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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