Mesothelioma, Overview, Symptoms, Causes, Types, Risk Factors, Diagnosis, Complications, Treatment, and Management

Early Warning Signs Of Mesothelioma

Chest pain

The signs and symptoms of mesothelioma are very painful and aggressive in the advanced stage of cancer. The symptoms of malignant mesothelioma also vary according to the type of mesothelioma in a patient, and every individual shows different symptoms. Due to the excessive variation in the symptoms in each individual, it isn’t easy to diagnose mesothelioma. Moreover, the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma also becomes very hard due to the overlapping symptoms with other diseases. Most of the symptoms of mesothelioma are similar to respiratory disorders symptoms and heart diseases.

Following are the early warning signs of mesothelioma which help in the early detection of cancer:

Chest pain

Pain is one of the most common signs of malignant mesothelioma, and the doctors state that pain is also one of the early signs of this cancer. Due to the damage happening to the mesothelium layer in malignant mesothelioma, the integrity of the heart is at stake, and this type of mesothelioma is known as pericardial mesothelioma. There is a build-up of fluids around the chest cavity, which causes intense pressure on the heart, resulting in severe chest pain. The chest pain starts with little episodes of chest pressure and then leads to chronic pain as the tumor cells are growing magnificently and comprising the internal structure of the heart.