What Are The Symptoms Of Asbestos Exposure?

Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous mineral that was widely used in building and home materials, water lines, many products, floor tiles, water lines, insulation, and more. Asbestos became popular from the 1930s to the 1980s because of its durability and heat/fire resistant property. Ever since it has been recognized as harmful to human health and dangerous to humans, it got banned in more than 50 countries. Exposure to asbestos can pose a serious and fatal risk to human health. Due to this reason, it’s extremely important to remove this hazardous substance from any property. For asbestos removal in Stockton, you need to rely on a professional company that provides asbestos removal services. Asbestos is a very hazardous substance, even the professionals who remove asbestos are trained to perform the process safely so that they don’t get exposed to it. Exposure to asbestos is not identifiable immediately. The asbestos exposure symptoms take 10-40 years to show on your body.

People at work, or at home may be at risk of exposure to asbestos. And the most common asbestos exposure which is seen is on the job when workers are dealing with asbestos to remove it.

Why asbestos is dangerous to human health?

People can also get exposed to asbestos through various other sources such as household products ( that are asbestos-containing products), and disturbed asbestos used in building and homes construction. Mesothelioma is a lung cancer disease that is caused by inhaling asbestos fibers.  It can even cause other serious fatal lung diseases such as asbestosis. Curing asbestosis is impossible but the damage done to the lungs can be reversed under asbestosis treatment and using other treatments.  Whether it’s a home renovation project or demolition in Stockton, the team handling these projects ensures that there is no presence of disturbed asbestos in these premises. For the safety of workers and people around, asbestos removal is given priority before starting these processes.

What are the symptoms of asbestos exposure?

If you think you may have got exposed to asbestos, go to a doctor and talk about its risks. When one inhales asbestos, the signs and symptoms don’t show up quickly or immediately. Asbestos-related diseases take a long time to develop in the human body. Immediate symptoms will not show up in case of asbestos exposure. Even if you have inhaled the asbestos fibers in high amounts, the symptoms will not become visible immediately. It usually takes years or decades to develop in the body after first exposure. In fact, there is no safe amount of asbestos exposure.

The first sign of asbestos exposure is Shortness of breath.

Others are-

    • Loss of appetite

    • Tightness in the chest

    • Weight loss

    • Pain in the chest

    • Pain in stomach

    • Chronic cough

    • Cough up blood

    • Pleural plaques

    • Asbestosis

    • Crackling sound when breathing

Additionally, if you’re a smoker, it increases the risk of lunger cancer after getting exposed to asbestos so many times. 

To detect asbestos-related diseases, a Chest X-ray is used normally. Even though chest X-rays don’t help in identifying asbestos fibers present in the lungs, the test is helpful in detecting early signs of lung disease that is caused by asbestos exposure.  

 When you go to a doctor for diagnosing asbestos exposure, a variety of lung tests can be used to detect the effects in your lungs. The doctor will check whether your lungs are working properly or not. Treatment is not available for asbestos exposure, but doctors can use treatments to reverse the damage to the lungs and help you breathe more easily. 

Conclusion:

Continuous exposure to asbestos can be life-threatening. If any building has asbestos-containing materials, a team of professionals who performs asbestos removal and demolition services in Vacaville needs to come in place for asbestos removal.