Mesothelioma ranks high among the strongest sicknesses affecting mankind today.  The tumor, generally called mesothelioma disease, is due to breathed asbestos fibers.  Most patients don’t survive more than two years after diagnosis.  The disease is really peculiar in it takes one or two decades to develop and show its first symptoms.  This very reason impairs opportune detection and proper treatment.

Asbestos, a widely used mineral in industries, is very toxic. The floating fibers, once inhaled, settle in the mesothelium, which is a protective membrane that sheaths the cavities of our vital organs. These particles make the cells of the lining to divide without any order and the excess fluid formed due to this thickens the sidewalls of the organs, thereby impairing their proper functioning.

Mesothelioma disease is classified into three according to the areas of our body they occur. While the pleural mesothelioma affects the lung cavities, the peritoneal kind targets the abdominal cavities. The pericardial, which is the most potent among these, attacks the cavities of the heart.

At the present time, there is no complete cure for mesothelioma disease. But life span can be increased a little further with traditional therapies like surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. The late diagnosis due to the delayed appearance of symptoms greatly influences the treatment procedure from being cent percent effective. In most of the cases the symptoms appear as the cancer reaches the final stages. If the diagnosis happens early, by any means there is possibility that the disease can be removed and the patient enjoys a healthy long life.

It is therefore very important that everybody, who had worked in asbestos-based factories, asbestos pits and family members of such employees to endure periodical checkups.  The usual symptoms are respiring Problems and related diseases like cough, fever etc .  Being a rarity, all cancer centers are not manned or equipped to diagnose and cure mesothelioma disease.  The patient should approach only those doctors who exclusively deal with the disease, which would considerably help in opportune and correct diagnose, which would be followed by aggressive treatment to root out the cancer.