What is the process of asbestos fibers get into the human body?

As you know that asbestos fibers have a size of 200 times thinner than a human hair, sharp, easy to fly with the air, and the young inhaled into the human body. Because the shape is sharp, then the asbestos fibers can be embedded in the human body up quite a long time. Over time, the fibers of asbestos cause disease.

In general, asbestos fibers get into the human body through the nose, but did not rule out the possibility of asbestos fibers can also enter through the mouth, for example through the water to drink. So, when a person drink water with asbestos fibers in it, then the asbestos fibers can enter the human body such as digestion, blood flow, and other organs ( Including heart, stomach, and lung).

How the disease progresses?

The asbestos fibers that enter through breathing, could not be directly into the lungs or to other parts of the body organs. Because it may be stuck throat section. Over time, this is what causes cancer of the larynx. But, if the asbestos fibers can pass through the throat and into the lungs, then after a long time will cause streaks scarring of the pleural layers, so that the result can not evolve and deflate, eventually interfere with lung function and cause diseases such as cancer.

See also: 5 type of disease caused by asbestos

A disease or cancer caused by asbestos, it usually takes a long time to be diagnosed. As mesothelioma which takes about 20-50 years to cause symptoms. Even after being diagnosed, doctors can make mistakes diagnosis because the symptoms of mesothelioma disease very similar to other diseases. But in general the symptoms caused by asbestos are as follows:
  • Breath sounds, short or hoarse
  • Coughing up blood
  • Coughing continuously and progressively worse
  • Dry cough and there are patches of bluish skin
  • Appetite decreased
  • It's hard to swallow
  • Weight loss
  • Pain or tightness in the chest
  • Swelling of the neck or face
  • Fatigue or lack of blood

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