| Asbestosis disease is a breathing disorder caused by | | | | Those who are at the highest risk work or have |
| breathing in asbestos fibers. After a long peroid of | | | | worked at jobs where they encountered asbestos |
| accumulation of these fibers in your lungs, they can | | | | regularly. Those occupations which are of high risks |
| cause scarring of lung tissue. And that is the reason | | | | include shipyard workers, railroad employees, power |
| why the abestosis symptoms include severe | | | | plant employers, steel mill workers, oil refinery |
| shortness of breath, fatigue, chest pain, and lead to | | | | workers, contractors/construction workers, |
| heart problems. | | | | firefighters, and those employed at vermiculite or talc |
| Like all the other asbestos-related diseases, | | | | mines or in factories that produce asbestos-containing |
| asbestosis is a latent disease. This means that | | | | products. |
| asbestosis disease will develop many years later after | | | | Even family members of those working in the above |
| a one's initial exposure to asbestos. Typically it takes | | | | occupations, have known to develop asbestosis |
| about 15 years or more years, before the asbestosis | | | | disease too. It is because the former brought back |
| symptoms start to show. | | | | home asbestos particles on their work clothes or |
| Who can get asbestosis disease? In fact practically | | | | their hair. |
| anyone who has had direct or secondary exposure | | | | Asbestosis disease can also happen to anyone who |
| to asbestos or asbestos-containing products can | | | | live in communities near an asbestos mine or in the |
| develop asbestosis disease. | | | | vicinity of a factory that manufactures asbestos or |
| But of course, not everyone who is exposed to | | | | asbestos-containing products. It is advisable to consult |
| asbestos will develop asbestosis, but according to | | | | your doctor if you lived near an asbestos factory or |
| study, everyone who develops this asbestosis | | | | mine and suffer from those mentioned asbestosis |
| disease has been exposed to asbestos. | | | | symptoms. |