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Mesothelioma has usually progressed to a later stage in the disease before people notice symptoms significant enough to warrant a visit to the doctor. However, the most common initial symptoms of the disease are:
As the cancer progresses, other symptoms that may be present are:
There are also symptoms specific to the type of mesothelioma that you have and where the cancer is located on your body
Mesothelioma affecting the lungs is called pleural mesothelioma and the symptoms associated with this type of malignancy are due to accumulation of fluid within the pleura or the membrane that surrounds the lungs.
The symptoms of pleural mesothelioma are:
Peritonial mesothelioma is another type of malignancy which affects the internal lining or peritoneum of the intestine. Peritoneal mesothelioma has many symptoms which are similar to the symptoms of other diseases. So it is very difficult to diagnose mesothelioma of the peritoneum.
The common symptoms are:
Pericardial mesothelioma affects the pericardium or the lining of the heart and causes fluid build-up between the tissues of the heart and the lining.
The symptoms generally seen in pericardial mesothelioma patients are:
Sometimes the symptoms of mesothelioma appear only when metastasis occurs. Metastasis is the condition in which the cancer has spread beyond the mesothelium to other parts of the body.
The main symptoms of metastatic mesothelioma are:
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