Asbestos, is a carcinogen which causes cancer in mesothelial cells and due to this the cancer is named “Mesothelioma”. Therefore, it is also known as silent killer. Mesothelial cells are the lining on internal organs like lungs, abdomen, heart, etc. If mesothelioma caused by asbestos develops in lungs, it is called pleural mesothelioma, if it develops in abdomen, it is called peritonial mesothelioma and in heart it is called pericardial mesothelioma.
This disease commonly occurs in lungs and the symptoms of this disease do not appear even after 40-45 years of inhalation of asbestos. People usually inhale fine fibers of asbestos at work places. Asbestos is used in many industries because of its durability, heat and fire resistant property by Metal plate workers, Decorators, Builders, Electricians, Carpenters, Gas fitters, Plumbers etc. Usually, males suffer with mesothelioma in lungs; females come in contact with asbestos while washing clothes of their husbands.
Asbestos is found in many forms, but crocidolite is the most dangerous one, commonly known as blue asbestos. It is so because the fibers of crocidolite are very fine. After inhalation, particles stick to the external lining of the lung called pleura and cause cancer in lungs. The symptoms of mesothelioma in lungs start with discomfort in the chest cavity, coughing, and eventual pain. Usually people don’t come to know at its advanced stage and therefore, only 20% patients survive up to 5 years of diagnosis.
Mesothelioma in lungs is incurable. The treatments used to cure this disease like Photodynamic Therapy, Photodynamic Therapy, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, Gene Therapy, and Chemotherapy etc. can increase the survival duration of the patient. Sometimes the affected lung, pericardium and half of the diaphragm are removed by surgeons to extend the survival duration of the patient.
Treatments to cure this disease are expensive and because of this, compensation money is given to the patient suffering with mesothelioma in lungs by the person who is responsible for him to work with asbestos. But, patient has to prove that he worked with asbestos and because of that only he got mesothelioma. If the patient succeeds, he gets enough money to finance his treatment.
This disease commonly occurs in lungs and the symptoms of this disease do not appear even after 40-45 years of inhalation of asbestos. People usually inhale fine fibers of asbestos at work places. Asbestos is used in many industries because of its durability, heat and fire resistant property by Metal plate workers, Decorators, Builders, Electricians, Carpenters, Gas fitters, Plumbers etc. Usually, males suffer with mesothelioma in lungs; females come in contact with asbestos while washing clothes of their husbands.
Asbestos is found in many forms, but crocidolite is the most dangerous one, commonly known as blue asbestos. It is so because the fibers of crocidolite are very fine. After inhalation, particles stick to the external lining of the lung called pleura and cause cancer in lungs. The symptoms of mesothelioma in lungs start with discomfort in the chest cavity, coughing, and eventual pain. Usually people don’t come to know at its advanced stage and therefore, only 20% patients survive up to 5 years of diagnosis.
Mesothelioma in lungs is incurable. The treatments used to cure this disease like Photodynamic Therapy, Photodynamic Therapy, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy, Gene Therapy, and Chemotherapy etc. can increase the survival duration of the patient. Sometimes the affected lung, pericardium and half of the diaphragm are removed by surgeons to extend the survival duration of the patient.
Treatments to cure this disease are expensive and because of this, compensation money is given to the patient suffering with mesothelioma in lungs by the person who is responsible for him to work with asbestos. But, patient has to prove that he worked with asbestos and because of that only he got mesothelioma. If the patient succeeds, he gets enough money to finance his treatment.
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