mesothelioma cancer:Signs and symptoms

Pleural Mesothelioma
Symptoms or signs of mesothelioma may not show up to 20 to 50 years (or more) after exposure to asbestos. Shortness of breath, cough and pain in the chest due to accumulation of fluid in the pleural space (pleural effusion) are often symptoms of pleural mesothelioma .
Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause these signs and symptoms:
    -Thoracic wall pain
   - Pleural effusion or fluid surrounding the lung
   - Shortness of breath
    -Fatigue or anemia
    -Whistling, hoarseness or coughing
    -Blood in the sputum (fluid) coughed (hemoptysis)
In severe cases, the person may have many tumor masses. The individual may develop pneumothorax or collapse of the lung. The disease can turn into metastases or spread to other parts of the body.

Peritoneal mesothelioma
The most common symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma are abdominal swelling and pain due to ascites (an accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity). Other features include weight loss, fever, night sweats, lack of appetite, vomiting, constipation and umbilical hernia. If the cancer has spread beyond the mesothelium in other parts of the body, symptoms may include pain, difficulty swallowing or swelling of the neck or face. [Citation needed] These symptoms can be caused by mesothelioma or by other less severe conditions.
Tumors that affect the abdominal cavity often do not cause symptoms until they are at a late stage. Symptoms include: [citation needed]

    -Abdominal pain
    -Ascites, or abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen
    -A mass in the abdomen
   - Problems with intestinal function
    -Weightloss
Pericardial MesotheliomaPericardial mesothelioma is not well characterized, but the cases observed included cardiac symptoms, particularly constrictive pericarditis, heart failure, pulmonary embolism and cardiac tamponade. They also included nonspecific symptoms, including subesternal chest pain, orthopnea (shortness of breath when lying flat) and coughing. These symptoms are caused by the tumor enclosing or infiltrating the heart.
 
End-stage mesothelioma
In severe cases of the disease, the following signs and symptoms may be present: [citation needed]

   - Blood clots in the veins, which can cause thrombophlebitis
    -Disseminated intravascular coagulation, a disorder that causes severe bleeding in many body organs
    -Jaundice, or yellowing of eyes and skin
    -Low Blood Sugar
    -Pleural Effusion
    -Pulmonary embolisms, or blood clots in the arteries of the lungs
    -Severe ascites
If a mesothelioma forms metastasis, it most often involves the liver, adrenal glands, kidneys or other lungs