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Most of us feel affection for animals and almost everyone can say they do not want to see them suffer. Many Mesothelioma patients are pet owners and the calm that these animals give them cannot be replaced by any therapy, however it is important to realize that that lovable pet may also have been exposed to asbestos. These animals can come down with Mesothelioma cancer or other illnesses cause by asbestos exposure.
Asbestos poisoning or asbestosis occurs due to prolonged and constant exposure to asbestos. Illnesses caused by asbestos poisoning are fatal, aggressive and incurable. When asbestos fibers are inhaled, they will penetrate in lung tissues and become lodged in the lung lining, causing deep scarring and often leading to chronic breathing impairment and cancer. Asbestos exposure may also result in mesothelioma which directly affects the protective lining of the major organs such as lungs, heart and abdomen.
The diagnosis of asbestos poisoning can be somewhat difficult because symptoms of asbestos poisoning or its related diseases such as mesothelioma or asbestosis do not manifest until decades after exposure to asbestos.
Asbestos is naturally occurring mineral that is very durable and affordable, used in thousands of construction products because of its fire-proof, heat and erosion resistant and thermal insulating properties. Like many buildings, asbestos was also used in building materials that are common in schools. Schools that built before 1978 contain asbestos in their building materials like:
Mesothelioma is a deadly disease that is largely associated with asbestos exposure. Since occupational asbestos exposure is less common for women because men worked more frequently at asbestos job sites which put them in contact with harmful asbestos fibers. Men are the most prominent victims of the mesothelioma, but there is also some indication that mesothelioma in women is on the rise in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom in recent years.