Symptoms or signs of mesothelioma may not appear until 20 to 50 years (or more) after exposure to asbestos. Breathing tightness, cough, and chest pain due to a buildup of fluid in the pleural cavity (pleural effusion) are often symptoms of pleural mesothelioma.
Symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma is weight loss and cachexia, the stomach swelling and pain caused by ascites (accumulation liquid inside the abdominal cavity). Another symptom of peritoneal mesothelioma probably include bowel obstruction, blood of clotting disorders, anemic, and fever. When the cancer has spread outside the mesothelium into other parts of the body, symptoms may include pain, difficulty in swallowing, or swelling on the neck or face.
This phenomenon is could be caused by the mesothelioma or by the other, less serious conditions.
Mesothelioma affecting the pleura may lead to signs and symptoms:
• Chest wall pain
• Pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung
• Shortness of breath
• Fatigue or anemia
• Wheezing, hoarseness, or cough
• Blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed up (hemoptysis)
In severe disease, people probably having a lot of tumors masses. Individuals may developing pneumothorax, or collapse of the lungs. This disease can be metastasize, or spreading, into another part of bodies.
Tumors that influence the stomach cavity frequently is not produce symptoms up to they are on the final stadium. Symptoms included:
• Abdominal pain
• Ascites, or an abnormal buildup of fluid in the abdomen
• A mass in the abdomen
• Problems with bowel function
• Weight loss
In severe cases of the disease, the following signs and symptoms may be present:
• Blood clots in the veins, which may cause thrombophlebitis
• Disseminated intravascular coagulation, a disorder causing severe bleeding in many body organs
• Jaundice, or yellowing of the eyes and skin
• Low blood sugar level
• Pleural effusion
• Pulmonary emboli, or blood clots in the arteries of the lungs
• Severe ascites
A mesothelioma is not generally spread into the bone, brain, or adrenal lymph. Pleural tumors typically discovered only on one side of the lungs.
