Asbestos – a time bomb may explode in mesothelioma
Most people with malignant mesothelioma have heard, who knows that there is a lung disease that occurs when the asbestos people who work or have worked. While in most cases, a rare form of cancer that grows in the layer of tissue in the lungs, the layer of tissue known as mesothelium actually covers most of the internal organs and cancer of the mesothelium to other sites to develop the lungs , including the heart, stomach and testes. According to the AmericanCancer Society in 2000-3000 asbestosis people diagnosed each year in the U.S.
There is a danger to anyone of working around asbestos fibers. When asbestos breaks, as if it is broken or asbestos insulation is removed, the powder that can be created (pleural mesothelioma causes inhalation) or by ingestion (such as peritoneal mesothelioma). How asbestos fibers cause mutations leading to cancer cell that is not understood, but may beResult of asbestos irritating the tissues of mesothelium.
Pleura (lung) mesothelioma causes symptoms such as pain when breathing (pleurisy well), shortness of breath, cough, chest pain, weight loss and lumps of tissue under the skin of the breast. If the abdomen is the mesothelium, a form of peritoneal mesothelioma as a disease known attacks, symptoms include bloating, pain, altered bowel habits, weight loss and pieces of fabricAbdomen. Layer of fabric above the heart can cause chest pain and breathing difficulties. Testicular mesothelioma is so rare that there is little information about the symptoms.
In addition to difficulty in breathing, swallowing and chest pain can, said the pressure on the superior vena cava, the large vein that the upper body on the heart and can press on nerves and spinal cord, causing pain. It can also cause fluid collects in the chest,The compression of the lungs and respiratory system worked. Who will die of this disease usually killed by complications such as heart failure, lung failure, or stroke.
This disease is called "dose-dependent," what means that the longer they were exposed to asbestos or the heavier the load, the greater the chance of developing countries (where the lung or other). The dose dependence also affects the length of time between exposure and diagnosis, whichRange of 10-50 years. Doctors also sometimes have a difficult time of diagnosis of mesothelioma is important for everyone who has been exposed to asbestos, immediately lead to symptoms such as shortness of breath, for the attention of their doctor. The earlier the diagnosis, the greater the chance of survival.
Mesothelioma survival rates look particularly bleak, as the disease is not usually diagnosed until it is advanced enough to cause symptoms. At this point, options for treatmentare very limited. In general, 70-20% of patients survive for five years or more after diagnosis. The average survival time for a person with mesothelioma is between four and 18 months after diagnosis. Symptoms may last up to 50 years to develop after exposure to asbestos, so most people do not know the mesothelioma to be.
For this reason, the development of new tests and help with early diagnosis are important research areas inMesothelioma. The blood test is relatively new Mesomark to help the situation, some people are diagnosed earlier than otherwise would be to make more treatment options and increased survival rates.
Treatment options include traditional cancer therapies of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Usually two or more of these treatment options are combined. A number of clinical trials in the United States show promising results, especially for those whose disease was diagnosedrelatively early. In these cases, some clinical studies show survival rates of up to 40% compared to 10% or, conversely, the average survival rate of mesothelioma.