For those of you who do not know the disease mesothelioma, mesothelioma is a type of cancer found in the mesothelium, the cover layer that protects most of the organs of our body. The mesothelium has two layers: a first layer of skin acts as a specific organ and the second layer is like a sac that surrounds it. This layer produces lubricants that are beneficial to our body's organs so that organs can work and glide easily without obstacles. Without this layer of our body organs can not function properly. eg a beating heart and the lungs expand.
Many of us who do not know about this disease mesothelioma. We only hear of liver cancer, heart, intestine, cervix, breast, larynx and rarely heard this mesothelioma, whereas this disease is the same dangers with other cancers. You should know that mesothelioma is a malignant disease in which cells follow the mesothelium become abnormal and divide uncontrollably. Cancer cells cause thickening of the membrane that protects the organ - it affects the functioning of organs. Most of mesothelioma begin in the pleura there and and peritoneum. Pleural and Peritoneal Mesothelioma is a common form of mesothelioma is. Many consider this common disease, but the fact of this disease often occur in people who have been exposed to asbestos in the workplace. And 80 percent of cases are caused by exposure to asbestos while 20 percent still do not know the cause. The heart, abdomen and lungs are the areas most often exposed to this cancer. There have also been reported cases of testicular mesothelioma - but this is very rare. Mesothelium become 'pericardium' when covering the heart, 'pleural' when found around the lungs, and the 'peritoneum' when in the stomach.
