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2. Mesothelioma - Wikipedia

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   Symptoms or signs of mesothelioma may not appear until 20 to 50 years (or more) after exposure to asbestos. Shortness of breath, cough, and pain in the chest due to an accumulation of fluid in the pleural space ( pleural effusion ) are often symptoms of pleural mesothelioma.

3. Asbestosis - Wikipedia

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   A plaque caused by asbestos exposure on the diaphragmatic pleura: Specialty: Pulmonology: Symptoms: Shortness of breath, cough, wheezing, chest pain [1] Complications: Lung cancer, mesothelioma, pleural fibrosis, pulmonary heart disease [1] [2] Usual onset ~10-40 years after long-term exposure [3] Causes: Asbestos [4] Diagnostic method

4. Health impact of asbestos - Wikipedia

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   Illnesses arise long after exposure: asbestos related diseases can arise decades after actual exposure. Asbestos industry alleged misconduct: alleged concealing, distorting, and suppressing of risk related information, by asbestos related businesses. As of 1999, trends indicate that the worldwide rate at which people are diagnosed with asbestos ...

5. Asbestos-related diseases - Wikipedia

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   Asbestos-related diseases are disorders of the lung and pleura caused by the inhalation of asbestos fibres. Asbestos-related diseases include non-malignant disorders such as asbestosis (pulmonary fibrosis due to asbestos), diffuse pleural thickening, pleural plaques, pleural effusion, rounded atelectasis and malignancies such as lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma.

6. Asbestos - Wikipedia

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   The most common diseases associated with chronic asbestos exposure are asbestosis (scarring of the lungs due to asbestos inhalation) and mesothelioma (cancer associated with asbestos). [10] Mesothelioma is an aggressive form of cancer and often leads to a life expectancy of less than 12 months after diagnosis. [116]

7. Pulmonary toxicity - Wikipedia

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   Pulmonary toxicity is possible due to many chemical compounds. However, the most famous (infamous) example is pulmonary toxicity due to asbestos. [7] Asbestos can lead to a highly dangerous (i.e., highly malignant) lung cancer called malignant pleural mesothelioma, sometimes also simply called mesothelioma. As a consequence, the use of asbestos ...