Unfortunately, asbestosis is a disease that results in a relatively high number of deaths each year in the United States alone. This is mostly due to the lack of an efficient asbestosis treatment method and the fact that most of the companies using asbestos do not provide their workers with the needed and required by law protective equipment.
Asbestosis death rates
Asbestos exposure in the work place is the main cause of asbestosis death for many of the people infected with asbestosis. Similar to mesothelioma cancer, it requires anywhere from 2 to 30 years to develop, and when it does, asbestosis symptoms can’t be recognized immediately and will be mistaken for those of several other diseases. This results in certain death for patients that are not diagnosed with asbestosis as soon as the disease started to act. On the other hand, when it has been diagnosed, after the diagnosis, asbestosis prognosis is usually given. However, there is a general prognosis for every asbestos exposure case, for workers and other risk groups.
Statistics concerning deaths caused by asbestosis are showing the following:
- Asbestosis mortality rates have increased in the last decade and are expected to double by 2013
- Asbestos fibers are the 7th cause of death in the United States today
- The Department of Health has issued several regulation sets to improve the environment for asbestos mine workers, which have helped lowering the number of asbestosis cases in the last few years
- VAG (or the Vermont Asbestos Group) was responsible for over 50 percent of casualties in the time it was active
- The Health Department issued a statement that refers to the causes of asbestosis, mesothelioma and other similar diseases, which clearly stated that there are no other known causes other than exposure to asbestos
- Some states are looking to issue a law that requires the death certificate of a asbestosis and mesothelioma victims to mention the cause of death and how it occurred
How to prevent asbestosis?
It is a widely known fact, that asbestosis the same like mesothelioma is not curable in certain cases, because it develops similar to lung cancer. It is vital for any one that could be around friable asbestos to remove or to use protective equipment, especially certain high risk groups.
There is no other way to stop these diseases caused by asbestos, and besides that, preventing them all together is easier and more cost effective than treating patients. This should be the main objective of companies.
Do not hesitate to contact asbestosis and mesothelioma centers regarding an asbestos or mesothelioma aspect. We will be glad to help in any way that we can, completely and absolutely free.
