Asbestos Cancer

The mesothelium is a membrane that consists of five chambers of the human body: the pericardium (sac around the heart), pleural (around the abdominal cavity) (around the lungs), peritoneal dialysis, the scrotum (in the scrotum) and women in cavities inside the sexual organs. Basically, this is the thin layer of mesodermal epithelial cells that surround the cavities above.

Mesothelium of the membrane covering the mesoderm of the body cavity of the embryo, which ended in a layer of cells and protects most internal organs developed derivatives. Mesothelium may be of two types: the visceral mesothelium closely surrounds the organ and the parietal mesothelium is the "bag" that lines the cavity.

Proteins and serous fluid between two layers of the mesothelium, a fluid lubricant slippery surface protection, facilitate movement of organs such as the beating heart, lungs and respiratory tract peristalsis offer is released. Lubrication allows organs to slide easily into the cavity.

Mesothelioma is a cancer that the abnormal cell growth and division in the causes mesothelioma. They can penetrate and damage nearby tissues and organs of the adjustment and cancer cells may also on its original site to other parts of the body. Mesothelioma usually starts in the abdominal cavity. Over 90% of mesothelioma cases are linked to asbestos. Smoking combined with asbestos exposure increases a person's risk for developing mesothelioma.

In the 20th century, know too many people exposed to asbestos, it was. Asbestos is a fibrous silicate mineral known for its chemical composition and heat resistance and electrical non-conductive. Asbestos has been used in industry and everyday life until 1980 when the EU and other developed countries it was banned. If swallowed or inhaled asbestos can remain in the human body to produce toxic effects can cause a variety of serious diseases like asbestosis, mesothelioma (cancer of the mesothelium), lung cancer, gastrointestinal cancer tract, colon cancer and other diseases.

Mesothelioma (also known as "asbestos") is a common type of asbestos cancer. The mesothelium is a body cavity mucous membrane some. Mesothelioma in the lungs, abdomen, scrotum and rooms in the heart sac development, called the four men of the pleura, peritoneum, testis and the pericardial effusion. In 70 percent of cases of pleural origin.

Up to 3000 cases of mesothelioma are reported each year in the United States. Mesothelioma is often diagnosed at a later stage, because the symptoms usually appear 20 to 50 years after the first exposure to asbestos. Another reason for the early diagnosis is that the symptoms of mesothelioma (chest pain, namely, continuous coughing shortness of breath, fatigue, fever, etc.) under less severe and often very similar, like the flu.