| And even when the symptoms do become evident, | | | | Pleural Mesothelioma sufferers may also begin to |
| which can take several decades, the symptoms are | | | | display severe breathing difficulty, weight loss and |
| so generalized and non-specific that they could be put | | | | fever as well as trouble swallowing and even swelling |
| down to any number of more common diseases. This | | | | of the face and neck. Some patients may also |
| makes it hard for even experienced doctors to make | | | | develop a rasping voice and start coughing up blood. |
| a quick and conclusive diagnosis with Mesothelioma | | | | However, there are other patients that may not show |
| patients. The symptoms of this disease can often be | | | | any significant symptoms at all.Symptoms of Peritoneal |
| confused with pneumonia during its early stages.Some | | | | MesotheliomaThe symptoms for patients who suffer |
| Common SymptomsSome of the most common | | | | from peritoneal Mesothelioma (a rarer form of the |
| symptoms of Mesothelioma of all three types are | | | | disease) are slightly different. This type of the disease |
| shortness of breath and chest pains. This may be | | | | starts in the abdomen and can spread form there. |
| accompanied by a persistent cough, and these entire | | | | Patients of peritoneal Mesothelioma can display |
| symptoms stem from the build up of fluid between the | | | | abdominal pain and swelling, nausea, loss of appetite |
| lining of the lung and the chest cavity, known as pleural | | | | and vomiting. They can also suffer breathing problems, |
| effusion.Symptoms of Pleural MesotheliomaIn pleural | | | | and chest pain in addition to these symptoms. These |
| effusion, an accumulation of fluid happens between the | | | | symptoms result from tumors that lean against the |
| parietal pleura (the pleura covering the chest wall and | | | | abdominal wall. Bowel obstruction, anemia, fever and |
| diaphragm) and the visceral pleura (the pleura covering | | | | problems with blood clotting may also affect peritoneal |
| the lungs). Both of these membranes are covered with | | | | Mesothelioma patients.Symptoms of Pericardial |
| mesothelial cells which, under normal conditions, | | | | MesotheliomaThe rarest form of this disease is |
| produce a small amount of fluid that acts as a lubricant | | | | pericardial Mesothelioma, which starts in the cavity |
| between the chest wall and the lung. Any excess fluid | | | | surrounding the heart. With pericardial Mesothelioma, |
| is absorbed by blood and lymph vessels maintaining a | | | | the tumors grow in the tissues that surround the heart |
| balance. When too much fluid forms, the result is an | | | | and can spread from there. Pericardial Mesothelioma |
| effusion.This type of the disease starts in the chest | | | | sufferers may experience chest pain, shortness of |
| cavity and can then spread to other parts of the body. | | | | breath, persistent coughing and palpitations. |