Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Mesothelioma treatment reveiwed.


Exposure to asbestos to some dangerous levels can be very harmful to your health. Its been linked to very dangerous diseases,
Diseases caused by Asbestos exposure include.
1. Mesothelioma.
2. Asbestosis.
3. Adenocarcinoma.

Of all these diseases non can measure up to Mesothelioma. Its a very lethal type of cancer, it used to be rare but today its very common because of the huge numbers of industries that are subjecting its workers and clients to Asbestos through the products the make and sell. Mesothelioma attacks the lung by wearing down the linning of the lung(mesothelium/pleura) thats why its refered to asthe cancer of the pleura(lung linning)
Mesothelium takes quite sometime to develop but with the changes in the enviroment ist been documented to have even affected people below the age of thirty, Its painful and very agressive type of disease and it always leads to death.

Syptoms of mesothelioma include:
  • Shortness of breath which keeps on increasing as the disease progresses
  • Extreme difficulty in breathing due to lung compression caused by the disease
  • Constant pain in the chest which ranges from mild to severe pain
  • Unexplained sudden abdominal swelling and pain
  • Unexplained weight loss
The treatment for mesothelioma include
  • Radiotherapy.
  • Chemotherapy
  • Surgery
  • combined therapy.
The form and type of treatment largely depends on the stage of the cancer, age and overall health.