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Thursday, May 5, 2011

Short of mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is developed a rare form of cancer is from the protective lining of the internal organs of the body and is almost always due to asbestos. It is also believed that come in close contact with a person clothing that was exposed to asbestos mesothelioma also can cause.
The disease is not very common, and has a very limited chance of success, since most symptoms are only met by 20-50 years of exposure to asbestos and at this time, the disease usually of recovery is. Research is to enable doctors to sign of the disease at an early stage to identify the early detection of mesothelioma and so prevent development in higher performed.

Objectives for this disease and general symptoms such as difficulty breathing, shortness of breath, wall are known above all of the lungs or the heart, pain in the chest, coughing and coughing blood are signs of the development of mesothelioma, affects the pleura. Symptoms such as stomach, development of a mass in the abdomen and weight loss are symptoms of mesothelioma, affecting the abdominal cavity. Diagnosis of the disease includes the use of x-ray, CAT scan and MRI for the detection of pleural thickening and other abnormalities.
Lung function test can also be run, if suitable, to confirm the disease. The treatment of the disease is not very successful due to the non-availability of methods and techniques, to ensure the early detection of the disease. However, current methods of treatment include combination of conventional treatments of chemotherapy and radiation.
In some cases may be surgery also used, the radiation therapy and other treatments to help. However, surgery in itself is of little use in later stages of the disease is. Although the disease is rare, there are several victims of the disease and only a few of them since some have lived with the disease.

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