Let me make this clear at the outset. I’m not a doctor. And the word mesothelioma is some kind of a tongue-twister to me.
But let me begin off with this article with a definition of the term from Wordweb.
Mesothelioma is ” a rare form of carcinoma of the mesothelium lining lungs or abdomen or heart; usually associated with exposure to asbestos dust.”
So there you are. Mesothelioma and asbestos have a common denominator. Asbestos is the root cause of a disease widely known as mesothelioma. In fact, those who breath asbestos dust have high probability of acquiring this disease.
The most common form of mesothelioma is known as pleural mesothelioma, which affects the membrane that lines the chest cavity and the lungs.
There are about 2,000 cases of mesothelioma that are reported yearly in the United Says alone.
The depressing part is that mesothelioma symptoms might not appear until about 30 years from first exposure to asbestos. The use of asbestos was as wide and common as late as thirty years ago, and those that have recently manifested their mesothelioma symptoms got exposed to asbestos from the 1950s to the 1970s. (more…)
