Some Truth About Mesothelioma Asbestos Lung

There are various types of mesothelioma lung, but it is a mesothelioma asbestos-induced cancer of the mesothelium of the lung, more familiarly known as the pleura, which is the outer covering of the lung.

Many of the major organs of the body have a mesothelium, that of the heart called the pericardium and the heart of the peritoneum. However, it is the pleura that interests us here, and the symptoms of mesothelioma asbestos lung are what you would expect: cough, pain in the chest cavity and the final.

Before coming to the possible treatments and palliative care, let's look at what causes it and why we still see today, after new cases of asbestos has been banned for the use of the building in 1970.

Asbestos comes in many forms, thought to be the most dangerous crocidolite, commonly known as blue asbestos. This form of asbestos is located in a highly fibrous form, and it is the inhalation and ingestion of these fibers that cause the problem. They tend to remain in the body for a considerable period of time and can take up to 40-45 years before mesothelioma symptoms begin to appear, although some people contract in their 30s.

To complicate the situation, not only asbestos that causes the symptoms, but any fibrous silicate, which is why some compensation cases are not cut and dry as they could be. To add to this complication, the smoke adds to the possibility of cancer and it is argued that many patients would not have contracted mesothelioma had they not smoked.

This is not just an argument made by lawyers in court, but was established by the statistics. It 'pretty certain that smokers have a higher tendency of contracting mesothelioma asbestos lung than non-smokers, since the lawyers for the employers have used this as a reason to have greatly reduced the otherwise high earnings.

There is a popular misconception that mesothelioma is caused by asbestos, but it is just a misunderstanding. Lung cancer is mesothelioma, and in 80% of cases of mesothelioma are caused by smoking USA. This is an indisputable fact. In order to prove the intervention of asbestos in a case, therefore, not only the patients must demonstrate that they have worked with asbestos but had not smoked. If they had smoked, then the prize may be greatly reduced.

in court, but was established by the statistics. It 'pretty certain that smokers have a higher tendency of contracting mesothelioma asbestos lung than non-smokers, since the lawyers for the employers have used this as a reason to have greatly reduced the otherwise high earnings.
There is a popular misconception that mesothelioma is caused by asbestos, but it is just a misunderstanding. Lung cancer is mesothelioma, and in 80% of cases of mesothelioma are caused by smoking USA. This is an indisputable fact. In order to prove the intervention of asbestos in a case, therefore, not only the patients must demonstrate that they have worked with asbestos but had not smoked. If they had smoked, then the prize may be greatly reduced.

The term "asbestos lung mesothelioma" is thus an incorrect because this form of the disease to which we refer is caused by asbestos, and non-smokers, it is not the pleura of the lung and the pericardium or peritoneum, and mesothelioma.

His treatment is largely palliative, or intended to alleviate the suffering, because the prognosis is quite grim. Only about 20% of cases live to 5 years after diagnosis, with the majority survive only one year, although much depends on how far the condition had developed at the time when he was diagnosed. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are used, but not with success, and various degrees of intervention are also used. The removal of the affected lung, pericardium, and half of the diaphragm is the most important of these, and also only the life that extends up to a maximum of about five years of diagnosis.

There are new treatments being tested, but all treatments are expensive, and probably need a good lawyer to ensure compensation to pay for these. Ultimately you will need hospice and again the compensation money must be retained for that. In the final analysis, in spite of all treatment given, it is palliative care that will make the last days of the patient's bearable, as well as the help and support of the family, and this is what compensation may be funded.