MESOTHELIOMA DAY
Mesothelioma day is celebrated as mesothelioma awareness day around the world on September 26th every year. This day is celebrated mainly to keep aware the people about mesothelioma. During mesothelioma day, programmes and seminars are being held in the institutions and offices in order to inform the different causes and symptoms of mesothelioma. The seminars are conducted by well qualified doctors and researchers who have been studying about mesothelioma since years. These doctors suggest the people to wear protective equipments like respirators, masks and clothing which would prevent them from asbestos particles and fibres which are the main agents that cause mesothelioma. During the mesothelioma day the organisers inform the workers that asbestos is mainly present in industries of cement, automobile and ship building units and majority of the mesothelioma patients belong to these industries.
During mesothelioma day the people would be able to know briefly through seminars how the asbestos come in contact with the lungs and how the lungs are being contaminated. People and students would be able to view the pictorial representation and high resolution images of lungs affected by mesothelioma. Thus the people would be able to outcome of the mesothelioma. They also provide information about the symptoms of mesothelioma to keep people aware about the disease of mesothelioma. The patients suffering from mesothelioma can suffer from severe breathing problems, chest pain and consistent coughing. The seminars conducted during mesothelioma day also explain briefly about chemotherapy and radiation therapies which are used to treat the mesothelioma patients. On the eve of mesothelioma day, the mesothelioma research organisation also provide the protective devices like the respirators, masks and protective clothing to different industries free of cost to keep the workers safe from the disease of mesothelioma.