Symptoms of mesothelioma may not appear until 20 to 50 years after exposure to asbestos. The symptoms and complain of patient is actually depend on the location of the disease.
In the early stages when the mesothelioma is present as small lumps it will not show up on any scans or x-rays and is unlikely to cause any symptoms. As it progresses, we can see some general symptoms such as sweating, tiredness, loss of appetite and weight loss. Usually it will start up with affection of the pleural cavity.
Pleural mesothelioma :
- Shortness of breath,
- cough,
- and pain in the chest due to an accumulation of fluid in the pleural space
- chest wall pain pleural effusion,
- or fluid surrounding the lung
- shortness of breath
- fatigue
- or anemia
- wheezing,
- hoarseness,
- or cough blood in the sputum
- The individual may develop a pneumothorax, or collapse of the lung.
Tumors that affect the abdominal cavity often do not cause symptoms until they are at a late stage. It affects the peritoneal cavity.
peritoneal mesothelioma :
- weight loss and cachexia,
- abdominal swelling
- and pain due to ascites
- bowel obstruction,
- blood clotting abnormalities,
- anemia,
- and fever.
- pain,
- trouble swallowing,
- or swelling of the neck or face.
- blood clots in the veins, which may cause thrombophlebitis
- disseminated intravascular coagulation
- jaundice,
- low blood sugar level pleural effusion
- pulmonary emboli,
- severe ascites
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