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| Recent studies have shown that the mesothelioma symptoms appear typically
20 – 50 years after the exposure to asbestos.
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| Mesothelioma symptoms are not necessarily particular to the disease and can therefore
be easily mistaken for more common diseases such as bronchitis, flu or heart disease. However, one symptom that is
unique to mesothelioma is pleural effusion, the accumulation of fluid between the lungs and the chest cavity.
This symptom generally causes shortness of breath and requires a doctor to drain the fluid called fine-needle aspiration
to make breathing easier and relieve chest pain.
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| A doctor experienced in mesothelioma symptoms will take the time to investigate a
patient’s history and hopefully connect the past asbestos exposure with the presenting mesothelioma symptoms.
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| Immediate awareness of mesothelioma symptoms leading to an early diagnosis can
improve the likelihood that the treatment will extend the patient’s life and relieve their suffering and
consequently many of the mesothelioma symptoms.
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| Just like with any other disease the mesothelioma symptoms vary from case to case
and with the severity of the illness. Often the overall health of the individual and their age may play a role in how
the patient is affected by the disease and which mesothelioma symptoms are the more troublesome.
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| The three types of mesothelioma, pleural, peritoneal and pericardial are similar
but centred in different parts of the body. Patients are likely to have mesothelioma symptoms that overlap.
For example nearly all mesothelioma patients suffer from shortness of breath and fatigue but the pain may be
more apparent in the abdominal/stomach area for peritoneal patients and in the chest for those with pleural or
pericardinal mesothelioma.
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| Mesothelioma symptoms – pleural mesothelioma |
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 Chest pain and Fatigue
Pleural Effusion
Shortness of breath
Hoarseness,Wheezing
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Persistant couighing
Blood in sputum
Loss of appetite/ weight loss
Recurring infections i.e.bronchitis, pneumonia
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| Mesothelioma symptoms – peritoneal mesothelioma |
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Abdominal pain
Problems with bowel function
Weight loss/loss of appetite
Breathing difficulties
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Bowel obstruction
Nausea, fever anemia
Mass in abdomen/ abdominal swelling
Fever
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| Mesothelioma symptoms – pericardial mesothelioma |
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Chest pain and Shortness of breath
Heart palpitations
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Persistent coughing
Extreme fatigue after the minimal exertion
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| If you would like to claim for Mesothelioma or for any questions about Mesothelioma symptoms, please call us on freephone 0800 783 9535. and ask to speak to Lynne Manners or Warren Miller |
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