We Know Mesothelioma
When mesothelioma is detected, doctors often do have treatment options they can try. However, they -- and the patient -- are facing an uphill battle. The problem is twofold. First off, mesothelioma is rare. This means that doctors may not suspect it first, even if...
People sometimes assume that they don’t need to worry about asbestos exposure because they’ll know as soon as it happens. They assume they’ll see it, smell it, taste it, etc. Even if it’s mixed with other dust, they have this idea that they’ll be aware of the risk. ...
Mesothelioma is cancer of the organ linings. It develops very slowly, often taking decades after a worker has environmental exposure to asbestos for the disease to become diagnosable. Workers who have long since retired and may now live on a fixed income suddenly find...
If you have been exposed to asbestos, an illness that you could develop is mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is not the only kind of illness that you could get, though. Others may include asbestosis or pulmonary fibrosis. There are differences in these diagnoses that make it...
Mesothelioma is an aggressive type of cancer that many individuals only learn about years (and often decades) after an initial asbestos exposure. Many patients who come to discover that they're suffering from mesothelioma have a dismal prognosis once doctors diagnose...
If you have been anywhere in the Pacific Northwest within the last week, you already know of the intolerable heat dome hovering over the entire region. Temperatures in Seattle broke the city’s all-time record on June 27, only to exceed it the following day. While...
Mesothelioma, as with other cancers, can happen to anyone at any age. If you believe you have it, do not use your age as an excuse to ignore it or neglect going to the doctor. Instead, go get a medical opinion so that you know where you stand. That said, statistics...
The little bit of information commonly known about mesothelioma is contradictory. Most people know it is an aggressive and deadly form of cancer, but it also has a reputation for growing slowly. Those who have worked with asbestos or who love someone who worked in a...
While most people think about mesothelioma as being a lung condition, the reality is that mesothelioma can be found in other parts of the body. Mesothelioma may affect the lungs as pleural mesothelioma, the abdomen as peritoneal mesothelioma, the heart as pericardial...
Many people who are diagnosed with cancer do not get treatment quickly because they do not recognize the warning signs -- or they don’t have any. With something like mesothelioma, which is often aggressive and relatively fast-acting, identifying those signs is...