| There are several diseases that can cause death or | | | | detect this disease though, especially if the patient |
| extreme health damage is not detected early. Most | | | | smokes cigarettes. The disease is double deadly when |
| can be detected and predicted if the patient is treated | | | | it is an asbestos lung disease and the victim is a |
| at once and if the doctors are informed about | | | | smoker. |
| prolonged exposure of the patient to asbestos. | | | | Cancer diseases related to asbestos take 2 to 4 |
| Asbestos lung disease is common since the victims | | | | decades before they become completely harmful. This |
| often inhale the very small fibers of the asbestos. | | | | latency period is common in asbestos lung diseases. |
| The dust particles and fibers of the asbestos mineral | | | | Other asbestos-related diseases like the asbestosis, |
| are so small that one needs a microscope to see | | | | which is common, often manifests in pleural thickening |
| them. They are so many times smaller and thinner | | | | in the lungs and are therefore easily detected. |
| than the human hair! These fibers have two ways of | | | | Mesothelioma is another type of cancer caused by |
| entering the body - through the mouth and through the | | | | the inhalation of asbestos fibers. It happens when so |
| nose. The most common effect is asbestos lung | | | | many fibers have already accumulated in the stomach |
| disease since they are often inhaled. | | | | or lungs of an exposed individual. A person diagnosed |
| Looking at the fibers in a microscope you will find that | | | | of mesothelioma lives for a maximum of 18 months |
| these fibers have sharp edges. These can damage | | | | after detection of this asbestos lung disease. |
| the tissues especially if there are so many of these | | | | For people who are suffering from asbestos lung |
| fibers are already in the system. | | | | diseases, what they need is professional medial and |
| Studies show that asbestos is one of the major | | | | legal advice to help them get the finances they need |
| reasons for lung cancer deaths. It is quite tricky to | | | | for the treatment. |