Asbestos alternatives

Asbestos can be found in many insulation products used widely in homes and commercial buildings and shipyards across the country. This was during the more than 75 years and is due reason is that asbestos is characterized by strength and resistance to heat and fire .Because of the proliferation of exposure to asbestos exposure many people over a long period of time, causing...

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Definition of asbestos

Asbestos consists of 6 types of fibrous minerals that occur naturally. They chrysotile, crocidolite and amosite, anthophyllite, tremolite, and actinolite. Among these, chrysotile and amosite asbestos is the most common and widely used. Although microscopic asbestos fibers but extremely durable and resistant to fire and collapse. For this reason Asbestos was used for many...

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Sleep disorders and sleep apnea

Announced the National Cancer Institute, more than 50% of people who suffer from cancer also suffer from a sleep disorder and an inability to sleep and sleep soundly through the night. There are a number of reasons why cancer patients, including those with mesothelioma, you may have trouble sleeping: The first reason is the stress, anxiety, and patients suffering from...

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A blood clotting disorder

What is a blood clotting disorder? Is a condition in which an increase in the risk of blood clots is decent. Also known as clotting stands, is the tendency of some people to develop blood clots in the parts of the body, such as the deep veins of the legs or the heart arteries. May arise because of the disruption of some underlying condition that develops during a person's...

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Mesothelioma Vaccine

All kinds of cancer vaccines generally fall under the broader category of immunotherapy. The best description of the vaccines and medicines that are designed to enhance the body's immune system and protection of natural bacteria or viruses that can cause disease. Most individuals are familiar with vaccines given to infants or young children. They are given to stop the development...

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Mesothelioma Prevention

As we all know that mesothelioma is a form of extremely aggressive and deadly form of cancer that is almost exclusively caused by exposure to asbestos fibers. Although mesothelioma relatively rare disease, which is one of the most painful and difficult to treat, and the best treatment for mesothelioma is prevention. This means avoiding exposure to asbestos the main cause...

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Adult mesothelioma

Most cases of mesothelioma in adult males. Cases of mesothelioma in women but it is possible to some extent is common, while the diagnosis of mesothelioma in childhood is very rare. It is known that mesothelioma can occur at any age but the majority of cases are found in men aged 60 and over. Sex worker is not entirely clear and age at diagnosis is due to the long latency...

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massage

Massage is one of the methods used in relaxation of the public and medical purposes since a very long time. And many individuals who have certain illnesses experienced conversion to massage as an additional means to relieve pain, including malignant mesothelioma cancer patients. Massage works to enhance the overall feeling of well being and relax the body and restore a...

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light therapy

What is light therapy?  Light therapy can be confused with photodynamic therapy and light therapy showed that it is safe and effective and is used to treat many of the issues such as Seasonal Affective Disorder, psoriasis and lymphoma T-cell. This is what concerns us in the subject and working light therapy using a light source and is proven to be somewhat effective...

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Fluid effusions

Liquid effusion is one of the acute symptoms of mesothelioma, and if not treated can cause the death of the patient as is the case with all types of mesothelioma, symptoms resulting from exposure to long periods of time and inadvertently to asbestos. Show asbestos disease is often a precursor to injury mesothelioma. Mesothelioma usually refers to a number of troublesome...

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Mesothelioma and women

Malignant mesothelioma is a form of asbestos cancer is associated primarily with exposure to asbestos, which affects more men than women. This is not because women are less genetically pre-disposed to this disease, however. Primarily due to the fact that men working in often in professions and businesses that put in contact with asbestos dangerous. A profession dominated...

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Hemoptysis

While spitting blood Amartiad this is hemoptysis, and this blood is derived from the lungs or the airways as a result of pulmonary hemorrhage, or bleeding in the airways. Hemoptysis is classified based nonmassive or on the size of a large loss of blood, but there are no standard definitions for these categories. In this article, is hemoptysis if nonmassive if blood loss...

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Mesothelioma Multi-Modality Therapy

Mesothelioma is a very complex disease, one of the most difficult diseases treated successfully. The main reason for these challenges is the fact that mesothelioma is still latent in the body for up to tens of years of time and when it is discovered it may have reached an advanced stage, usually no longer a local spot primary where the tumor has formed the pleura - the...

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photodynamic therapy

In the past few years the treatment of cancer showed some hope for patients and photodynamic therapy (PDT) uses light and drugs known as agents sensitive to light to kill cancer cells and stop the spread of cancer in the body. Novel therapy that causes fewer side effects than some conventional cancer treatments, and dynamic images are currently used therapy for the treatment...

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Mesothelioma Immunotherapy

Conventional treatments for cancer such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy can be used more widely for the treatment of mesothelioma, but alternative treatments such as immunotherapy and gene therapy are becoming more common methods of treatment. Other treatments such as immunotherapy for patients while providing additional options to control the symptoms. While immunology...

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