Linking Asbestos Exposure to Cancer Mesothelioma - Cancer Mesothelioma

By Veronica Carrillo

Although you may think that asbestos is an inherently dangerous product, it can be very helpful as an insulator as well. The degree of hazard surrounding asbestos depends on whether or not it is friable. This affects the amount of asbestos that you are likely to inhale or ingest, when it can cause cancer in your body.

Mesothelioma is a cancer that is found in the body's mesothelium, a membrane that covers internal organs. Symptoms of this cancer depends on the location of the body, but may include pain in the chest, fever, anemia, blood clotting, shortness of breath, bowel obstruction. To accurately diagnose this illness involves a procedure where the doctor collects tissue samples that are sent for an analysis by a pathologist.

The risk of former smokers to develop cacer of lung will increase during the first 3-5 years after smoking cessation. However, why they stop from smoking? Most of them is because of they are symptomatic and may already possess some critical diseases.

The problem with asbestos fibers is that our bodies are unable to break down and digest or process them. Thus, our tissues form nodules around the fibers that can later turn into cancerous tumors, or they can contribute to problems such as pleural effusions. Indeed, when asbestos is present in the skin, it forms lumps called asbestos warts.

Besides, the components of tobacco smoke also induce oxidative DNA damage. This oxidative DNA damage is related to an increased risk of developing several degenerative chronic diseases which includes coronary heart disease and the dysfunctional cells (cancer).

Treatments for this disease is expensive and under the mesothelioma law, a person living with this condition can turn to a lawyer for help protect their rights. Victims of this disease can find a lawyer who specializes in mesothelioma law for help obtaining compensation for damages they may have suffered.

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