Asbestos Poisoning Disease Cure

Asbestos Poisoning Disease Cure

Both asbestosis and mesothelioma are progressive, incurable diseases. Asbestosis grows slowly worse over a long period of time, while mesothelioma is a very aggressive malignancy. The average survival time for a mesothelioma patient after diagnosis seems to hover around twelve months, although these figures can be deceptive for cases that are diagnosed early and treated aggressively.

A 2005 report that surveyed the skilled use of surgery and chemotherapy in treating pleural mesothelioma showed a reduction in morbidity rate that was traditionally ranged from 35% to 50%, down to less than four percent. Median survival time jumped to nineteen months, with two year survival rate at 38% of patients and five year survival at 19%. These figures indicate substantial steps forward with effective treatment modalities and experienced surgeons. So progress is being made.
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Asbestos Poisoning Symptoms

Asbestos Poisoning Symptoms

One of the unusual characteristics of asbestos poisoning is the length of time that they take to develop after a person has inhaled or ingested asbestos fibers. The latency period for mesothelioma is between twenty and fifty years. An analysis of over 2,500 cases in the Italian registry for the disease showed a median latency of 44.6 years. Someone who inhaled asbestos-laden dust on a construction site while in his late twenties may begin to show symptoms of mesothelioma well after he has retired.

Asbestosis can take twenty years to develop, as can asbestos-related lung cancer. Asbestos poisoning also shares early symptoms with many other, more common diseases such as pneumonia and COPD. Tightness in the chest, a persistent dry cough, shortness of breath and chest pain all are characteristics of asbestos diseases – and many others as well. That means that asbestos diseases often aren’t diagnosed until they have developed into a major health problem.
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