The mesothelioma is becoming common disease today. There are different types of this disease and pleural mesothelioma is the most common type of it. It affects the thin membrane between the chest cavity and the lung. However this often spread invading the thoracic structures. People who suffer from this disease are often old man who used to work in asbestos industry. The symptom of this disease is hard to distinguish with the other illness. Patients are older men who experience chest pain, coughing of blood, shortness of breath etc. This is a deadly disease.
Peritoneal Mesothelioma Cancer
Peritoneal mesothelioma affects the peritoneum which results in tumors in stomach and abdominal organs. The symptom of this disease is the loss of appetite, anemia, vomiting, fever and blood clotting abnormalities. The peritoneal accounts for about twenty percent of documented cases which is rarer than pleural mesothelioma. There are two major theories which explain the cause of this disease. Some researchers think that this disease is caused by fibers which are inhaled and swallowed. While there are other researches which think that the inhaled fiber such as asbestos goes to the lungs and travels to the lymphatic system and then transferred to the peritoneal area.
The fiber caused the cell to grow abnormally. As the result the formation of tumors in mesothelioma spreads throughout the peritoneal mesothelioma. The abnormal cells remain live in the body for years before showing any symptoms and become in advanced stages of deadly illness. The symptom include bowel obstruction, feeling of weak, loosing appetite, loosing weight and breathing difficulties depending on the size and location of the tumor. If the disease has become advance stage, the sufferer will only have a few weeks to live. The pericardial mesothelioma is often detected when it gets to the advanced stage. Unfortunately there is only a very little treatment that can be done to improve the life of the patient.
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