Monday, February 7, 2011

The Hazards Leading To Mesothelioma

By Jerry Ford


One of the greatest health hazards ever faced by the American people could possibly be pointed to malignant mesothelioma. The disease does not pick and choose its victims; the possibility of it afflicting almost anybody is very high. The majority of people who struggle with mesothelioma are within the age range of 60, 70 and 80 years. Still some health experts agree that mesothelioma could one day spread to almost every one in some years to come. For the simple fact that almost every American has been exposed to asbestos at one time or the other. When it comes to mesothelioma its dormancy period and when it actually becomes active takes a very long time. This in turn makes the ailment intensely difficult to discover for early treatment.

Studies have shown that in some situations a single contact with asbestos can result or cause a chain effect that will then lead to malignant mesothelioma. Do you know what a malignant mesothelioma is? It is a kind of cancer that attacks the mesothelium, and the walls of several vital organs. The mesothelioma is a mucous membrane that functions as a lubricant to the organs and enables them to work smoothly and efficiently.

Are you aware that there are three kinds of mesothelioma? These include pleura: this is a pouch that surrounds the lungs as well as thoracic cavity; the peritoneum: this is a sack that goes round the stomach and the lower colon; the pericardium: this is a material that wraps around the heart.

Pleural mesothelioma is one of the commonly known kind of malignant mesothelioma. In this type of mesothelioma asbestos fibers are effortlessly conveyed via the air and owing to the location of the chest and the way the lungs function the disease can be transported to other parts of the body via the blood stream.

What makes the treatment of mesothelioma difficult is that the first symptoms of the disease are more often than not misconstrued with other minor diseases and when the symptoms starts to manifest in later stages it becomes too complex to handle.




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