Mesothelioma Symptoms

Mesothelioma is an extremely malignant and incurable cancer that infects the membrane that surrounds most of the internal organs.
Because mesothelioma is so deadly, early diagnosis and treatment can help prolong life, but the mortality rate for mesothelioma is usually 100% within five years.

Pleural mesothelioma symptoms:
• Constant chest pain
• Chronic cough that worsens over time
• Coughing up blood
• Difficulty breathing
• Fatigue
• Lung infection (pneumonia, bronchitis)
• Shortness of breath
• Swollen lymph nodes
• Loss of appetite and weight loss
• Wheezing

Peritoneal mesothelioma symptoms :

• Stomach pain
• Lower abdominal pain
• Difficulty with bowel movements
• Weight lost
• Nausea
• Loss of appetite
• Weakness
• Abdominal swelling
• Fever
• Anemia - a reduction in the number of red blood cells to below normal; this forces the heart and other organs to work harder to get oxygen where it's needed
Pericardial mesothelioma symptoms:

Shortness of breath
• Different degrees of chest pain
• Heart palpitations
• Irregular heart beat
• Coughing