Mesothelioma, a type of cancer and one of the causes for this type of cancer is the long time exposure to asbestos. There are various types of treatments available for this but all of that are not that much effective.

Because every cancer has to be diagnosed at its early stage else it cannot be

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controlled. Likewise this Mesothelioma is very difficult to detect in early stages as the symptoms are very general hence all the treatments that are being available for this mainly deals with increasing the lifetime of the patients and their health and not with curing the disease.

There are three kinds of treatment available for this Mesothelioma such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy. Doctors will decide what kind of treatment suits the patient depending on their age, weight, condition and stage of the disease, and their medical history. Once they understand the nature of patient disease and its level, it is easier for them to proceed with the treatment hence they look for all the details. Let us see all three types of treatment methods in detail.

Surgery:

In surgery there are two types one is aggressive and the other one is normal surgery. Aggressive surgery helps in controlling the cancer for long time and it alleviates mainly the symptoms of the disease from patient. This surgery is possible to do with young and fit patients as the risk involved with this surgery is very high. This aggressive surgery removes the tumors from the lung, the diaphragm, and the pericardium. This removal of tumors makes the patient to feel free from symptoms and pain. This has to be done with utmost care because if any of the tumors burst out while removing it will risk the patient’s life. Also this is a type of surgery opted only at the time when it is conformed that there is no other way of curing other than removing tumors and by doing like this only they could extend the lifetime for several months, as the risk involved is very high. This kind of surgery is also known as extra pleural pneumonectomy.

The normal surgery is done at the early stage if it is detected and once it is cured at the early stage there is no chance of occurring later if treated properly. But this surgery is very rare as the chance of detecting Mesothelioma at its early stage is very difficult.

Chemotherapy:

This is the very normal kind of treatment using drugs. Even though the result is not effective it is being followed by many physicians with different combinations. In some combination it is effective and it is mainly used at its initial stage.

Because curing after deep penetration is not possible not only for Mesothelioma but also for any kind of cancer. Chemotherapy treatment is little bit increasing with new ideas of different research labs and pharmaceutical companies. Hence this kind of treatment is still on the positive side for many patients at their initial stage.

Radiation Therapy:

The tumors in the internal organs are killed by using radiation in this therapy as this is the main symptom and cause which leads to death. If these tumors are killed then there is no fear for long time as it takes long time to develop next tumors. But diagnosing using radiation is a very difficult and riskier job as the heavier dose may result in bursting of tumors and may lead to death. The main reason is nearby the tumors only heart, lungs, and many other internal organs hence it has to be handled with great care. To avoid this kind of risk, it is better to use medium or lower radiation dose but this won’t kill the tumors but reduces its effectiveness to greater extent.

There is also another therapy called Dual Therapy which is just the combination of all the above treatments. That is surgery is used for removing most number of tumors and by using the other techniques that is Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy the effectiveness of other tumors is reduced and this makes the treatment more effective than individual kind of treatment. Other than these treatments there is also an alternative treatment which is in its experimenting stage and that is known as Gene Therapy.

In Gene Therapy, scientists use the genes to stop the cancer. Because long time exposure to asbestos causes damages to the DNA and the genes in your cells this allows the cancer to grow with time. If the reactions of these cells are changed then the spread of cancer could be stopped. Hence if doctors or scientists replace the damaged genes with effective genes which has the ability to stop the cancer then Mesothelioma could be alleviated as a whole.

There is also another kind of treatment called knockout therapy in which doctor’s give oncogenes i.e., modified genes which has the ability to stop the Mesothelioma cancer. All these treatments are at its initial stage of implementing and once it is tested positive then there is no need to worry about any type of cancer including Mesothelioma.

Mesothelioma is a variety of cancer that is roughly at all times caused by

exposure to asbestos. During this cancer infection, malignant cells increase in the mesothelium, a protective coating that covers the majority of the body’s inner organs. Its main common sites are the heart, the lungs, and tunica vaginalis.

Asbestos is an ordinary mineral, mined as of rock originate in lots of countries. It is prepared up of minute fibers that are as physically powerful as steel although can be natural fibers like cotton .also they are extremely opposing to chemicals and heat.

The majority people who are affected by Mesothelioma have worked on jobs somewhere they inhaled asbestos particles, or they have been open to the elements of asbestos dust and fiber. It is recommended to wash the clothes well of a family member who works with asbestos.

The public a large amount likely to have been open to the elements of asbestos include: ship builders, plumbers, construction workers, electricians, people who had worked in places where asbestos was there, people who worked in asbestos factory, boiler makers.

Asbestos is of three kinds:

1. White asbestos,
2. Brown asbestos,
3. Blue asbestos.

Brown and blue asbestos are majorly linked with this disease. These asbestos are banned all most every place in the world. Initially, white asbestos was not to be hazardous nevertheless modern study have revealed that it is also injurious.

