The link between asbestos exposure and disease has long been scientifically proven.
But while many of us know that inhaling asbestos fibers can be dangerous to our health, what we often don’t know is just how far-reaching the impact of asbestos can be. The material, it turns out, can cause a variety of diseases, some of them catastrophic. This includes mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer of the protective lining covering many of the body’s organs.
While mesothelioma lawyers have won many sizable verdicts and settlements for victims of asbestos exposure, not all of their work has been on behalf of mesothelioma victims. Other types of cancer as well as severe, potentially deadly non-cancerous conditions have been triggered by inhaling asbestos, and those victims have needed assistance and financial compensation.
Here is a look at various—and all too common — asbestos-related diseases:
• Mesothelioma. Almost always the result of asbestos exposure, mesothelioma can take decades to develop, but once detected, the disease carries a poor prognosis. Indeed, most patients succumb to mesothelioma within a year of diagnosis. And unlike mesothelioma lawyers, who have seen success in the courtroom, mesothelioma researchers still struggle to understand—and fight—the deadly disease. There is currently no known cure, and even the most sophisticated treatments typically add just months to a mesothelioma patient’s life.
• Lung cancer. While other factors, such as smoking, can also trigger lung cancer, asbestos exposure is a primary cause of the deadly disease. Epidemiological studies of asbestos worker deaths have shown a particularly high lung cancer rate—higher than that seen in populations not exposed to asbestos. While the British government reports that there is one asbestos-related lung cancer death for every mesothelioma death, many experts say there are far more cases of lung cancer due to asbestos exposure. Smoking, when combined with asbestos exposure, can put an individual at even greater risk of contracting lung cancer.
• Other cancers. Evidence has shown that asbestos can trigger cancer of the larynx as well, and it can even cause cancer of the colon, rectum and ovaries.
• Asbestosis. A severe respiratory disease, asbestosis is caused by inhaling asbestos fibers and dust, and can cause great damage to the victim’s lungs. Over time, that damage—which includes scarring of the lung—can make it difficult for the lung to get oxygen into the blood. As a result, victims experience severe shortness of breath. They often suffer heart disease, too, because the heart has to work harder to overcome the lung’s inefficiency. Like mesothelioma, asbestosis has no known cure, and victims are often required to use supplemental oxygen, greatly limiting their quality of life.
• Pleural thickening. In some individuals, the lining of the lung—known as the pleura—can harden in response to asbestos exposure. This can happen in one or both lungs, and, like asbestosis, it can severely restrict breathing. In extreme but not uncommon cases, the condition can be life threatening.
• Pleural plaques. While they often do not cause symptoms, these small areas of thickening, or scarring, of the lung are often a precursor to other asbestos-related diseases. They can be quite painful, too, once when the plaques harden.
• Asbestos warts. These callus-like growths are caused when asbestos fibers lodge in an individual’s skin. Like pleural plaques, they are a worrisome sign that someone has been exposed to asbestos and may be at risk of developing more serious diseases. Though themselves benign, asbestos warts can be a troubling signal of the devastation that may lie ahead.
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Jumat, 18 Februari 2011
Framingham firefighter lost to mesothelioma cancer
Early this month, Framingham, Massachusetts firefighter Mike Urban, 57, lost his battle with mesothelioma cancer. This aggressive disease that affects the protective lining of the body’s major cavities and organs is rare and caused almost exclusively by exposure to asbestos.
Urban’s passing comes on the heels of the loss of 58-year-old retired firefighter Michael Marshall to lung cancer last month. Lung cancer is yet another disease commonly cause by asbestos exposure, along with asbestosis.
Urban’s family has been unable to conclusively pinpoint the cause of the mesothelioma. His wife speculated that exposure to asbestos could have taken place in his childhood home, at a fire station, while firefighting or from using carpentry materials, as Urban was a self-employed carpenter before joining the Fire Department.
