Combating the mesothelioma disease is really difficult a task that requires a large amount of emotional as well as physical endurance, good social support and strong family assistance along with professional advice and medical help. The most effective way to deal with mesothelioma is to know each and everything about this fatal disease. This includes the factors responsible, symptoms, treatment and above all prognosis of the mesothelioma cancer.

Mesothelioma symptoms vary as per the location of the tumor. The pleural mesothelioma symptoms include breathing problems, chest pain or pain under ribcage. One of the common symptoms of this kind of mesothelioma is the building up of fluid between the chest and lung cavity.

On the other hand, the peritoneal mesothelioma symptoms consist of vomiting, weight loss, nausea and stomach pain. It is imperative to also know about the different stages or phases of mesothelioma.

After diagnosis of the mesothelioma cancer, the very next step involves that of staging. It is actually the process which is utilized to know the extent to which cancerous tumor has spread to the patient's body. Imaging tests like the MRI and CT scan can help a lot to determine the stage of mesothelioma. It is really important to get the tumor diagnosed at an early stage in order to opt for the best treatment available for curing this deadly disease.

The local malignant mesothelioma is the first stage in which the cancer tumor is located in the lung lining which is called the pleura and involves the tumors in pericardium, diaphragm and the lung as well. In localized mesothelioma, the cancer can also be found in the chest lining or in the sac lining which surrounds the heart.

Stage II is the advanced mesothelioma phase in which apart from the presence of cancer in the pleura, it is also spread to the esophagus, heart, and chest wall. There may be chances that the mesothelioma may even have spread its tumor to the chest's lymph nodes.

Stage III is the one in which mesothelioma has actually conquered the body's diaphragm into heart's lining, which is called the peritoneum and involves the lymph nodes that surround the chest. In this stage, the cancer may spread to the areas like heart, chest wall, beyond the diaphragm and mediastinum.

In the last stage of recurrent mesothelioma, the cancer has metastasized and thus has spread throughout the bloodstream to the different body organs and tissues. This is the cancer which has come back or recurred after being treated. This may return in the body's abdomen or chest or even in some other body parts.

After knowing the different mesothelioma stages, it is also important to have information about the various treatments available to cure this cancer. Surgery is the common treatment and through this, the medical professional may remove the part of lining of the patient's abdomen or chest and some tissue around the organ. Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are other treatments that have worked as miracles for the ones suffering from mesothelioma.