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Saturday, December 8, 2007

What is Mesothelioma cancer or disease?


Many of us still do not know what is MESOTHELIOMA cancer or disease? Well this blog will tell you more or less some of the information about Mesothelioma cancer or disease. It is to be hoped that the posting of information on this Mesothelioma cancer or diseases of the general public or readers have ideas or knowledge about this disease that kills.

Mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos. Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral. It is distinguished from other minerals from the fact that his form of crystals long, thin fibers. The inhalation of asbestos fibers can cause a number of serious diseases, including cancer and mesothelioma. Since the mid-1980, many uses of asbestos are banned in many countries.

In this disease, malignant cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective coating that covers most of the internal organs of the body. Its most common site is the pleura (outer lining of the lungs and chest cavity), but may also occur in the peritoneum (lining of the abdominal cavity) or the pericardium (sac surrounding the heart).

Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles, or have been exposed to asbestos dust and fibers in other ways, such as washing clothes of a family member having worked with asbestos, or home renovation using asbestos cement products. Unlike lung cancer, there is no association between smoking and mesothelioma.


Mesothelioma can develop cancer in tissue that covers:

Lung

Abdomen

Pleura

Tissues coating (or covering) the lungs are called pleura. There are two pleura. These can be called pleural membranes. The gap between them is called the pleural space. Pleura are fibrous sheets. They help to protect the lungs. They produce a lubricating fluid that fills the gap between the two pleura. This helps the lungs to move easily in the chest when inflating and deflating like breathing.

Mesothelioma is the most frequently diagnosed in pleura. This is known as pleural mesothelioma. Because it is so close, pleural mesothelioma may also affect the sheet of tissue that covers the heart-pericardium. Doctors called the pericardium lining, even if it is on the outside of the heart. It protects the heart and allows him to move easily within the sac that surrounds it. So which is more or less the same job for the heart as pleura do to the lungs.

The peritoneum

The fabric coating is called the abdominal peritoneum. It helps to protect the contents of the abdomen. It also produces a fluid lubricant. This helps organs move easily within the abdomen as we move around.Mesothelioma tissue lining of the abdominal cavity is known as the peritoneal mesothelioma. It is much less common pleural mesothelioma.It is unusual for mesothelioma to spread to other parts of the body. But if so, usually do not cause symptoms annoying.

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