Today, asbestos is the biggest killer in the workplace. People who have jobs affecting asbestos or establish contacts regularly with that would be at risk of suffering from mesothelioma, asbestosis and lung cancer. Types of respiratory diseases that attack is very dangerous and it is also very difficult to be cured. Currently, the research laboratories and pharmaceutical companies in the United States are conducting research to find a cure and treatment methods.
Mesothelioma is a rare disease caused by asbestos that is becoming increasingly common today. Although not much is known up to now, however, almost certain that awareness about this disease will soon be broadcast throughout the world, bearing in mind the increase in the cases against the men aged between 50 to 70 years.
Many of those who suffer from this disease is now being a multi million dollar filed a lawsuit against the companies that caused them exposed to asbestos exposure. Those most at risk of suffering from mesothelioma are those who regularly conduct direct contact with asbestos dust without adequate protection.
Although only a few months exposed to asbestos exposure is enough to cause mesothelioma is 25 to 30 years later. Mesothelioma latency period (the amount of time required to cause this disease effects) are ranged from 30 to 50 years. And this is one of the reasons that cause why mesothelioma is so difficult to treat because it is very difficult to detect it early. Other reasons that also causes why the disease is difficult to be healed is that posed by the early symptoms of mesothelioma have similarities with symptoms caused by many other common illnesses, such as pneumonia.
Symptoms of mesothelioma include:
- Lung infection
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Wheezing
- Chestfeelsthe pain
- Breathfeelsclaustrophobic
- Coughingbloodinphlegmissue
- A cough thatgetsworseover time
- Nauseaand vomiting
- Easilytired
- Decreasedappetite
- Losing weight
Estimated, in 35 years into the future to predict more than 1 million people in developed countries will die as a result of illness associated with this asbestos. Most of them are predicted to be died of mesothelioma and lung cancer, because the two diseases were the most productive is related to asbestos.