Understanding Your Asbestos Disease Claims
Asbestos is a poisonous substance that causes damage to the lungs asbestos fibres irritate the fibres in the lungs themselves, causing fibroids, thickening, asbestosis and potentially Lung cancer. In most cases you should make an asbestos claim to support yourself, once diagnosed. One of the biggest areas that you need to understand is that asbestos exposure can begin to affect you two or three decades or more after your contact with the material, so you need to ensure that youre protected and supported in your life post diagnosis and that you receive the correct compensation and support for your exposure.
Plaques and Fibroids
Very minor exposure results in pleural (lung) plaques and fibroids, and at present all but the most severe instances of this arent eligible for compensation. Its easy to tell how they occurred however as there will still be asbestos fibres in the plaques themselves. Its also critical to understand that though these types of problem arent currently eligible for compensation, they should be monitored to ensure that your condition doesnt deteriorate into other areas of asbestos related claims. There are support groups for those with pleural plaques, so you should contact whomever your GP refers you to.
Pleural thickening
One of the major areas that people start to notice when exposed to asbestos is thickening large areas of damage where the pleural walls thicken and often makes it difficult to breathe. Breathlessness creates other issues, but the thickening of the walls, caused by can be pursued in relation to an asbestos claim. While many people find this difficult to absorb, its critical that as soon as youve been diagnosed with thickening of any kind, that it is investigated further.
Asbestosis
The next step up from pleural thickening in severity is asbestosis this is where areas of the lungs have been badly compromised by asbestos fibres and is a type of fibrosis that shrinks the lungs. There could be other complication, making it difficult to breathe. Again, exposure to asbestos needs to be quite significant in most cases, and will create issues 10 to 20+ years after exposure. Again, this can be compensated, so opening an asbestos claim is essential.
Lung and other types of cancer
While Lung cancer is primarily associated with the inhalation of tobacco or other toxic smoke, asbestos can create types of cancer, both directly in the lungs, or in the pleural or peritoneal lining but one of the things that is coming out in research relating to these types of cancer is that they are even appearing in those related to people that work with asbestos and is believed to be due to the dust they brought home on their clothes. Its critical in these cases to get clear advice and support to discuss what you can do about these types of cancer, especially if youve been exposed via indirect contact.
Asbestos is a poisonous substance that causes damage to the lungs asbestos fibres irritate the fibres in the lungs themselves, causing fibroids, thickening, asbestosis and potentially Lung cancer. In most cases you should make an asbestos claim to support yourself, once diagnosed. One of the biggest areas that you need to understand is that asbestos exposure can begin to affect you two or three decades or more after your contact with the material, so you need to ensure that youre protected and supported in your life post diagnosis and that you receive the correct compensation and support for your exposure.
Plaques and Fibroids
Very minor exposure results in pleural (lung) plaques and fibroids, and at present all but the most severe instances of this arent eligible for compensation. Its easy to tell how they occurred however as there will still be asbestos fibres in the plaques themselves. Its also critical to understand that though these types of problem arent currently eligible for compensation, they should be monitored to ensure that your condition doesnt deteriorate into other areas of asbestos related claims. There are support groups for those with pleural plaques, so you should contact whomever your GP refers you to.
Pleural thickening
One of the major areas that people start to notice when exposed to asbestos is thickening large areas of damage where the pleural walls thicken and often makes it difficult to breathe. Breathlessness creates other issues, but the thickening of the walls, caused by can be pursued in relation to an asbestos claim. While many people find this difficult to absorb, its critical that as soon as youve been diagnosed with thickening of any kind, that it is investigated further.
Asbestosis
The next step up from pleural thickening in severity is asbestosis this is where areas of the lungs have been badly compromised by asbestos fibres and is a type of fibrosis that shrinks the lungs. There could be other complication, making it difficult to breathe. Again, exposure to asbestos needs to be quite significant in most cases, and will create issues 10 to 20+ years after exposure. Again, this can be compensated, so opening an asbestos claim is essential.
Lung and other types of cancer
While Lung cancer is primarily associated with the inhalation of tobacco or other toxic smoke, asbestos can create types of cancer, both directly in the lungs, or in the pleural or peritoneal lining but one of the things that is coming out in research relating to these types of cancer is that they are even appearing in those related to people that work with asbestos and is believed to be due to the dust they brought home on their clothes. Its critical in these cases to get clear advice and support to discuss what you can do about these types of cancer, especially if youve been exposed via indirect contact.
You should make your Asbestos Claim as soon as you discover that you could have problems with your health. No matter what you do, health advice and support is critical and can help ease your symptoms.
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