Exposure to airborne asbestos fibers and dust can result in a range of health problems, including an asbestos related cancer known as mesothelioma. This is a form of cancer for which there is no cure. This disease has an extremely long latency period, which means that it can take decades for the symptoms of the cancer to manifest following exposure to asbestos. Once the symptoms have come on, it can still be difficult to diagnose the cancer due to the non-specific symptoms of the disease. Once the diagnosis has been made, the disease is often in its later stages, leaving the patient with just a matter of months to live.
There are three main forms of mesothelioma: pleural mesothelioma, which affects the lung cavities; peritoneal mesothelioma, which affects the abdominal cavities; and pericardial mesothelioma, which affects the heart cavities. The most common variation of mesothelioma is pleural mesothelioma, and the rarest form of this cancer is pericardial mesothelioma.
There are a number of symptoms that patients should look out for in the case of pericardial mesothelioma. These include persistent coughing, shortness of breath, chest pain, and palpitations. It is important that anyone who works with or has worked with asbestos and experiences such symptoms seeks medical assistance and makes their doctors aware of their current or past association with asbestos.
When it comes to treatment for pericardial mesothelioma, the most common forms are chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Although surgery can be performed, this can be made more difficult if the disease is advanced, and it is unlikely that all of the tumor cells will be removed through surgery, which would make additional treatments necessary.
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