Pleural Mesothelioma-How Asbestos Exposure Occurs

Pleural Mesothelioma-How Asbestos Exposure Occurs

You have heard the words Pleural Mesothelioma on TV and the radio and probably do not know what they are. What they mean. How it happens.

Pleural mesothelioma is by far the most prevalent form of mesothelioma. In fact, three fourths of all mesothelioma asbestos cases are pleural mesothelioma.

Because we are Baby Boomers, we need to know more about this disease. We need to know what the mesothelioma symptoms are. one reason being is that the number of total mesothelioma cases in the United States increased between 1970 and 1990 and guess who was in the work place during this time? Baby Boomers.

Numbers of  has Pleural Mesothelioma has stabilized and seems to be on the decline, as fewer people are now exposed to asbestos at their workplace.

NOW, they know how harmful asbestos is.

In Europe, the numbers for Pleural Mesothelioma are still increasing but there is no speculation as to if the numbers in America will increase again. That research hasn’t been done yet.

Pleural Mesothelioma-How Asbestos Exposure Occurs is usually in the work place. People who worked for an extended period of time in an environment where asbestos dust was regularly released, are at greatest risk for pleural mesothelioma.

Ship yards, auto plants…any where there were products made with asbestos.

Our body’s natural defense mechanisms clear many asbestos fibers, BUT when asbestos exposure is heavy, these defense systems are overwhelmed and the body can not keep up with the defense.

Mucus within our airways trap asbestos fibers and other toxins that are inhaled. These trapped foreign particles are either swallowed or coughed up.

Some asbestos fibers are very difficult for the body to get rid of. These long, pointed fibers can reach the pleural lining of the chest wall and lungs and once the asbestos fibers have penetrated the pleura they injure the mesothelial cells.

Western medicine is still uncertain exactly how this injury leads to cancerous changes, but it does.

Pleural Mesothelioma-How Asbestos Exposure Occurs so slowly that the tissue changes leading to mesothelioma take forever to surface. It occurs so slowly that you can not tell what is occurring. Therefore, the symptoms of mesothelioma generally do not appear for 20 to 30 years after the initial asbestos exposure. In some cases, these changes have occurred up to a period of 50 years.

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