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Mesothelioma symptoms  is a cancer caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibers, particles or dust. Mesothelioma sometime begin as a lot of tiny lumps (nodules) in the pleura, sometime it may not show up on scans or x-rays until they became big.

One of the main symptoms of pleural mesothelioma are breathlessness, chest pain, swelling of the face or neck, difficulty swallowing and pain in the lower abdomen. some people notice that their voice is becomes hoarse and they have consistence cough that sometime refuse to go away.

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The development of mesothelioma disease has been linked to asbestos exposure.  One interesting study examining this relationship is called, "The Hygiene Standard for Chrysotile Asbestos" - The Lancet, Volume 311, Issue 8062, Pages 484-489.  Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - Previous studies, including the analysis on which the current 2 fibres/cm3 hygiene standard is based, may have underestimated the risk of morbidity or mortality following exposure to low levels of asbestos dust. Accurate dose-response data at levels below 2 fibres/cm3 are unlikely to be available for the foreseeable future, and the biologically plausible assumption that excess cancer mortality is approximately proportional to dust level should be provisionally accepted. It may be reasonable, however, to postulate a safe threshold for mortality from asbestosis. If excess mortality from asbestos-related disease is proportional to dust level for each cause, approximately 10% of male asbestos workers might, under certain assumptions, eventually die of asbestos-induced disease after 50 years' exposure at 2 fibres/cm3. Peritoneal mesothelioma is usually due to crocidolite (blue asbestos) or other amphiboles, but exposure to chrysotile (white asbestos) alone may lead to a substantial risk of pleural mesothelioma. These predictions are based on rather small numbers in a single factory, and further studies in other working environments are required. Fibre counts based on optical microscopy are likely to be less relevant than total counts by electron microscopy, and excess mortality is virtually confined to men first exposed more than 20 years ago, when little or no accurate data on dust levels were collected."

Another interesting study is called, "Behavior of Crocidolite Asbestos during Mitosis in Living Vertebrate Lung Epithelial Cells" by Jeffrey G. Ault, Richard W. Cole, Cynthia G. Jensen, Lawrence C. W. Jensen, Lori A. Bachert, and Conly L. Rieder - Cancer Res February 15, 1995 55; 792.  Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - Asbestos has been described as a physical carcinogen in that long thin fibers are generally more carcinogenic than shorter thicker ones. It has been hypothesized that long thin fibers disrupt chromosome behavior during mitosis, causing chromosome abnormalities which lead to cell transformation and neoplastic progression. Using high-resolution time lapse video-enhanced light microscopy and the uniquely suited lung epithelial cells of the newt Taricha granulosa, we have characterized for the first time the behavior of crocidolite asbestos fibers, and their interactions with chromosomes, during mitosis in living cells. We found that the keratin cage surrounding the mitotic spindle inhibited fiber migration, resulting in spindles with few fibers. As in interphase, fibers displayed microtubule-mediated saltatory movements. Fiber position was only slightly affected by the ejection forces of the spindle asters. Physical interactions between crocidolite fibers and chromosomes occurred randomly within the spindle and along its edge. Crocidolite fibers showed no affinity toward chromatin and most encounters ended with the fiber passively yielding to the chromosome. In a few encounters along the spindle edge the chromosome yielded to the fiber, which remained stationary as if anchored to the keratin cage. We suggest that fibers thin enough to be caught in the keratin cage and long enough to protrude into the spindle are those fibers with the ability to snag or block moving chromosomes."

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