What Causes asbestosis or Mesothelioma?

Asbestos has been used widely since the 1800s and most people around the world didn’t know anything about the effects of the hazardous mineral that can be inhaled and can be airborne. Sadly, even though we already have some carnal knowledge about the situation and that a lot of researches out there proves that asbestos is turning out to cause a lot of lungs and circulatory problems, we seem to use it widely. That is why there are a lot of medical groups out there doing their best to conduct more research about the study of asbestos and the treatment for the related complications due to the exposure to it.


 

It’s Causes

The causes or the mechanism of asbestos inside the body of its victim can prove fatal even with small amounts of inhalation. It can cause poisoning or it can cause damage to the lungs as well. It causes a condition called asbestosis along with other respiratory complications that are really hard to cope with. Moreover, a lot of the effects of these complications do not have treatments or cures yet. The build-up of the particles inside the lungs or anywhere in the body can even cause immediate death faster than smoke inhalation. 

How Did Asbestos Affect a Lot of People?

Asbestos has been widely used for industrial purposes during the industrial boom around the world. Due to that boom, there were a lot of products where asbestos was also used as an ingredient. There were very small or microscopic particles of asbestos that was inhaled by workers in the industries which required using them in their products. As the products for cement and construction. During the industrial revolution, there were a lot of these were used in

·         building bridges

·         railways

·         buildings and

·         roads—some of which are still being used or are still causing sickness to a lot of people until today.