2. Lung Cancer
Despite the fact that mesothelioma is the most common cancer related to asbestos exposure, it can also cause other types of cancer, such as lung cancer. Asbestos is responsible for a small percentage of all cases of lung cancer (smoking is the most common cause.) Regardless of the cause, lung cancer symptoms include coughing, wheezing, breathlessness and chest pain. Lung cancer is one of the deadliest malignant diseases, causing about 3,200 deaths in the U.S. every year. It is particularly common among asbestos-exposed smokers.
My husband was diagnosed with asbestosis last fall. Is there a prognosis from this? I once read that, once diagnosed, a ten year span of degenerative lung problems can be expected, ending with death. Have I more to look forward to or is this about it?
I worked for a asbestos company for 25years most in a works office. I had to walk through the works every day. I’ve recently been diagnosed with Broncichaosis could this have anything to do with where i worked.
I am a second generation asbestos victim..my father died of mesothelioma…I have pleural plaque in both lungs…and experiencing the bone on bone shoulder rubbing (as you called it)…I am seeing an orthopedic Dr. for the shoulder pain…but never connected it to asbestos until I saw this article…I would like to know more and show this to my Doctor…
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Corrected spelling of my name from previous comment…