is extremely rare and affects men twice as often as women. It usually occurs in people between the ages of 40 and 70. Some of the symptoms that occur are chest pain, shortness of breath, chronic cough and irregular heart beat.
Mesothelioma is often 30-50 years after exposure to asbestos diagnosed. For many of the early stages give no indication that the disease because they have symptoms or signs soon. The treatment decisions for cancer type, stage of disease and the patient's age and general health.
