Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma

Human internal organs such as lung, abdomen, heart, and testes covered by thin layers tissue called mesothelium. The tissue that covering lung is pleura, peritoneal for abdomen, pericardial for sac around the heart, and testicular for testes. Mesothelioma is a cancer that harming these tissues. Usually this desease starts from the tissue that covering human lung, called pleura, but several cases found at abdomen and heart.

The symptoms of mesothelioma including cough and hurt around chest, pale and tired, weight loss, chest pain, and short breath if occured at pleura. If mesothelioma at other organs, the symptoms could be different.

Mesothelioma has recorded in 1767 by France doctor, Joseph Lieutaud. He found two cases of cancer at pleura tissue. Before World War II, a research about asbestos workers illness, found corelation between asbestos and lung cancer. This study found thant German asbestos workers more susceptive to lung cancer and mesothelioma. Several decades later, J.C. Wagner and Chris Sleggs reporting their research about mesaothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestos correlation. They found 33 cases of mesothelioma at their research. Only one case that have no correlation with asbestos exposure. 24 cases occured to people that live near asbestos mines and the rest working related to asbestos.

The treatment of mesothelioma depend on location of the cancer and type. Generally the treatmens are:

1. Surgery. The purpose of this treatment is to eradicating the tumor by removing tumors.
2. Chemotheraphy drugs. Combination of drugs that could kill the tumors cell.
3. Radiation theraphy. Using X ray to eradicating tumor.
4. Draining fluid around the lungs and abdomen.

Since Many researches has proved that mesothelioma has correlation with asbestos exposure, the only way to prevent mesothelioma is avoiding asbestos minerals. But if you have to work with these circumtenses, you have to follow safety regulation. Most company in developed countries has regulation to minimize asbestos exposure to their employees.