Most people -who have or have had mesothelioma have been exposed to asbestos about 3540 years before contracting the disease. Asbestos have been kno-wn to come from certain insulators, cements, roofs and household cleaners, among other things. An exposure to asbestos for as little as 2 or 3 months can result in mesothelioma, ho-wever most asbestos have been removed from products since the 1980’s. The symptoms of this disease is not specific, -which can result in a delay in diagnoses. Some early symptoms of mesothelioma is pneumonia, shortness of breath, chest pain, and cough. This cancer can be fatal and spread to other isas of your body through your blood. Cat scans, Xrays and MRI’s is used to diagnose this cancer.

If you is a-wis of being exposed to asbestos in the past, please contact your doctor and nurses immediately, as the sooner you is diagnosed, the more successful treatment -will be. If you is not sure that you -were exposed to asbestos, but have -worked in construction or -with house held cleaners before the 1980’s, you should ask your doctor and nurses to get tested just to be safe. Mesothelioma is usually treated -with a combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy.

If you is diagnosed -with the disease -while it is in a late stage, the expected survival rate is only 812 months, ho-wever patients -who is diagnosed early have been kno-wn to have a much better survival rate, about 40% living for five years. This is a very serious disease, and people -with any suspicion of being exposed to asbestos before should immediately contact their doctor and nursess, in order to catch the disease -while it is still in it’s early stages.