The risk of asbestos-related illnesses was first discovered in the mid 1970s, but as the effects of exposure can rake decades to manifest, more and more cases are now coming to the fore. As such, there has been a significant rise in the number of people claiming for and winning deserved compensation.People who worked as gas fitters, plumbers, electricians, painters and decorators, laggers, thermal insulation engineers and building...more
Mesothelioma is a disease of mesothelium. Due to prolong exposure to dust and dust like particles a man can be affected with mesothelioma. The dust like particles can be from stone-crushing industries, asbestos industries, tyre factory, chemical factory etc. These particles gradually get accumulated over the mesothelium membrane of the lungs and during later stage in life it turns into fatal disease. In most cases it develops...more
Pleural Mesothelioma is a form of cancer, which can be brought on largely by exposure to asbestos, that strikes the various layers of the pleura around the chest wall structure. A few signs include things like shortness of breath and weight loss. Yet, being exposed to asbestos does not always result in cancer. Cures for it and precisely why it has an effect on a few men and women and not others is continually being looked into.X-rays will often establish the diagnosis of Pleural Mesothelioma then an individual will be referred to a medical oncologist. The oncologist can establish exactly what stage the sufferer is in and also advise treatment plans. Much like other kinds of cancer there are four stages. Obtaining a Pleural Mesothelioma prognosis is hard simply because every situation is influenced by the patients particular health and stage they are in.When just the outermost layer of the pleura close to the chest wall or diaphragm is afflicted by Pleural Mesothelioma it will be called as stage 1. With this stage the oncologist may possibly propose radiation therapies. If your physician makes reference to it as stage 1b that will signify it might have also extended in to the...more
Mesothelioma is a form of most cancers which final results from malignant cells becoming shaped in the mesothelium. The mesothelium is a protective casing that covers most internal organs. This form of cancer is identified as having produced principally in people today exposed to asbestos in their line of work. In the Work...more
Asbestos is a mineral that can be found within nature in six different natural formations. The structure of asbestos can be disoriented into fibres. Asbestos fibres are long, thin and crystalline. They were considered as miracle fibbers in ancient China and Persian civilization, because of their special capabilities. These fibres are...more
One interesting study is called, Determinants of restrictive lung function in asbestos-induced pleural fibrosis by D. A. Schwartz, J. R. Galvin, C. S. Dayton, W. Stanford, J. A. Merchant and G. W. Hunninghake - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242. J Appl Physiol 68: 1932-1937, 1990. Here is an excerpt: We evaluated whether restrictive lung function among asbestos-exposed individuals with pleural fibrosis was caused by radiographically inapparent parenchymal inflammation and/or parenchymal fibrosis. All 24 study participants were sheet metal workers who were nonsmokers with normal parenchyma on posteroanterior chest radiograph. These subjects had either normal pleura (n = 7), circumscribed plaques (n = 9), or diffuse pleural thickening (n = 8). After controlling for age, years in the trade, and pack-years of smoking, we found that sheet metal workers with diffuse pleural thickening had a lower forced vital capacity (P less than 0.001), total lung capacity (P less than 0.01), and CO-diffusing capacity of the lung (P less than 0.05) than those with normal pleura. Similarly, sheet metal workers with circumscribed plaques were found to have a reduced...more
One interesting study is called, Fibre distribution in the lungs and pleura of subjects with asbestos related diffuse pleural fibrosis. By A R Gibbs, M Stephens, D M Griffiths, B J Blight, F D Pooley - Br J Ind Med 1991;48:762-770. Here is an...more
One interesting study is called, Hemizygosity of Nf2 is associated with increased susceptibility to asbestos-induced peritoneal tumours by Jocelyne Fleury-Feith, Cline Lecomte, Annie Renier, Mireille Matrat, Laurence Kheuang, Vincent Abramowski,...more
One interesting study is called, In vitro approaches for determining mechanisms of toxicity and carcinogenicity by asbestos in the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts. By B T Mossman - Environ Health Perspect. 1983 November; 53: 155161. Here is...more
One interesting study is called, A retrospective mortality cohort study of chrysotile asbestos products workers in Tianjin 19721987 by Wei-nan Cheng and Jian Kong - Environmental Research - Volume 59, Issue 1, October 1992, Pages 271-278. Here is an...more
One interesting study is called, Asbestos-induced lung inflammation by Marek Rola-Pleszczynski, Sylvie Gouin and Raymond Bgin - Inflammation Volume 8, Number 1, 53-62. Here is an excerpt: Abstract - In a recently developed sheep model of progressive...more
One interesting study is called, Asbestos exposure enhances the release of fibroblast growth factor by sheep alveolar macrophages. By Lemaire I, Rola-Pleszczynski M, Bgin R. - J Reticuloendothel Soc. 1983 Apr;33(4):275-85. Here is an excerpt:...more