MESOTHELIOMA SYMPTOMS: PLEURAL AND PERITONEAL MESOTHELIOMA CLINICAL SYMPTOMS

Pleural Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma symptoms for pleural mesothelioma may include:

Shortness of breath
Pleural mesothelioma inhibits the ability of the lungs to expand and contract. This can make it difficult to breathe normally. Shortness of breath is a mesothelioma clinical symptom often first experienced when taking steps, or performing light physical activity. Physical tasks that were once performed easily now can cause significant shortness of breath, also known as "dyspnea".

Chest or pleural pain (such as experienced with pleuritis - fluid in the lungs)

Pain often caused by accumulation of pleural fluid (pleural effusion) is another mesothelioma symptom. One of the first steps normally taken in the hospital is the draining of the pleural fluid to relieve the pressure in the chest. Several liters of fluid can typically be drained from the chest, and the fluid may be tested as the first diagnostic technique used to determine if mesothelioma exists. Unfortunately, pleural fluid tends to re-accumulate, causing the chest discomfort and pain to reoccur.

Cough
Patients often report a chronic or persistent coughing as a clinical symptom of mesothelioma.

Weakness
A commonly reported mesothelioma symptom is weakness or malaise.

Loss of weight or appetite
Mesothelioma patients often report as a symptom that they have lost their appetite and are losing weight. This may be caused by the spread of the disease and its effect on other organs.

Peritoneal Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma symptoms for peritoneal mesothelioma may include:

Abdominal Pain
Peritoneal mesothelioma usually invades the abdominal cavity and causes pain associated with nerves and affected abdominal organs.

Cramping or Diarrhea
The cancer in the peritoneum may affect abdominal organs thereby impairing the ability to have normal bowel movements. The cancer may also cause bowel obstruction.

Inability to Eat
A clinical symptom of mesothelioma reported by many people with peritoneal mesothelioma is the inability to eat. Eating may be painful because of the location of the cancer, and there may also be a severe loss of appetite.

If a person has the symptoms of mesothelioma, it is important to consult a qualified mesothelioma doctor. Mesothelioma symptoms can mean severe pain and suffering. Under the law of most states, pain and suffering from symptoms may be compensated through the award of money damages, usually with the help of an asbestos attorney. Litigation affords people who have suffered symptoms from mesothelioma the opportunity to receive financial compensation and hold the companies accountable for having caused the asbestos exposure. Mesothelioma lawsuits require the assistance of an experienced asbestos cancer attorney.

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