Definition of Mesothelioma (Asbestos Cancer)

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A couple of years in the past 4-6 years ago has been discovered a malignant cancer that almost can't even in healed. Mesothelioma is a cancer that occurs as a result of the presence of asbestos exposure. The fibers of asbestos fibers that are inhaled through the nose and settles in the lung that form scar tissue is called Asbesitosis.

Asbestos is made up of silicate mineral fibers with different chemical composition. If sucked, asbestos fibers settles in the lungs, causing scarring. Inhaling asbestos can also cause thickening of the pleura (the membrane that lines the lungs).

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that is almost always appears due to asbestos exposure develops in the mesothelium.

According to experts the disease cancer, Mesothelioma is divided into 3 kinds: 

1. Pleural mesothelioma, the cancer is the cancer most often encountered. Because this cancer attacks the pleura or lining of the lining of the lungs. 

2. Peritoneal mesothelioma, the cancer invades serosa of the double membrane of the body, or a layer in the stomach and peritoneum. This form of cancer is the second-order frequently in people with the disease have encountered on mesothelioma cancer

3. Pericardial mesothelioma, the cancer is rarely found but very dangerous. This cancer attack the protective layer that covers the heart.

From cancer disease experts that all types of mesothelioma cancer in the upper lot is caused by a heap of asbestos exposure that occurs in a long period of time. A person infected with the disease of this cancer initially did not feel pain, after deposits of asbestos scarring and in the time estimated between 25 to 40 new year feels as a result. Asbestos cancer is malignant cancer and also aggressive. The majority of mesothelioma sufferers can't be cured, only physicians perform preventive measures so that the patient does not feel pain too great. Many of the cancer survivors were not spared. Physicians only suggest to the family of the sufferer as comfortable as possible to perform acts to the sufferer.