Mesothelioma Symptoms
The symptoms of mesothelioma may not appear until 30 to 50 years after exposure to asbestos. In fact, the average age of diagnosis is between 50 and 70 years of age.
There are many recorded symptoms in mesothelioma, such as:
- Breathing difficulties - 96%
- Pain - 91%
- Cough - 41%
- Weight loss - 41%
- Anxiety - 31%
- Anorexia - 25%
- Depression - 19%
- Sweating - 18%
- Emotional - 16%
- Social - 16%
- Nausea - 14%
- Fatigue - 13%
- Difficulty swallowing - 11%
- Psychiatric - 10%
- Constipation - 8%
- Ascites - 8%
- Vomiting - 5%
- Painful metastasis - 5%
The symptoms of "pleural mesothelioma" result from a build up of fluid between the lung lining and the chest cavity. Patients with pleural mesothelioma may experience some or all of these symptoms:
- Difficulty breathing
- Difficulty swallowing
- Facial swelling
- Fever
- Shortness of breath
- Persistent coughing
- Weight loss for no known reason
- Coughing up blood
- Severe pain in the chest or ribs
- Rasping
Patients with "peritoneal mesothelioma" may experience some or all of these symptoms caused by the tumor pressing against the wall of the abdomen:
- Abdominal pain and weakness
- Abdominal swelling
- Lumps in the abdomen
- Weight loss
- Bowel obstruction
- Nausea
- Loss of appetite
- Vomiting
- Breathing problems
- Blood clotting abnormalities
- Chest pain
- Anemia
- Breathing problems
- Fever
- Severe pains
Patients suffering from "pericardial mesothelioma" may experience some or all of these symptoms:
- Chest pain
- Shortness of breath
- Persistent coughing
- Palpitations
- Trouble breating
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