Pleural Effusions

Mesothelioma is usually present without specific symptoms, for this reason the diagnosis is delayed in most cases. For example, symptoms of pleural mesothelioma resemble viral pneumonia, which is shortness of breath, chest pain associated with or without a persistent cough, and some patients May even today without such symptoms.

The accumulation of fluid in the pleura or pleural effusion chest is shown x-rays. Generally the right lung is affected in many cases because of the anatomical positions, which are 60% incidence. Both lungs were involved in about 5% of cases.
The primary goal of the pages of this type of cancer in the chest and abdomen. Therefore, the symptoms associated with mesothelioma are from these sites.

These are chest pain and shortness of breath when the origin of the chest, and weight loss, abdominal pain and swelling are the symptoms associated with stomach cancer.
Symptoms such as nausea, difficulty swallowing, a fever is usually present in the early diagnosis of mesothelioma, regardless of place of origin. This, however, statistically proven that 90% of patients will present with chest discomfort and dyspnea, or shortness of breath.