| The causes of mesothelioma would seem to be | | | | Many people are under the false assumption that |
| more complicated than they are, but they're not. | | | | one of the causes of mesothelioma is smoking, |
| It would seem like such a virulent disease would | | | | but this is not true. Studies have reported and |
| be more complex in how it forms and what | | | | proven that there is no link between smoking and |
| causes one person to get it over another one. | | | | mesothelioma cancer. |
| But the causes can be boiled down to one word: | | | | But exposure to asbestos is only one part of the |
| asbestos. | | | | causes of asbestosis and mesothelioma cancer. |
| Asbestos is a group of minerals that are fibrous in | | | | When the asbestos gets into your lungs, it can |
| structure. Once used in building materials because | | | | become trapped in the lining. With the fibrous |
| of its ability to be fire resistant, asbestos is now | | | | texture of the material, it becomes difficult to |
| banned in many countries around the world. | | | | expel and can move around in the lungs, causing |
| There are three different kinds of asbestos that | | | | irreparable damage. This damage leads to scarring |
| can cause the dreaded mesothelioma cancer: | | | | in the lungs, which makes it difficult to breathe |
| Blue Asbestos - Known as the most dangerous | | | | properly. The lungs can actually become |
| type of asbestos and also the most damaging to | | | | sponge-like and dry out. |
| the lungs. | | | | Many of the causes of asbestosis and |
| Brown Asbestos - Mined in Africa and also quite | | | | mesothelioma cancer stem from exposure to |
| dangerous. | | | | asbestos fibers used in construction materials for |
| White Asbestos - This form of asbestos is still | | | | buildings that were constructed before these |
| used in manufacturing and production in the United | | | | discoveries were made. No one realized just how |
| States and Europe. | | | | harmful asbestos really was, and when they did, |
| Exposure to asbestos can take place twenty to | | | | they demolished the buildings with the fibers, but |
| thirty years before the patient even sees any | | | | then exposed the workers to those fibers in the |
| symptoms, making the causes of mesothelioma | | | | meantime. Older buildings can still have some |
| hard to manage. If you don't know or don't | | | | remaining asbestos in them, making it possible to |
| remember that you have been exposed, you | | | | still be exposed in low doses. But over time, these |
| might not find out the answer until decades later, | | | | causes of mesothelioma can still add up to |
| when the damage has already been done. | | | | damage to your body. |