Asbestos: A Deadly Environmental & Health Hazard
Asbestos is a term used for some naturally occurring minerals that form long thin fibers and fiber bundles on crystallization. Most commonly found group is the serpentine group that includes Chrysotile (white asbestos). It is also the most...
How Is Mesothelioma Treated?
Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles. However, they may have been been exposed to asbestos dust and fibre in other ways. This could include working with asbestos or by home renovation using...
Pericardial Mesothelioma Treatment
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 cancer is treated....
Seeking Mesothelioma Help
If you, or someone you know has been diagnosed with, or thinks that they might have Mesothelioma Cancer, it is often daunting and can be difficult to know where to seek help. However, you are not alone, there are organizations and doctors who can...
Who is at Risk for Mesothelioma?
Mesothelioma, the deadly disease which has topped news headlines
for the last decade, is contracted through exposure to airborne
fibers of asbestos. Sadly, the under-regulation of asbestos
usage in years past, and arguably still today, exposed...
Asbestos Related Diseases
Asbestos is used in over 3000 modern products and most people have suffered at least some degree of exposure to it at one point or another. Most asbestos exposure is limited to minute portions of well maintained building materials such as concrete, insulation and siding.
Regular maintenance of these materials is important for preventing asbestos from degenerating into airborne fibers. Unfortunately, because asbestos is so widespread, it is impossible to compute the damage that even a small quantity can cause.
The lightweight nature of the asbestos particle facilitates airborne spreading of these deadly carcinogens. This is why most asbestos-related diseases affect the respiratory system.
These are incurable diseases. Even
tiny amounts of asbestos can inflict irreversible damage as symptoms usually only emerge 20 to 30 years down the road.
Mesothelioma, Asbestosis and lung cancer are consequences of prolonged asbestos exposure. Any contact with asbestos merits immediate medical consultation because treatment options and survival rates are greatly improved the earlier they're detected.
Unfortunately most asbestos-related conditions don't show symptoms until the disease is terminally advanced. Most patients diagnosed with an asbestos-related condition rarely survive more than 18 months after diagnosis.
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