Mesothelioma Life Expectancy

Mesothe­lioma Causes

The main cause of mesothe­lioma can­cer is often caused by asbestos expo­sure. Asbestos is a strong min­eral that has been used for var­i­ous pur­poses, which in between to make it resis­tant to fire. If asbestos is bro­ken or dam­aged, it will form a fine fiber. Thin fibers and as this nee­dle will eas­ily glide through the air. Thick clouds of asbestos dust are com­mon in the demo­li­tion of the build­ing, fac­tory or work­shop. Peo­ple who came into the place it will inhale through the nose or swal­low­ing of air, then in the body, these fibers will stick to the lin­ing around the lungs or stom­ach. This grad­u­ally leads to inflam­ma­tion and even­tu­ally cancer.

Mesothe­lioma can­cer usu­ally devel­ops in cells that form lay­ers of the lungs, heart and stom­ach. Like many other types of can­cer, Mesothe­lioma can be treated when the symp­toms of can­cer is detected early. Symp­toms of mesothe­lioma take approx­i­mately 20–50 years to become clear. And usu­ally when diag­nosed, the can­cer is already in an advanced stage, so it is more dif­fi­cult to treat.

Lung

It has also been con­firmed by the National Can­cer Insti­tute that at least 35 %  of all can­cer cases can be attrib­uted to mal­nu­tri­tion. Mean­while, mesothe­lioma can­cer is not asso­ci­ated with mal­nu­tri­tion. How­ever, by increas­ing the intake of nutri­ents, is expected to be able to help strengthen the mesothe­lioma can­cer patient’s body to fight that pro­gras­sive disease.

Mesothe­lioma Life Expectancy

Accord­ing to Asbestos News Mesothe­lioma can be divided into 4 stages / groups and each stage has its own life expectancy.

• Stage 1 – Only one layer of the pleura is affected by mesothe­lioma. It may have spread to the peri­cardium or diaphragm.  – 50% will live another 5 years if treated aggressively
• Stage 2 – both lay­ers of the pleura are affected by mesothe­lioma on only one side of the body. – Aver­age life expectancy: 2–4 years
• Stage 3 – The mesothe­lioma has spread to the chest wall, esoph­a­gus, or lymph nodes on one side of the body. – Aver­age life expectancy: 6–8 months
• Stage 4 – Mesothe­lioma has spread to other organs, such as the brain, bones, lymph nodes, liver, or to the other side of the body. – Aver­age life expectancy: less than 6 months

Treat­ment Options

Foods that Can Help Fight Mesothe­lioma Can­cer , in Order to have Longer Life Expectancy

Berries

The best way for a mesothe­lioma patient to increase their life expectancy is by receiv­ing a proper treat­ment as soon as possible. A bal­anced and healthy diet is very impor­tant to help fight can­cer. A bal­anced healthy diet is not only can increase the chance for sur­vival, but also it can reduce symp­toms of pain and unwanted side effects from medications.

• Gar­lic can help for mesothe­lioma patients because it pro­duces a chem­i­cal called allicin. Gar­lic seems to have a huge effect on stom­ach can­cer and prostate can­cer in men, but these effects have also been recorded in all types of can­cer and with dif­fer­ent car­cino­gens. An ani­mal exper­i­ment has been con­ducted with a pos­i­tive effect. In one study, sev­eral mice with can­cer injected with allicin. The result,Those who are not injected with the com­pound lived an aver­age of two months. Mean­while, those who received injec­tions can live an aver­age of six months or more.
• Fruits Con­sum­ing. There are many types of deli­cious berries that you can con­sume to ben­e­fit cancer-fighting nutri­ents it con­tains, includ­ing blue­ber­ries, black­ber­ries, rasp­ber­ries, straw­ber­ries, logan­ber­ries, cran­ber­ries. Berry that con­tains a num­ber of cancer-fighting (phy­tonu­tri­ents) such as antho­cyanins, ellagic acid, pteros­til­bene and resver­a­trol. In one study, extracts from those six types of berries are tested to test their abil­ity to pre­vent the growth and spread of var­i­ous types of can­cer cells. Remark­ably, each type of berry has a unique com­bi­na­tion of phy­tonu­tri­ents, and all six types of berry extracts can kill can­cer cells in the laboratory.

Can­cer is a very com­plex med­ical con­di­tion , with many fac­tors that play var­i­ous roles in the devel­op­ment and main­te­nance. How­ever, patients will be able to take advan­tage of heal­ing by tak­ing in enough nutrients.