Diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma is a
mesothelioma of the lungs that has spread wide.
inhaled fine asbestos dust. These fine asbestos dust
particles got into the pleura (thin lining of the lungs)
and started to incubate.
This is the most common type of mesothelioma
with about 3000 cases diagnosed yearly.
Victims are often between 50 and 70 years of age.
Often, just one lung is attacked.
Common Places To Find Asbestos Dust
Exposure to asbestos dust occurs in job areas like
railroads, asbestos manufacturing plants, and other
plants where asbestos is part component of the finished
product. You could see the use of asbestos in water pipes,
roofing sheets, wall and floor tiles, tubs and a lot more.
Even washing the clothes of a worker in an asbestos-component
plant exposes the otherwise innocent helper to the fine dust,
and possible mesothelioma.
Current Increase In Annual Incidence
There's an increase in the annual incidence of diffuse malignant
pleural mesothelioma.
This could be because the incubation period of 30-50 years
has come for many.
Recall that a lot of asbestos was used to quickly
erect structures to cater for the housing and school blocks
demand of the baby boomers.
A lot more people were exposed through this both as
manufacturers and as end-users.
Now they are of age.
Slow And Difficult Diagnosis
Early detection or diagnosis is difficult. This is because symptoms
don’t appear close to exposure period.
By the time it does appear, many years after, the victim might
have changed several jobs and locations, or even retired.
Symptoms like chest pain, swollen face, neck and arms, collection
of fluid in the thoracic cavity, loss of appetite and unexplained
weight loss show up. But by the time they are seen,
the diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma has reached an
advanced stage.
Mesothelioma Survivors
While mesothelioma is fatal, there are survivors who are
living witnesses that you too can live and live well and healthy.
There are specialist doctors and mesothelioma lawyers
that would help with diagnosis and compensation recovery.
These will help.
You can rewrite the prognosis, yourself...
