Asbestos Fibers -- Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer Glossary of Terms
Current Location: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer Glossary of Terms -> A -> Asbestos FibersAsbestos can be found in many places around the world, from car parts and buildings to household goods and electrical products. This is because asbestos was widely used for many different purposes up until the 1980s and can therefore still be found in many places. Asbestos is a naturally occurring substance that can be found on the planet, and has been used for many years in a range of applications until the implications and dangers of exposure to asbestos fibers became widely recognized.
Asbestos fibers and dust can be released into the air when asbestos is improperly handled and disturbed. This can cause air pollution that threatens the health or even the lives of those exposed to it. Those exposed to asbestos fibers and dust for long periods or at very high levels are most at risk, which means that people who work or once worked with asbestos and asbestos products could be at risk.
Among the problems that are associated with exposure to airborne asbestos fibers are respiratory problems, pleural plaques, asbestosis, and mesothelioma, which is a cancer resulting from asbestos exposure that can affect the heart, lungs, or abdomen. There is no known cure for mesothelioma yet, and this disease can take many decades to manifest but shorten the victim’s lifespan to months following the onset of symptoms.
Asbestos fibers can linger in the air for a long time once they become airborne, and when they are swallowed or breathed in through the air, they then settle in the lungs. Many of the people who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma in recent years are those who worked with asbestos and were exposed to asbestos fibers several decades ago, when the substance was still widely used.
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