April 30th, 2011 by admin

Shortness of breath is a symptom of asbestos diseases. An interesting study of a place is, "non-malignant asbestos-related diseases in Brazilian asbestos-cement workers" by E. Algranti MD, DPH, EMC Mendonça MD, EM DeCapitani MD, PhD, MD Freitas JBP, MSc, HC Silva MD4, MA Bussacos Stat, MSc – American Journal of Industrial Medicine – Volume 40, issue 3, pages 240-254, September 2001 – Here's an excerpt: "Results – asbestosis was in 74 (8.9%) and pleural thickening present in 246 (29.7 %). The HRCT as the "best available evidence," it said, were that more false negatives than false positives shown in the X-ray readings of the parenchyma (21.6% false negative results, 4.2% false positives) and pleura ( 26.0% false negatives, 14.4% false positives) diseases caused by asbestos. latency period from first exposure was the best predictor for both asbestosis and pleural thickening. Subjects in the higher exposure groups presented lower levels of lung function. Read the rest of this entry »

April 30th, 2011 by admin

Disease development among people from dangerous asbestos has been studied carefully over the years. An interesting study is called "squamous metaplasia of the respiratory tract. Possible pathogenic role in asbestos-associated lung cancer." By Woodworth CD, Mossman BT, Craighead JE – Invest Lab. 1983, may, 48 (5) :578-84. Here is an excerpt. "Summary – Asbestos workers who smoke, have replaced a much higher risk of developing lung cancer than Non smoking squamous often changed the mucociliary epithelium in the airways of chronic users of cigarettes as a result of clearance mechanisms .. With two grids and transmission electron microscopy, we investigated the interaction of chrysotile and crocidolite and the metaplastic mucous in the bronchi of smokers found and produced in cultures of hamster trachea by enriched, serum-free medium. After deposition on the squamous epithelium, were both "long" and "short" fibers either by phagocytosis or moved Read the rest of this entry »