Asbestos and Mesothelioma
Mesothelioma is one form of cancer that particularly affect heart, lungs, abdomen and occasionally genital. In recent years the incidence of mesothelioma has increased. Its occurrence is found in certain areas. The deposition of asbestos fiber causes such cancer to different organs of human body specially lings. If one is exposed to asbestos, in the long run the deposition of asbestos fiber makes the cell malignant. And this process goes on till the disease manifested firmly in our body.
Long thin fibers of asbestos are highly carcinogenic. However it cannot be said that shorter asbestos fiber are not carcinogenic. Such asbestos fibers easily float in the air for long and we take it while inhaling oxygen. This transport of asbestos fiber to human respiratory system is the root cause of mesothelioma. It has been proved that asbestos are complete carcinogenic and acts a major factor leading to mesothelioma. Asbestos can change the secretion ability of the macrophages; as a result a condition is created within our body to develop mesothelioma. It gradually affects DNA and makes the cells malignant. In another way asbestos is also carcinogenic. It has the property of suppressing immunization of our body. When it absolved by pour body, the natural killer cell of our body do not function properly. In another way asbestos also affect our body. It has the ability to alter our genetics. The above discuss makes it very clear that asbestos is the main culprit of causing mesothelioma. Therefore, it is most important for us to remain away from asbestos. If we become expose to asbestos today, it may appear in the form of mesothelioma after twenty years or more.