Asbestos is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulated mineral fiber has been commonly used in construction materials, as insulation and as a fire retardant. When asbestos is disturbed or burns, it realeases toxic fibers that become airborne and are easily inhaled. These fibers lodge in the lungs for decades causing damage. Urban had pleural mesothelioma, which specifically affects the lining of the lungs, leaving no doubt that he’d likely inhaled asbestos for a prolonged period of time.
The local Hollis Street and Saxonville fire stations both have had asbestos, and several years ago, an area in Station 2 was closed off and bolted before the contamination was cleaned up, making exposure at his station a real possibility.
“Mike was family, and we lost a member of our family, and we’ll deal with that the way any family does,” said Station 2 captain at the Saxonville firehouse Paul Barlow
Urban’s passing comes on the heels of the loss of 58-year-old retired firefighter Michael Marshall to lung cancer last month. Lung cancer is yet another disease commonly cause by asbestos exposure, along with asbestosis.
Urban’s family has been unable to conclusively pinpoint the cause of the mesothelioma. His wife speculated that exposure to asbestos could have taken place in his childhood home, at a fire station, while firefighting or from using carpentry materials, as Urban was a self-employed carpenter before joining the Fire Department.
Asbestos is a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulated mineral fiber has been commonly used in construction materials, as insulation and as a fire retardant. When asbestos is disturbed or burns, it realeases toxic fibers that become airborne and are easily inhaled. These fibers lodge in the lungs for decades causing damage. Urban had pleural mesothelioma, which specifically affects the lining of the lungs, leaving no doubt that he’d likely inhaled asbestos for a prolonged period of time.
The local Hollis Street and Saxonville fire stations both have had asbestos, and several years ago, an area in Station 2 was closed off and bolted before the contamination was cleaned up, making exposure at his station a real possibility.
“Mike was family, and we lost a member of our family, and we’ll deal with that the way any family does,” said Station 2 captain at the Saxonville firehouse Paul Barlow
Mesothelioma Diagnosis the Mesothelioma Victims Center Has The Most Comprehensive Free Service For US Navy Veterans & All US Citizens
The Mesothelioma Victims Center is all about creating the absolute best free service for a US victim, or family members of a victim of a rare form of cancer called mesothelioma. As part of its mesothelioma victims initiative for 2011, the group intends to educate victims about middleman marketing law firms, that sell mesothelioma victims to actual mesothelioma trial attorneys. The group says, "you hear, or see a sincere sounding law firm advertising spot on radio, cable TV, a yellow pages ad, or Internet ad offering help for a just diagnosed mesothelioma victim. There is just one really important disclaimer-many forget to say, & we are going to sell your Dad, or Mom to a real mesothelioma law firm, we are not going to do the trial work----and we frequently make $100,000's doing this-we will sign you up, and you will never see us again." The group says, " for many law firms a mesothelioma victim is something you sell to make money. We say-call us, and we will give you the names of some of the best actual mesothelioma trial law firms in the US, and no family members Dad, or Mom gets sold to the highest bidder law firm." The Mesothelioma Victims Center says, "in reality there are maybe six to ten really top notch national mesothelioma law firms, in the United States. We will tell you who they are. You just pick who you like the best. No other group offers anything close to this." If a mesothelioma cancer victim, or their family members want the names of some of the best mesothelioma law firms in the United States, plus all of the additional free services, please call the Mesothelioma Victims Center anytime at 866-714-6466 , or contact the group via its web site at http://MesotheliomaVictimsCenter.Com
Who Can Get Mesothelioma:
One third of all U.S. mesothelioma victims served in the U.S. Navy between 1930 & 1980.
U.S. Navy Veterans or ship yard workers who worked in the following shipyards should be tested for asbestosis: California : U.S. Naval Shipyard at Mare Island, U.S. Naval Shipyard at San Francisco, and the U.S. Naval Shipyard at San Francisco Bay. The San Francisco Naval Shipyard was also known as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and Treasure Island Naval Station Hunters Point Annex, & Long Beach California. Washington State had the Todd Shipyards & the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, WA. On the East Coast there is Norfolk & Portsmouth Naval Shipyards.
