MESOTHELIOMA

What is asbestose
The asbestose is a chronic inflammatory lung disease caused by asbestos exposure (inhalation). In the asbestose the parenchymal fabric of the lungs obtain marked, involving dyspnea (difficulty in breathing) and in more advanced cases leads to the cancer of lung and the mesothelioma.

The microscopic asbestos fibres of breathing during time firmly place these fibres in the lungs, driving with the marking of lung and an energetic reduction of respiratory capacity.

As with the mesothelioma, the signs and the symptoms of the asbestose appear years after the exposure of asbestos, and once detected, the state of the patient rigorously becomes worse, driving with the incapacity and even with death permanent.

What is asbestos
Asbestos is a class of the ores appearing naturally as thin separable fibres. It is composed of two groups: chrysotile and amphibole. The asbestos of amphibole have right acicular fibres and are composed of the actinolite, the anthophylite, the amosite, crocidolite, and tremolite. The chrysotile is the variety of asbestos which was/is employed in commercial applications.

Asbestos was extracted a long time, with the increased use since the 1800s. Because of certain known asbestos properties such as excellent thermal resistance, the excellent resistance of fire, excellent chemical resistance, and an excellent non-conductor of electricity, it was applied largely since the Forties Juste by the Eighties. It took place in the Eighties that the use of asbestos in much of commercial applications was prohibited. Asbestos was employed in tilings, roof, material of insulation, ceilings of noise, panels of switch, paintings, insulation for boilers of boat and warm water pipes, in the clutch and the brake-coatings of all the vehicles, and of host centre of other applications.

The bad effects of the asbestos inhalation was well-known of a very long time, but it was interdict in almost all the products towards the end of 80s due to a sudden increase in the related diseases by asbestos.

Who is with the maximum risk of asbestose
Such at the maximum risk of asbestose are people exposed to asbestos above long periods. The people working in asbestos mines are a great risk. Others which are a risk of asbestose are those which live in the environments of the asbestos mines, the workers of construction, the workmen of shipyard, clutch and of the workmen and mechanics of brake-coating, and all those which had the asbestos exposure to work. Even of such people family and friends are in danger.

Today asbestos is interdict in almost all the products and the handling of old asbestos is regulated. Even with all the precautions taken, the people are even today in danger while renovating their houses which contain asbestos in the floor, the roof, and the insulation.

Signs and symptoms of the asbestose
The signs and the symptoms of the asbestose could take between 20 to 40 years to develop and prepare. Compound with this problem, majority of the symptoms of the overlapping of asbestose with signs and symptoms of other evils such as asthma or bronchitis. All this returns the detection of the very difficult asbestose.

The asbestose could have one or more following symptoms.

-- Difficulty breathing, under the worse condition obtaining during time
-- Constant dry, noise cr�pitant while breathing
-- Obtaining tired after having carried out work far from physical
-- Soft constant with the pain engraves in the trunk
-- Constant cough

Other complications caused by Asbestosis
The asbestose is usually detected when it damaged considerable. This damage will be now limited to the lungs but not only could deviate with other bodies from the body.

The complications caused because of the asbestose could include one or more following.

-- Cancer of lung
-- Blood-pressure increased in the lungs
-- Complications of heart
-- Mesothelioma

Cancer of lung
It was observed that the heavy smokers who were detected with the asbestose are at the great risk to develop the cancer of lung. This occurs because of the decreased capacity of the lungs combined with the harmful effects of the cigarette smoke.

Blood-pressure increased in the lungs
The scars caused by asbestos fibres placed in the lungs above the compress of time the blood-vessels of lungs. This causes alternatively a blood-pressure raised in the arteries of lung known under the name of pulmonary hypertension.

Complications of heart
The blood-pressure increased in the lungs with time could lead to the enlarging and with the failure of the right heart of the 'ventricle of S. This ventricle is responsible to pump the blood of oxygen-less to the lungs for fresh oxygen.

Mesothelioma
The asbestose roughly takes 20 to 40 years after the initial asbestos exposure to be diagnosed. At this hour the thin asbestos fibres could travel to the external lining of the lungs (pl�vre) where it could cause a cancer known under the name of mesothelioma. It is the worst type of known cancer, usually carrying out to died in the 12 to 18 months after diagnosis. The mesothelioma could affect the lining of the lungs, the stomach, or the heart.

The asbestose and the mesothelioma are the two diseases completely different with the same cause (asbestos exposure) and should not be confused the ones with the others.

Treatment of the asbestose
The treatment of the asbestose could contain one or more following.

-- Vaccination
-- Drug
-- Stop of the nicotinism

Vaccination for the asbestose
In the asbestose, the state and the capacity of the lungs deteriorate mainly. Even a minor cold or an access of the influenza could create serious complications. It is very important to make sure that any evil (in some manner that minor) about the lungs should be avoided. It is for this purpose the doctor can give the patient vaccines for the influenza and pneumonia.

Drug for the asbestose
Pulmonary hypertension will be almost always part of asbestose. This complication is treated the drug which helps by increasing the blood-vessels. Thinners of blood could also be prescribed to make sure that no blood clot which could block the narrowed ships is caused.

Cease smoking if diagnosed with the asbestose
It is very crucial to stop to smoke (in the reference only to those which smoked) if diagnosed with the asbestose. The reduced capacity of the lungs combined with cigarette smoke lead to the perfect combination and the largest risk of the cancer of lung. The nicotinism will reduce the capacity also further from the lungs making it very difficult to breathe.

Made not with something as fall it as the asbestose a reason to stop the nicotinism. To give up the nicotinism is very good (for you, thus for those around you) even if you are/to currently feel perfectly healthy.