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If inhaled, asbestos in air can scar lung tissue.
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What happens when asbestos is breathed in?
When asbestos is inhaled, fibers penetrate the breathing passages and irritate, fill, inflame, and scar lung tissue
What is the disease in which the lungs are cut and scarred by asbestos?
Lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure is called lung cancer. In addition to asbestos exposure, lung cancer can be caused by smoking tobacco products, radiation exposure and other agents. Mesothilioma is a cancer of the mesothelium, the lining that covers the lung inside the chest. It is not, strictly speaking, lung cancer, but it is thought to be caused almost exclusively by asbestos exposure. Although it may not appear for 30-40 years after the first asbestos exposure, it is almost always fatal within a year of being diagnosed.
Are the links between asbestos and lung cancer?
Yes. Asbestos exposure does increase your risk of getting lung cancer.
What is the connection between asbestos and lung cancer?
Asbestos has been known for years to be one of the leading causes of lung cancer.
Can you have spontaneous pneumothorax if you have asbestos in you lung?
You can, but not because the asbestos is there. Asbestos does nothing to prevent that happening from other causes.
Can you get lung cancer from asbestos with out getting mesothelioma?
Mesothelioma IS lung cancer.
What are the hazards of the asbestos?
One type of asbestos (chrysotile) can cause a type of lung cancer (mesothelioma) and most types of asbestos cause a lung disease called asbestosis (a type of silicosis), when small airborne fibers of the asbestos are inhaled.
What is the correlation between asbestos exposure and lung cancer?
Asbestos is a direct cause of lung cancer. This relationship was first determined in 1925. Nonsmokers exposed to asbestos are five times more likely to develop lung cancer than other nonsmokers.
What are the symptoms of a person suffering from asbestos lung?
Asbestos lung disease is also called asbestosis. The symptoms of a person suffering from asbestos lung disease are chest pain, coughing, difficulty swallowing, loss of appetite, weight loss and blood in the sputum.
What exposure to asbestos lead to?
lung cancer
What can exposures to asbestos lead to?
lung cancer
What is the danger to your health from asbestos?
Exposure and inhilation of asbestos can cause cancers, lung damage, loss of lung function, and can lead to death. Symptoms of asbestos exposure may take may years to appear.
