Mesothelioma - A Full Spectrum Examination

Receiving much press in recent years ~ both because of the number of affected people and the sometimes sensational, multi-million dollar claims that have been filed, fought, won and lost ~ is a rare form of cancer known as malignant mesothelioma, whose main cause is exposure to aspestos fibers.

Asbestos, a known toxin since the 1930s, is a low cost fiber material is extremely durable and heat resistant. Because of these properties, it washeavily used for many years in the industry in the United States. Were detected even after the carcinogen (carcinogenic) properties held for many industries that use asbestos, risking those exposed to it. Asbestos-containing products remain to this day, in buildings, ships, industrial facilities and other environments. The EPA has stated that asbestos presents "an unreasonable risk of harm to human health." Cause even low exposure to asbestos can, not onlyMesothelioma, but asbestosis, pleural disease and lung disease, which almost exclusively caused by asbestos. The statistics for recent years show an average of 3,000 people per year die aspestos causes.

Since aspestos products have been used so heavily by the industry have a lot of people in contact with asbestos fibers on their work (eg through occupational exposure) can occur. There is also a danger to the family members of employees at riskProfessions; paraoccupational this exposure means exposure. People who live near sites that have asbestos around the facility, are also at risk. Refineries, power plants, factories, shipyards, steel mills and demolition types of sites that can release asbestos fibers into the environment and the contamination of the residential areas nearby. Mesothelioma can result from very small fibers or dust at low exposure. (Most of this exposure was likelyMatter which is likely before 1973, but the latency can be up to 40 years for most types of lung cancer to develop.) Trades in the aspestos exposure include:

~ Asbestos product manufacturing (insulation, roofing, building, materials)

~ Car repairs (brakes and clutches)

~ Construction Contractors

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~ Miners

~ Offshore Rust Removals

~ Oil refineries

~ Power Plants

~ Railroads

~ Sand or abrasive manufacturers

~Shipyards / ships / ship builders

~ Mills

~ Tile cutters

Malignant mesothelioma is the formal medical term for this form of lung cancer. (A lay term for the condition is Aspestos cancer). Mesothelioma is the name of a cancer that the mesothelial cells of an organ is usually the lungs, heart or abdominal organs. Malignant pleural mesothelioma, lung cancer, forage, or describe the concernsmost common form of mesothelioma cancer. peritoneal mesothelioma cancer of the stomach and is the next most common form.

The onset of mesothelioma asbestos lung cancer is very slow in general: aspestos the time between exposure and the onset of symptoms can be many years. The most common symptoms of mesothelioma are pain in the chest and lower back pain. Sometimes the pain is accompanied by difficulty breathing, coughing, weight loss andFever.

Symptoms for Pleural Mesothelioma (involving the lung / chest area) are:

~ Pain in the chest and lower back pain

~ Difficulty breathing

~ Cough

~ Weight Loss

~ Fever

~ Muscle weakness and sensory loss

~ Swelling of the face and arms

~ Hoarseness

~ Hemoptysis

Symptoms of Peritoneal Mesothelioma (involving the abdominal / peritoneal cavity, liver, spleen or bowel) are:

~Bloating due to fluid accumulation in the abdominal cavity

~ Nausea and vomiting

~ Swelling of the feet

~ Fever

~ Restricted bowel function

) Mesothelioma diagnosis (within the framework of Western medicine can be a challenge, because the symptoms are very similar to those of other diseases and conditions. A Western medical diagnosis of mesothelioma may include one or all of the following characteristics: a review of the history of the patientand asbestos exposure, a complete physical examination, radiographs of the chest or abdomen and lung function test, a CT scan or MRI of the chest or abdomen, a biopsy.

In the case of one pleural mesothelioma thoracoscopy can be performed when the doctor looks into the thoracic cavity with an instrument called thoracoscope, which is put into the chest between two ribs. The thoracoscope allows the physician to collect, tissue samples and look into the chest. For cancer in abdomen(Peritoneal mesothelioma), a western MD can peritoneoscopy, where a small hole made in the abdomen and an instrument called peritoneoscope lead inserted into the abdominal cavity to collect tissue.

If yes mesothelioma is diagnosed, will determine the next step on the stage of the disease. The "staging" process contributes to the part of the body, the cancer has spread, which determines, in turn, determine a treatment plan. If the cancer is found only on the Membrane surface where it originated, it is called "localized." If the spread has advanced beyond the original membrane surface to other parts of the body, it means "."

Western Medical Treatment Options (in accordance with the age and / or the health of the patients) chosen include surgery, radiation therapy and / or chemotherapy. Surgery ~ during part of the lining of the chest or abdomen can be removed ~ is a common treatment option for mesothelioma. For pleural> Mesothelioma, either a full lung or the muscle below the lungs that help with breathing (diaphragm) can be removed. Radiation therapy uses high-energy rays to shrink to kill cancer cells and tumors. This type of therapy only affects the cancer cells in the treated area. Chemotherapy drugs for cancer, cancer cells throughout the body will kill. The drugs used to treat mesothelioma are often administered by injection into a vein.
In addition to surgery and radiation with a needle orthin tube to discharge fluid that has built up in the chest or abdomen is a way to relieve some of the symptoms and associated control of pain associated with this condition. In addition, medication can be given through a tube into the chest to prevent accumulation of fluid and, once again, making some of the painful symptoms.

