Mesothelioma asbestos is a group of silicate minerals which can be separated into fibers. These fibers are very durable, flexible, long, thin, and are even resistant to heat and fire. Since they are such durable fibers, they have been continuously utilized in products in industries. Three types of asbestos fibers have been utilized in this manner, including the chrysotile, the amosite, and the crocidolite. The chrysotile is white in color, while the amosite and crocidolite are brown and blue, respectively. They arrive from different regions, including Canada, southern Africa, and Australia. When asbestos particles are released into the air through cutting or sawing through the material it is found in, the fibers go in through our system as we inhale. Usually, when we breathe in dust and other particles that do not belong in our system, our human body coughs them out, as a defense mechanism. Asbestos fibers are so small, however, that they can easily enter all the way into the alveoli in our lungs, which can cause very dangerous consequences. As they enter our body, our body tries to fight off these foreign particles. Their persistence in the body results in irritation and infections. Once these asbestos fibers are accumulated inside the body, they have the ability to move from area to area and infect other regions of the body. They can move from the lungs to the abdominal region, the region around the heart, and the pleural region. When they infect these areas, the different forms of mesothelioma develop, and malignant cells develop in the mesothelium, which is a protective lining which covers most of the bodily organs in our system. After these malignant cells develop, the cancer grows and mesothelioma is formed.
Types of Mesothelioma
» Epithelioid Mesothelioma
» Abdominal Mesothelioma
» Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
» Pericardial Mesothelioma
» Peritoneal Mesothelioma
» Pleural Mesothelioma