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Pericardial Mesothelioma FAQ
What is Pericardial mesothelioma?
Pericardiale mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer, mesothelioma, which represent about 5% of all cases of mesothelioma. Cancer cells on the inside of the heart.
What is the cause of pericardial mesothelioma?
Asbestos is the main reason pericardial mesothelioma. When exposed to asbestos without adequate protection, and the dust of asbestos fibers are inhaled and deposited in the lungs. From here can pass either in the lymph system and the transfer available from the heart lining or fibres can through the heart over time.
What is the danger of pericardial mesothelioma?
Those who worked with asbestos continuously for a period of time, without adequate for the protection of persons in danger. Those people include construction workers and those who work in plants manufacturing asbestos. People who come into contact with people coming into contact with asbestos are also at risk because asbestos fibers can cling to clothing and hair.
How much exposure to asbestos is to have access to the pericardial mesothelioma?
This varies depending on the concentration of asbestos dust and fibre in the region, but states that only those who are subject to a time limit of two months for the chance to get pericardial mesothelioma.
What are the symptoms of pericardial mesothelioma?
Pericardiale common symptoms of mesothelioma are persistent cough, coughing blood, shortness of breath, chest pain, palpitations. Other symptoms that may be experienced by patients is weight loss, nausea and loss of appetite.
What is the latency period pericardial mesothelioma?
All forms of mesothelioma have extraordinary long latency (the amount of time it takes for the disease after symptoms appear). The latency period is between 30 to 50 years to discover pericardial mesothelioma usually in elderly men who had pericardial mesothelioma for most of their lives, but that he had never known.
What is the diagnosis of pericardial mesothelioma?
This largely depends on how quickly and how to cancer cells. If the cancer is treated when it was fully developed and matured and then the patient the chance of survival is very small. The unpredictable only after two months.
Is there a study prepared pericardial mesothelioma?
At this time, looking for pericardial mesothelioma in the United States in research laboratories as well as many pharmaceutical companies are searching for new medicines for the treatment of chemotherapy. So far there is no cure for mesothelioma Although researchers expect that the new drugs will soon be discovered.
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