Mesothelioma symptoms arise indirectly exposed to asbestos, takes about 25 to 50 years after first exposure. The disease develops very slowly that usually attacks adults middle age to old, long since they were exposed to asbestos.
Mesothelioma symptoms vary depending on its type of mesothelioma, but the symptoms generally are as follows:
* Shortness of breath or shortness of breath
* Pain in the chest
* Cough continually
* Sounds like someone whistling breath
* Abdominal swelling
* Abdominal pain
* Changes in the habits of the stomach / intestine
* A lump / mass of stomach
Many of these symptoms are not specific, which means that if the symptoms arise like this, it does not mean suffering from mesothelioma. However, if seen there the previous asbestos exposure, you may need a doctor to evaluate presence or absence of mesothelioma. It is important that doctors became aware of previous asbestos exposure. Mesothelioma is a rare disease, so that could have been overlooked in the diagnostic process.
Many people who suffer from mesothelioma, a pleural fluid (pleural effusion) that can be seen with chest X-ray. Pleural effusion is a condition characterized by the accumulation of fluid between the lung and the chest wall.
Other tests that can give the picture of this is: MRI, CT scans, and PET scans can be used to examine the chest and abdomen to investigate if any abnormalities.
In the end, a biopsy is to determine the presence or absence of mesothelioma. Biopsy is the act of taking a small amount of tissue for examination by a Patologist (expert various diseases). Screening biopsy (examination of tissue taken it) to see whether or not mesothelioma completed during thoracoscopy procedures.
If it is determined that there is mesothelioma, through microscopic analysis by a pathologist, then the next thing to do is to find how far the development of this mesothelioma. This is important to determine the next treatment plan.
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