During 1980s, imports of brown asbestos and blue asbestos hooked on the UK were closed, furthermore in 1999 the import and make use of all asbestos were prohibited. On the other hand, as Mesothelioma develops accordingly, it is predictable that by the year 2015 something like 3000 public will be diagnosed with Mesothelioma every year. The figure of citizens who increase Mesothelioma will subsequently begin to decrease every year.

The symptoms of this disease include shortness of inhalation due to fluid between the chest wall and the lung, chest pain, weight reduction and these symptoms might not come into view in the patients until 30 to 50 years after contact to asbestos.

Mesothelioma that affects the lungs causes chest pain, anemia, fatigue, wheezing, hoarseness, shortness of inhalation; blood comes when the patient coughed up. In very few cases of the illness, the subsequent symptoms and signs might be present clots of blood in the veins, jaundice, low sugar level in the blood, severe ascites.

Diagnosis of this disease is frequently difficult, since the signs are symptoms are most similar to other ones. The disease analysis begins with an evaluation of the patients medical records. The past history of contact to asbestos might enhance experimental suspicion for Mesothelioma. Normal disease examination for this disease is done with an X-ray device.

Sometimes MRI scan and CT scan are also preferred. The disease detected by cytology if large amount of fluid is surrounded over an internal organ. There is no commonly granted procedure for screening public who have been open to the elements of asbestos. Screening tests may detect Mesothelioma earlier than conservative methods. Staging and pathophysiology are two procedures available to detect this disease.

Treatment for this disease is done using conventional therapies like radiation and chemotherapy. It has been proved that about 90% of diseased people have increased their life span by 5 or more years. Surgery is not successful treatment in cure for this disease. Immunotherapy is one the latest treatment technologies. Immunotherapy removes a large amount of the tumor followed by the straight administration of a chemotherapy drug. Subsequently heating process temperature varies from 40 to 48°C, in the stomach. The fluid is kept for 1 to 2 hours and then drained off.

Nowadays around the world, the word Mesothelioma is getting

popularized, people are also very keen to know about that in detail. In USA there is a special awareness groups in each and every city and also contains mesothelioma forums, mesothelioma legal cells and etc… to  its extent now mesothelioma research is the most popular one which deals with finding a cure for this disease. This team is working very hard to find an exact cure for this disease and also offers scholarships to mesothelioma affected people.To get an exact cure USA government has invested many billion dollars and still the team is fighting against this dreadful disease.

But in fact many people are being unaware of this disease Mesothelioma. So let us first discuss what is Mesothelioma?

Mesothelioma this term is closely related to Asbestos because this is a type of cancer which affects those people who have been exposed to asbestos for the maximum time. The research says that a single time exposure to asbestos will not lead to this type of cancer. A long time exposure i.e., like people working in asbestos plant is having a maximum chance to get affected by this cancer. There are also some cases registered in the past the report of them shows that they got disease through the contact of other person who already got the same disease.

Even though this is the secondary cause the first and the main cause for this disease is due to the exposure to asbestos. Because during the long time exposure to asbestos there are more chances for workers to inhale the small pieces of asbestos or its dust this kind of things is the main cause for the disease. These small pieces settle inside the human organs and causes serious effects to people. Other than this if the affected person is a smoker then it will cause more damages in short period.

This is a rare type of cancer but spreading in greater speed. The Mesothelioma is the term simply used to denote the malignant cancer because in this type there is also non-cancerous mesothelioma. This malignant mesothelioma develops cell around mesothelium, which is nothing but a protective lining around many internal organs.

This malignant mesothelial cells multiplies in a large number and causes various problems in and around the human organs. Once it reaches the malignant stage it is very hard to get cure of it. This mesothelioma fever started from 1960’s and it cases were registered in small number throughout the world. As asbestos is the natural fibrous mineral which has various uses in many industries it became popular and a part of many manufacturing products. As the use of asbestos fiber increases companies mined asbestos in huge number and for this many people are engaged. In this process many people got affected by the disease due to inhalation of tiny pieces of fiber or its dust.

This is considered to be a malignant disease for various reasons and that includes,

• It takes very long time for diagnosis as it takes long time period of 20- 25 years to develop after the exposure to asbestos.
• The lifespan is also less that is just 24 months after the diagnosis of mesothelioma.
• As there are chances of getting affected from other people who already got mesothelioma is also one of the major reasons.

Beyond this reasons the malignant nature of the disease also depends on the area which it occurs. There are three regions which affects normally and they are pericardium, peritoneum and pleura.

As the causes are very dangerous it is better to create awareness among people about the drawbacks of asbestos and making them free from use of asbestos is the only thing which could prevent the disease in future.