Monday, January 28, 2008

Any one can be patient of Mesothelioma


Mesothelioma is one of the dangerous cancers; can develop in the tissues covering the lungs and abdomen. The main cause of Mesothelioma cancer is inhaling asbestos particles. Asbestos is the name of a group of minerals with long, thin fibers. Generally that’s not visible and can float in air easily. Any one can come in the contact of this asbestos particle in asbestos rich environment. These asbestos particles are absorbed by the lungs and it may take 20 to 50 years to be developing as disease.

Pleural Mesothelioma.

As shown in the picture, the tissues lining the lungs are called the pleura. There are two pleura, called pleural membranes. The gap between them is called the pleural space. The pleura are fibrous sheets. The pleura are protecting the lungs by producing a lubricating fluid that fills the gap between the two pleura. At breathing time, this helps the lungs to move smoothly in the chest.
Mesothelioma is most often diagnosed in the pleura. This is known as pleural mesothelioma. Because it is so close, pleural mesothelioma can also affect the sheet of tissue covering the heart - the pericardium. Doctors call the pericardium the lining, although it is on the outside of the heart. It protects the heart and allows it to move smoothly within the sac that surrounds it. So it does much the same job for the heart as the pleura do for the lungs.

The peritoneum

The tissue lining the abdomen is called the peritoneum. It helps to protect the contents of the abdomen. It also produces a lubricating fluid. This helps the organs to move smoothly inside the abdomen as we move around.
Mesothelioma of the tissues lining the abdominal cavity is known as peritoneal mesothelioma. It is much less common than pleural mesothelioma.
It is unusual for mesothelioma to spread to other parts of the body. But if it does, it does not usually cause troublesome symptoms.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

What is Plastic Surgery

Plastic Surgery is a medical procedure to change the appearance of a person’s Body. Today science provides several surgical and non surgical techniques to plastic surgery. Plastic surgery process is based on cosmetic enhancements as well as reconstructive operations. Cosmetic surgery is one of the important procedures of plastic surgery. But common procedures are based on both aesthetic and functional elements.

“Plastic” word derives from the Greek “Plastikos”. This means to mold or to shape. In medical science it is not related to Synthetic Polymer material. In medical science plastic surgery means to mold and reshape the tissues of body i.e. bone, cartilage, and muscle, fat. These tissues are taking from other part of the body to reconstruct the damage part of the body. Today plastic surgery is one of the important achievements of the medical science.

Cosmetic surgery: Cosmetic surgery plays an important role to enhancement of one's physical appearance with rhinoplasty, liposuction, Facelift, Eyelid Surgery, Brow Lift, Facial Implants, Injectable Fillers, Skin Resurfacing, Breast Augmentation, Breast Lift, Gynecomastia, Tummy Tuck, Spider Veins, Liposuction.

Constructive surgery: it is also a part of plastic surgery and in this type of plastic surgery; a plastic surgeon can give surgical treatment to those people who lost their body parts in accidents and those children who did not get normal body parts at their birth. People can get their old body structure and state with the help of different kind of plastic surgery.

In 20th century U.S.A. and U.K. get done so many researches at plastic surgery and today there are so many plastic surgery clinics and research centers are in New York, London. Plastic surgeries Clinic in London are providing both kind of plastic surgery at cheap rates today. In year 2001, More than 6.5 million women had cosmetic plastic surgery procedures in the world. It is more than ever had. So plastic surgery is now in fashion in this world. Today every one wants good appearance and it is giving by plastic surgery.