Mesothelioma cancer is a result of asbestos exposure. Individuals who worked in mines, oil refineries, shipyards, power plants, carpenters, plumbers, boiler room technicians construction demolition, auto brake repair professionals, HVAC technicians, and others who were exposed to asbestos can get mesothelioma.
A worker exposed to asbestos on the job, can bring it home, on their work clothing, and expose their families. It is not uncommon for a wife, or a child to get mesothelioma from a parent, who was exposed to asbestos on the job.
Because just Diagnosed mesothelioma cancer victims and their families need assistance, help, advice, support, and a resource, the Mesothelioma Victims Center is providing the most comprehensive US service for mesothelioma victims at no charge--because its the right thing to do. Anyone wishing more information can call the Mesothelioma Victims Center anytime at 866-714-6466
Who Can Get Mesothelioma:
One third of all U.S. mesothelioma victims served in the U.S. Navy between 1930 & 1980.
U.S. Navy Veterans or ship yard workers who worked in the following shipyards should be tested for asbestosis: California : U.S. Naval Shipyard at Mare Island, U.S. Naval Shipyard at San Francisco, and the U.S. Naval Shipyard at San Francisco Bay. The San Francisco Naval Shipyard was also known as Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and Treasure Island Naval Station Hunters Point Annex, & Long Beach California. Washington State had the Todd Shipyards & the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, WA. On the East Coast there is Norfolk & Portsmouth Naval Shipyards.
Mesothelioma cancer is a result of asbestos exposure. Individuals who worked in mines, oil refineries, shipyards, power plants, carpenters, plumbers, boiler room technicians construction demolition, auto brake repair professionals, HVAC technicians, and others who were exposed to asbestos can get mesothelioma.
A worker exposed to asbestos on the job, can bring it home, on their work clothing, and expose their families. It is not uncommon for a wife, or a child to get mesothelioma from a parent, who was exposed to asbestos on the job.
Because just Diagnosed mesothelioma cancer victims and their families need assistance, help, advice, support, and a resource, the Mesothelioma Victims Center is providing the most comprehensive US service for mesothelioma victims at no charge--because its the right thing to do. Anyone wishing more information can call the Mesothelioma Victims Center anytime at 866-714-6466
Automotive workers vulnerable to lung cancer
The smokers, both active and passive, including the group most at risk of contracting lung cancer. Other groups are also prone to experience automotive workers who are often located in the garage. Why is that?
In addition to frequent inhaling exhaust emissions of motor vehicles, automotive workers are also faced with other materials that are not less dangerous in relation to cancer. Material in question is used as a layer of asbestos brake and clutch.
When the mechanical cleaning the drum and motor vehicle clutch home, dust and debris that asbestos fibers would be flying then inhaled. Asbestos dust can accumulate so that in the long term may increase the risk of cancer in the respiratory tract.
The risk could be even greater considering that most workshops do not have good air circulation. Recent data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows, 66 percent shop in the United States have asbestos-contaminated air above the safe limit because they have no ventilation.
The use of asbestos by the automotive industry actually has been warned by the EPA since the 1970s, but the material is still in use today because the votes do something different. Of them more resistant to heat and more stable than other materials such as rubber and plastic.
Quoted from Seedol, Sunday (23 / 1), type of lung cancer that is often plagued automotive worker is Malignant mesothelioma. This type of cancer attacks the thin layer that surrounds vital organs including the lungs and most are triggered by asbestos.
As with other types of lung cancer, early symptoms Malignant mesothelioma is often not detected. Before the already severe, automotive workers or anyone that intersect with asbestos dust should be checked out if it starts to cough or have other respiratory complaints.
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