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Asbestosis is one of the diseases associated with asbestos exposure and is characterized by chronic scarring of the lung. This disease is not a fatal disease as malignant mesothelioma, although it is chronic in nature. Most of your symptoms are often associated with other respiratory disorders, but if you have been exposed to asbestos in […]
Pleural effusion is a buildup of fluid between the membranes covering the lung and the thoracic cavity. Many medical conditions and conditions can cause pleural effusion, including heart failure, pneumonia, infections, kidney disease, rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculosis. This can also occur due to exposure to asbestos, possibly due to the asbestos-induced inflammation and disease they […]
According to a diagnosis of mesothelioma, conducted tests will determine the extent of spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body. The malignant mesothelioma staging is divided into two main classes: 1-Localised malignant mesothelioma {stage 1} 2-Advanced malignant mesothelioma {stage 2, stage 3, stage 4} The staging process is used to determine whether […]
We will like to tackle a topic that is somehow confusing, Radiation Safety. Many people aren’t quite sure what to think about radiation. On one hand they know that it is very dangerous. They know it can cause people to end up ill from the exposure to it. They also know that it is helpful […]
There are in excess of 3,000 known processed asbestos products. The Home Asbestos Identification Pak walkthrough presentation features over 40 of the most common products you will encounter in most homes in Australia. Asbestos products were manufactured in two forms – friable asbestos and non-friable asbetsos. Non-Friable Asbestos Over 97% of the products in Australia […]
Mesothelioma of the Pericardium or Pericardial Mesothelioma is a disease that affects the lining of the heart (pericardium). There is a common error that mesothelioma is a type of primary lung cancer; it is not. Mesothelioma is a cancer of the serous skin. These membranes comprise a series of organs along the middle part of […]
The Mesothelioma Story began in early 1900. The history of mesothelioma, as discovered in other serious diseases, is a combination of science, politics, medical research and development. Mesothelioma is a deadly disease that affects the lining of various organs in the body, usually the lungs. We now know that exposure to asbestos is the main […]
Asbestosis life expectancy depends on whether the patient develops a serious disease associated with asbestos, such as mesothelioma. Asbestosis cannot be recognized for a long time because the symptoms are not always present. It is rare to die with asbestosis-diagnosed patients prematurely, but when the disease in cancer presents itself as the life expectancy of mesothelioma decreases […]
End Stages of Mesothelioma Symptoms: How do mesothelioma patients die? How long does it take to die from mesothelioma? What happens in the final stages of mesothelioma? What are the symptoms of advanced mesothelioma?
Malignant mesothelioma is a disease that usually has no symptoms early in the course of the disease. In many cases, the asbestos position causing the disease could have been 30 to 60 years earlier. Mesothelioma begins to develop when the asbestos fibers are embedded in the lungs and scar tissue around asbestos fibers. But the […]