| Mesothelioma: A Full Spectrum
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| | latency period can be up to 40 years for
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| ExaminationReceiving much press in recent
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| | most types of lung cancer to develop.)
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| years ~ both because of the number of
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| | Trades in which aspestos exposure is
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| people affected, as well as the sometimes
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| | likely include:~ Asbestos product
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| sensational, multi-million-dollar
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| | manufacturing (insulation, roofing,
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| lawsuits that have been filed, fought,
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| | building, materials)~ Automotive repair
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| won & lost ~ is a rare form of cancer
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| | (brakes & clutches)~ Construction
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| known as malignant mesothelioma, whose
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| | contractors~ Maritime~ Miners~ Offshore
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| principle cause is exposure to aspestos
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| | rust removals~ Oil refineries~ Power
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| fibers.Asbestos, a known toxin since the
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| | plants~ Railroads~ Sand or abrasive
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| 1930's, is an inexpensive fibrous
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| | manufacturers~ Shipyards / ships / ship
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| material that is extremely durable and
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| | builders~ Steel mills~ Tile
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| heat resistant. Because of these
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| | cuttersMalignant mesothelioma is the
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| properties it was, for many years,
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| | formal medical name for this form of lung
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| heavily used in industry throughout the
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| | cancer. (A lay term for the equivalent
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| United States. Even after its
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| | condition is Aspestos Cancer).
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| carcinogenic (cancer-causing) properties
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| | Mesothelioma is the term used to describe
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| were discovered, many industries
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| | a cancerous tumor which involves the
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| continued to use asbestos, putting at
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| | mesothelial cells of an organ, usually
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| risk those who were exposed to it.
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| | the lungs, heart or abdominal organs.
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| Asbestos-containing products remain, to
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| | Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma or cancer
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| this day, in buildings, ships, industrial
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| | of the lung lining is the most common
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| facilities and other environments. The
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| | form of mesothelioma cancer. Peritoneal
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| EPA has stated that asbestos "presents an
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| | Mesothelioma is cancer of the stomach
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| unreasonable risk of injury to human
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| | lining and is the next most common
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| health." Even low levels of asbestos
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| | form.The onset of mesothelioma asbestos
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| exposure can trigger not only
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| | lung cancer is usually very slow: the
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| mesothelioma, but also asbestosis,
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| | time between aspestos exposure and the
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| pleural disease and lung cancer:
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| | onset of symptoms can be many years. The
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| diseases that are caused almost
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| | most common mesothelioma symptoms are
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| exclusively by asbestos. The statistics
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| | chest pain and pain in the lower back.
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| for recent years show an average of 3000
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| | Sometimes the pain is accompanied by
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| people per year dying of aspestos-related
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| | difficulty breathing, coughing, weight
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| causes.Because aspestos products have
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| | loss and fever.Symptoms for Pleural
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| been used so heavily by industry, many
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| | Mesothelioma (involving the lung / chest
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| people have come into contact with
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| | area) are:~ chest pain and pain in the
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| asbestos fibers via their jobs (e.g. via
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| | lower back~ difficulty breathing~
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| occupational exposure). There is also a
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| | coughing~ weight loss~ fever~ muscle
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| risk to the family members of those
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| | weakness and sensory loss~ swelling of
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| working in at-risk occupations; this
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| | the face and arms~ hoarseness~ coughing
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| exposure is called paraoccupational
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| | up bloodSymptoms of Peritoneal
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| exposure. People who live near sites that
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| | Mesothelioma (involving the abdominal /
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| have asbestos around the facility are
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| | stomach cavity, liver, spleen or the
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| also at risk. Refineries, power plants,
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| | bowel) are:~ abdominal bloating due to
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| factories, shipyards, steel mills and
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| | fluid accumulation in the abdominal
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| building demolition are types of work
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| | cavity~ nausea & vomiting~ swelling of
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| sites that can release asbestos fibers
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| | the feet~ fever~ impaired bowel
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| into the environment and contaminate
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| | functionDiagnosing mesothelioma (within
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| nearby residential neighborhoods.
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| | the framework of western medicine) can be
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| Mesothelioma can result from very small
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| | challenging, because the symptoms are
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| fibers or dust particles at low exposure
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| | quite similar to those of other illnesses
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| levels. (Most such exposure would likely
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| | and conditions.
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| have occurred prior to 1973, but the
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