mesothelioma

Regardless of the type, sufferers typically don?t have any effects until many years or decades after they have actually contracted mesothelioma from exposure to asbestos. The early symptoms are generally non-specific, and may lead to a delay in diagnosis.
Sometimes resembling viral pneumonia, pleural mesothelioma patients may present with may experience difficulty breathing or swallowing, shortness of breath, pain under the rib cage, persistent coughing, weight loss, fever, coughing up of blood, and rasping. Some patients show no symptoms at all. The symptoms of pleural mesothelioma result from pleural effusion, a build up of fluid between the lung lining and the chest cavity. A chest x-ray may show this build-up of fluid.
Peritoneal mesothelioma tumors and associated fluid build-up can press against the wall of the abdomen can cause abdominal pain, abdominal and/or foot swelling, nausea, loss of appetite, lumps in the abdomen vomiting, breathing problems, chest pain, bowel obstruction, anemia, fever, and blood clotting.
The tumors affecting pericardial mesothelioma patients can cause chest pain, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, chronic coughing, and heart palpitations.