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New York law
limits your time to bring a legal claim. To protect your rights, you
need to have your personal injury claim evaluated immediately. To
have your claim evaluated please fill out this form or contact us
at: bfinfo@belluckfox.com
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2.
What Types of Injuries Are Caused By Asbestos?
When a person breathes asbestos, fibers can become lodged in the
lungs. Once there, they can cause scarring. Asbestos fibers can also
cause mesothelioma and lung cancer. The knowledge that asbestos can
cause these fatal diseases has been known since the 1920's.
The specific disease types associated with asbestos exposure
include:
Asbestosis:
Asbestos can scar the lung and the lining of the lung. This scarring
is known as asbestosis or interstitial fibrosis. If enough scarring
occurs, it can impair the elasticity of the lungs and hamper their
ability to exchange gases. As a result, there is inadequate oxygen
intake to the blood. This impairment leads to shortness of breath.
Over time, the breathing capacity can diminish and in some cases,
become fatal.
Asbestosis, like other asbestos diseases, is a disease of latency --
it takes 10 to 40 years after exposure to asbestos for a person to
become sick.
There is no known cure for asbestosis.
Mesothelioma:
Asbestos can also lodge in the lining of the lung -- commonly known
as the pleura. These fibers can cause cancer in the pleural area,
known as mesothelioma. The only known cause of mesothelioma is
asbestos.
Mesothelioma appears at least 10 years after exposure to asbestos.
In some cases, a person exposed to asbestos over 50 years ago may
get mesothelioma this year.
For a complete description of mesothelioma, click
here to visit our mesothelioma page.
Lung Cancer:
Asbestos also causes lung cancer. A person who does not smoke can
get lung cancer from being to exposed to asbestos. If you smoked in
the past or are presently smoking, and have been diagnosed with lung
cancer, asbestos may also be a cause of your cancer. For smokers,
asbestos and tobacco act together, greatly increasing the risk of
lung cancer. The combination of smoking and asbestos can increase
the risk of developing lung cancer.
Lung cancer, depending on its severity and the medical history of
the individual, may be treated.
For information on cancer treatment centers, click
here.
Other Cancers:
Asbestos has also been associated with many other cancers, including
cancers of the throat and stomach areas.
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