What Are Some of the Symptoms and Causes of Mesothelioma?
by: Wendy Moyer Mesothelioma is a relatively rare malignancy that is usually comes about as the result of a person's being exposed to asbestos. This form of cancer arises most frequently in the pleura - the cells that line the chest - or in the peritoneum - the cells that line the abdomen. The most common form of this disease is pleural mesothelioma and its symptoms often present themselves in the chest area. What are the Symptoms of Mesothelioma? Peritoneal mesothelioma is considerably rarer than pleural mesothelioma. If a person has peritoneal mesothelioma the organs in the abdomen are affected and the symptoms may include abdominal swelling, vomiting, nausea, and bowel obstruction. The rarest type of this disease, pericardial mesothelioma, involves the sac that surrounds the heart. Most of the people who have mesothelioma complain of a shortness of breath. Their difficulty breathing is sometimes accompanied by chest pains. What may come as a surprise is that the chest pain is n...