Jumat, 16 Juli 2010

MESOTHELIOMA


Mesothelioma or more often called malignant mesothelioma is a rare kind of cancer that develops in some of the protective layer of the internal organs of the body. Mesothelium, usually caused by asbestos particles. Mesothelioma can attack the pleura (the outer layer of the lungs and internal chest on the wall), sometimes also attack the peritoneum (the lining of the abdominal cavity), the pericardium (the sac that surrounds the heart) or tunica vaginalis can also.

Most people who contracted mesothelioma is usually due to have been in the environment where the air was polluted particles of asbestos or asbestos dust. So that people who wash clothes can catch
mesothelioma cover ofa. In other words, Mesothelioma is often caused by asbestos dust particles or inhaled by humans. Unlike lung cancer, mesothelioma is no relation of Deng's smoking. But smoking can cause mesothelioma if it is done within the asbestos particles.

Mesothelioma symptoms such as shortness of breath, chest wall pain. Common symptoms include decreased body weight. Early diagnosis can be made with chest X-rays and CT scans.

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