Medical Report

Mesoteliooma is a rare cancer that attacks the body of mesothelial cells around the body. The Mesothelium provides a protective coating for membranous internal organs and allow agencies to spend (that is the heart and lungs) glides easily against adjacent structures. The names of the three regions of mesothelial cells, which provide a protective coating are as follows: 1) the pleura, the sac that surrounds the lungs, 2) peritoneum, the lining, which protects the abdominal cavity, and 3) pericardium, sac surrounding the heart. Three different types of cancer mesothelioma in an attack on three different regions.

Pleural Mesothelioma: A type of lung cancer, which attacks the pleura surrounding the lungs, is the most common type of mesothelioma, which affects about two-thirds of all mesothelioma patients. Symptoms include horseness, fever, blood, sputum, swollen arms and face, coughing, weight loss of appetite, difficulty breathing, chest pain, weak muscles, and reduces the tuntoherkkyys.

Cancer is a major killer diseases today. It does not choose its victims. Men and women, young and old die of cancer. Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that affects the Mesothelium, especially Pleura (membrane surrounding the lungs) and peritoneum (membrane around the abdomen). Both pleural mesothelioma and peritoneal mesothelioma are mainly caused by inhalation or exposure to asbestos, a mineral fiber-combustible impure magnesium silicate used in various industrial products. About 30 to 50 per cent of total cancer patients mesothelioma has not been exposed to asbestos, but they have acquired the disease. Cancer specialists continue to study this rare type of cancer, in order to provide the public with clear and precise as regards the information to his cause, nature and healing.

Like many other forms of cancer, mesothelioma has different stages. The first stage is still curable since only a layer of the pleura is affected. Surgery is the first option for patients with stage I mesothelioma. The doctor removes the part of the lining of the lungs or chest (in case of pleural mesothelioma) and the wall of the abdomen (in the case of peritoneal mesothelioma). In Phase II mesothelioma, surgery may still be executed even if some lymph May have already been infected with malignant mesothelioma cancer cells. The diaphragm May also be suppressed, in serious cases, the patient has mesothelioma to sacrifice one of his lungs.

Since the late 1800's asbestos was removed and used for commercial purposes. The use of asbestos have increased significantly during the Second World War and since the beginning of 1940 million Americans exposed to asbestos dust working in areas where risks were unknown at the outset. There is widespread exposure to asbestos by workers in shipyards, mines and mills, producers of products containing asbestos, workers in the heating and construction, trade and other people and an increased risk of developing mesothelioma is the result. .

Today, the U. S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) sets limits for acceptable levels of exposure to asbestos at work. However, the British government of the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said formally that any threshold for mesothelioma must be at a very low level and it is widely agreed that if such a threshold does exist, it can not currently be quantified. For practical reasons, HSE not to assume that this threshold exists. People who work with asbestos wear personal protective equipment to reduce their risk exposure.