As with any cancer, treatment for Mesothelioma depends on the location of the cancer, the progression of the disease, the age as well as state of health of the patient.It is the oncologist who specializes in the disease who will decide on the line of treatment. The disease is difficult to treat and in most cases the prognosis is poor. Treatment options include: 1. If the diagnosis is done in the early stages surgery may be...more
Joint affliction is affecting an ample amount of humans because it can accept abounding causes and it can be the aftereffect of assorted medical conditions. Sometimes it is a evidence of arthritis, added times is acquired by bursitis, deepening of bursa, sacs abounding with aqueous that are begin in the collective area, and added times an abrasion produces affliction in the joint. Analysis for affliction in the collective is anon...more
Tragically the word mesothelioma is becoming more and more well known, the mere mention of it striking fear into all of us for we know that it is associated with death. Asbestos is the reaper, mesothelioma its hand maiden. Asbestos, the wonder product of the fifties is now recognized as an enemy of the twentieth century. A ruthless enemy which will kill more people than the war. Men, women and children will fall victim to its prey, innocents who have at some time in their lives inhaled asbestos dust. Most of us have been in contact with products containing asbestos in our life times. We sat in asbestos class rooms, stood beside our fathers as they cut asbestos fencing, pulled up old linoleum with asbestos clogged to the back of it. Visited the local tip where broken sheets of it lay open to the wind.Records show that there are a higher number of people afflicted with asbestosis and mesothelioma who have directly worked in asbestos mines, ship yards and companies making products from asbestos; however there are a large number of people afflicted, who have never worked in these industries. Their contact with asbestos, due to the dust brought home on their...more
Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that is caused by exposure to asbestos. This disease attacks the protective lining that covers most of the body's internal organs and in almost all cases is fatal, although new treatments for cancer are always underdevelopment giving us hope we may live cancer free sometime in the future.You can...more
Clinical research to treat malignant mesothelioma is very active and although no treatment has yet proved entirely successful, there exist a range of treatments available to individuals diagnosed with the disease. There are three types of standard treatments used to treat malignant mesothelioma which include: surgery, radiation...more
Keratosis pilaris is about as common as your regular flu. It affects most people although some people would mistake it for other skin disorders. Over half of the world's population experience having this skin condition sometime in their lives especially during adolescence. It manifests itself in rough patches of skin with tiny bumps resembling chicken skin. It is a genetic skin disorder that is passed on from generation to generation. It poses no other health hazard to those who have it. Nor is it passed on from one person to another through contact. While there is no need to actually treat it, many people seek the help of a dermatologist or a skin doctor to treat it as it is often mistaken as other more serious skin ailments as eczema, atopic dermatitis, and ichthyosis vulgaris. In as far as this skin condition is concerned, there are no other more effective ways to get rid of it than through keratosis pilaris natural treatments. These natural treatments are more practical as long-term treatment is often necessary to get rid of the rough patches. There are several natural ways by which this skin condition could be alleviated. One of which is...more
Pericardial Mesothelioma is an extremely difficult cancer to treat and presently, all treatment methods used have a poor success rate. The chances of a patient's survival depend largely on how early and how aggressively the...more
One interesting study is called, "Generation of hydroxyl radical by crocidolite asbestos is proportional to surface" by Andrew J. Ghio, Jing Zhang and Claude A. Piantadosi Division of Allergy, Critical Care, and Respiratory Medicine,...more
One interesting study is called, "Insulation workers in Belfast. A further study of mortality due to asbestos exposure (1940-75)." - Br J Ind Med 1977;34:174-180 – by P C Elmes, M J Simpson. Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - A...more
We associate getting sunburns when we are taking a dive in a beach or purposely sunbathing with out the proper tanning lotion. But sunburn is all too common now even when doing your daily and every activity. The sun's ultraviolet...more
One interesting study is called, "Mobilization of iron from crocidolite asbestos by certain chelators results in enhanced crocidolite-dependent oxygen consumption" - Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics Volume 287, Issue 1, 15 May...more
One interesting study is called, "Specificity of asbestos-induced chromosomal aberrations in short-term cultured human mesothelial cells" - Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics Volume 41, Issue 1, August 1989, Pages 33-39 by Kenth...more