Knowing the Disease Pericardial Mesothelioma
Pericardial mesothelioma is a rare species of the three forms of the disease. The percentage is less than 10% of all patients with the disease. Approximately 2,000 new cases of the disease diagnosed each year, but less than 200 of them is pericardial. Like other illnesses caused by exposure to asbestos. Such as an impact on the pericardium, the sac, this includes the protection of fundamental and lubricants, so that they can fight. Because it is
Pericardial symptoms of the disease are comparable with other forms of mesothelioma, although hampered by a shortage of specialists in order to define a set of symptoms. Palpitations are more common in the form of the disease than others. In addition, patients experience respiratory problems, fever and cough.
Diagnosis of pericardial mesothelioma is problematic because of the type of symptoms is relatively non-specific, that they can be displayed as a result of many other heart diseases. Unfortunately, for most patients, when symptoms, the cancer has reached the stage when treatment is effective for anything other than temporary relief of symptoms.
As a direct result of difficulties in the final diagnosis of pericardial mesothelioma, and the fact that, in general, the minimum symptomatic until long prognosis for patients is very poor, with the average survival time after only six months after diagnosis.