Asbestos poisoning is a hazard to the health of humans when a material containing asbestos is disturbed or breaks down. On breaking down, the fine particles (microscopic) of asbestos are released in air, where they can remain in a suspended form for hours or days together. Thus a person who is breathing in this area [...]
Asbestos poisoning is a hazard to the health of humans when a material containing asbestos is disturbed or breaks down. On breaking down, the fine particles (microscopic) of asbestos are released in air, where they can remain in a suspended form for hours or days together. Thus a person who is breathing in this area is exposed to the poisonous effects.
Asbestos poisoning can produce a multitude of serious conditions. These conditions may even become fatal. Asbestos poisoning causes scarring of the lung tissue, which may severely obstruct the breathing process. It can be fatal. It can produce lung cancer. It can produce mesothelioma which is the cancer of pericardial tissues which lie in the cavity of chest.
Asbestos poisoning symptoms usually do not appear for years after initial inhalation. Symptoms can be seen after 10-40 years of exposure. Firstly, there could be a mass in the abdomen that is followed by abdominal pain or swelling. There is tremendous pain just under the rib cage. Increased coughing coupled with fatigue and anemia also occurs. At times wheezing starts. There is a pleural effusion in which fluid starts accumulating around the lungs.
Other symptoms of poisoning are pulmonary hypertension, damage to the immune system and other types of respiratory damages.
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