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Monday, September 14, 2009

How to keep male from mesothelioma?



How to keep male from mesothelioma?

Most affected male mesothelioma caused by working at a job in inhaled asbestos particles, or perhaps also because they have been exposed to asbestos dust and fibers in other ways. Washing clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos can also be at risk for mesothelioma attacked. Unlike lung cancer, and no association between mesothelioma and smoking. Compensation via asbestos funds or lawsuits is important in dealing with mesothelioma (see asbestos and the law).

Among other symptoms of mesothelioma include shortness of breath due to pleural fluid (fluid between the lung and the chest wall) or chest wall pain, and also because of being overweight. Diagnosis can be suspected with chest X-ray and CT scan, and confirmed with a biopsy (tissue sample) and microscopic examination. A thoracoscopy (insert a tube with a camera into the chest) can be used to take biopsies. Allows the introduction of things such as the repeal of talc into the pleural space (called pleurodesis), which prevents more fluid from accumulating and pressing on the lungs.

While being treated with chemotherapy, radiation therapy or surgery, which carry the disease prognosis. Research about screening tests for early detection of mesothelioma is continuously.

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