Asbestosis

One of Asbestos Caused Disease

Asbestosis is a disease that mainly caused by asbestos, it is one of lung disease that has slowly progressing. Even though the cause is the same with mesothelioma, there is a difference. Mesothelioma comes from a long time and a lot of asbestos exposure, however, unlike any other asbestos caused disease; it is not a cancer (like lung cancer and mesothelioma).

Asbestosis is actually a chronic inflammatory condition that caused by asbestos fibers inhalation, this condition affecting the parenchymal tissue of the lungs. Asbestosis won’t occur unless someone has a very intensive and long term of asbestos exposure. This is the reason why majority of asbestosis patient are those who works at manufacturing, mining, handling or removal of asbestos.

Asbestos

Lung Cancer and Mesothelioma Risk Factor

Asbestos have become part of our life, it is exist among us, and we use it to build our house and many building. Asbestos can cause many types of lung disease, includes lung cancer. There is a synergistic effect between tobacco smoking and asbestos in the formation of lung cancer. In the UK, asbestos accounts for 2–3% of male lung cancer deaths. Asbestos can also cause cancer of the pleura, called mesothelioma (which is often mistaken with lung cancer).

In industrialized country, asbestos exposure is giving 4% to 12% of all lung cancer cases. The death number from asbestos exposure in the UK in 1929 to 1996 was reaching 18,000 for mesothelioma and 1,800 for lung cancer. . In a study of cancer mortality among about 5 100 asbestos factory workers in east London followed for over 30 years since first exposure10, the excess lung cancer to mesothelioma ratio was 1.55:1.