The physical and psychological strain of malignant mesothelioma may be serious and thought of western medical treatments to heal and often unexpected irritating side effects. For these reasons it is important for the mesothelioma patient to gather as much information as possible about the malignant mesothelioma as a disease progresses explore, as well as alternative or complementary therapy options (see below). And if a Western treatment as part of the healing process protocol is chosen, it is important to know what side effects are expected and how to minimize them.

Along with managing the disease itself,> Mesothelioma patients often find themselves embroiled in legal disputes (reminiscent of the Karen Silkwood case) ~ in the class action or individual lawsuits against the company or companies, of which at the time of their exposure to aspestos. Aspestos has studied law emerged as a specialty, positioned with mesothelioma lawyers and lawyers to their clients in establishing a link between a specific exposure and their subsequent support aspestosThe award of mesothelioma ... ~ And to the extent that they are successful at ~, in the process, a fine cut of the settlements.

Involved because of the physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual (and legal!) Challenges associated with a disease such as mesothelioma, creating a strong support system is an important part of the healing process. As has been documented from the experiences of many with so-called "terminal" illnesses, the introspection that arises in theGiven such a challenge is often the "hidden benefit" permit, which makes for "really important". To achieve this, however, requires the creation of a (creating internal and external) environment for such investigations. And what are the "building blocks" to create as supportive (non-toxic!) Environments?

Everyone can improve their energy levels and promote healthy cell growth by adequate rest and relaxation, healthy diet, little exercise and have fun! Hereare some common recommended for cancer patients by:

~ Learn relaxation techniques (yoga or Qi Gong are an excellent choice)

~ Imagine your feelings honestly with family, friends, a pastor or a counselor

~ Perform a diary to help you organize your thoughts

~ Find a source of spiritual strength

~ Pray and meditate, or

~ Find time to be alone

~ For Walks

~ Remain involved with work and leisure activities as much as possible

~ Finda support group or "chat room" to your expertise with others in a similar situation shares

~ So far as possible to maintain a positive attitude and optimistic about the future

Of the many alternatives or compliments to Western medical care, qigong is one that stands out as particularly promising. In China, there are entire hospitals on the use of techniques, qigong is used solely for the purpose for the treatment of cancer and numerous other conditions. Binhui He is aMedical Qigong Master (http://www.wishus.org/research.asp?cat=research&index=2)
Who has great success working with cancer patients. His Qigong anti-cancer therapy protocol contains, in his own words, the following five steps:

~ Attitude change: Turn traditional users outside help in searching inside help. It is the function of the immune system and the self-healing, healing of cancer, finally! During fear-of-cancer effect is the actual incurable disease, since they alwaysPatients emphasized and lowers their immune function. Instead, cancer considered part of the body to communicate with him through the consciousness of power, and the elimination of the source leads to cancer in the first place.

~ Intensive Qigong Practice: empty mind without desire, forget disease problems, the environment and themselves, quickly stimulates the body immune function and potential through intensive cultivation of Qi.

~ Energetic Fasting (Bigu): Cut off the supply of tumors to the inhibitionrapid growth of the cancer, and help strengthen the immune system, effectively (Need under the direct supervision of an experienced Qigong healer).

~ Shatter tumor by strong Qi: Focus of mental power and strong Qi can break after a period of Bigu.

~ Collective Qi setting are: Group practice of Five Element Qigong to a strong Qi field and to enhance the inhibitory effect of Qi cultivation.

In the United State, Dr. Kam Yuen (http://www.yuenmethod.com)is the 35th Created generation Shaolin master, a system that combines the healing power of qigong practice, with the diagnostic techniques of applied kinesiology has. He also has great success working with a number of conditions, including cancer had.

Similar in many ways Taoist Qigong exercises are the procedures in two Tibetan Tulku Thondup described the books: Boundless Healing: Meditation Exercises to Enlighten the Mind and Heal The Body and The Healing Power of Mind.The peculiarities of the practice are very different, if what many have in common is the use of a self-grown energy crops of the "blissful warmth" to correct imbalances, which are the cause of the disease. It is in these two books, a series of practices that are specifically designed to work with cancer. Tulku Thondup travel more generally, with workshops and retreats in which he had referred the Tibetan healing techniques.

Chinese medicine offers yet another paradigm shiftCheck the to mesothelioma. The diagnostic system of Chinese medicine is very dramatically different from that of Western medicine. If we were, in fact, to the Chinese physician present, say, ten people were given all the Western medical diagnosis of mesothelioma was, "it is entirely possible that this Chinese doctor would ~ ~ after his studies present us with a different diagnosis For each of these ten people! (The reasons for this are complex andbeyond the scope of this essay, but the main reason that the perception of Chinese medicine is concerned with structures within the whole person, in relation to all aspects of their lives, while western medicine tends to focus primarily on individual symptomotology.)

In Chinese medicine, it is assumed that emotional imbalance is often a cause of physical imbalance. The emotional condition that damages the lungs (and the corresponding physical structures, which the skin and areMesothelial cells), and which usually also appears when the lungs are out of balance, the pain. The emotional state of a balanced, healthy lung organ system signals is courage. There is also a belief that the Taoist philosophy (the root of Chinese medicine) that the lungs of the equivalents in the human body into the atmosphere / ionosphere of Earth. Thus, one aspect of Chinese medicine treatment for a lung imbalance of any kind is quite possible to do the practices, to publication (Single & Planetary)Grief ~ such as a "Healing Sounds" Qigong practice ~ and our feelings of courage and righteousness to increase: our willingness and ability to stand up strongly for truth, for beauty, for love, for goodness ... or whatever other values we hold deeply for ourselves, our communities and our planet.