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Volver al Blog de AsbestosAsbestos is known to cause several different kinds of cancer. The clearest examples of this include both lung cancer and mesothelioma.
But what about Leukemia?
Respuesta corta: Based on current research and data, the link between asbestos and leukemia is not as clear, compared to other kinds of cancer.
However, there is still ongoing research and debate on this topic. This means that is it well worth exploring the link between asbestos and Leukemia. Here’s what you need to know about how asbestos plays a role in the development of leukemia.
What We Do Know About Asbestos
Asbestos Causes Cancer
We can first start with what we do know about asbestos. El asbesto is a group of silicate materials that naturally occur. Because of its durability and resistance to the effects of nature like heat and corrosion, this material has been widely used in both homes and various industries for centuries. Asbestos is most dangerous when it is friable (broken up into fragments and airborne).
Asbestos becomes deadly to our bodies when exposed to its fibers and particles, released in the air.
Asbestos can be found in older homes as well as industrial work areas. Even the public square can become a dangerous place for asbestos exposure. One famous example of this is the tragic events of September 11, 2001. The streets of New York City became deadly ground zero of asbestos dust in the wreckage of the World Trade Centers.
Regardless of how someone is exposed to asbestos, it is important to know that asbestos fibers can be inhaled or swallowed. Since these fibers do not break down, they remain in our bodies, causing ongoing damage over time. Unfortunately, this damage remains unknown to many people until symptoms appear, often numerous decades after the time of exposure.
Asbestos-Related Disease Takes Time to Show Itself
By this time, asbestos symptoms like chest pain, dry cough, fluid in the lungs, and shortness of breath can sometimes indicate non-malignant asbestos injuries. These are non-cancerous injuries related to asbestos, but they are still chronic diseases that cause a debilitating lifestyle, such as asbestosis, pleural effusions, and pleural plaques. However, the symptoms associated with asbestos can often indicate that lung cancer or mesothelioma has developed. That brings up the important point that although asbestos is a naturally-occurring mineral, it is a known carcinógeno to the human body when we are exposed to its fibers.
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Si es posible que haya estado expuesto al asbesto, hable con su proveedor de atención médica sobre pruebas y exámenes para ayudar a detectar la presencia de fibras de enfermedades relacionadas con el asbesto.
What We Do Know About Leukemia
Leukemia is defined by the Mayo Clinic as cancer in the body’s blood-forming tissues. This can include the bone marrow as well as the lymphatic system, tissues, and organs that produce, store, and carry white blood cells. Besides the bone marrow, parts of the body that are included in the lymphatic system are the spleen, thymus, lymph nodes, and lymphatic vessels.
Like asbestos, leukemia can harm the body’s defenses.
Leukemia can be an especially dangerous form of cancer because the white blood cells that are responsible for helping our bodies fight disease become compromised and fail to function properly.
This can break down the body’s natural ability to repair itself, causing symptoms of frequent infections, irregular body temperature, bleeding and bruising, bone pain, and even swelling of the liver. Leukemia can even be overlooked until the disease has developed much more fully, especially because many of the symptoms mimic the flu or other illnesses. Blood tests are a common way that leukemia can be identified and professionally diagnosed
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One study conducted and published in H & O Clinical Case Studies includes a patient who had been exposed to asbestos and went on to develop both leukemia as well as thrombocythemia, which is a disease when too many platelets are made by the bone marrow, leading to abnormal blood clotting. The case study points to a possible correlation between asbestos exposure and the increased risk of these cancerous diseases, and that is based largely on what is known about asbestos exposure. As a carcinógeno, asbestos leads to chronic inflammation in the body, which can produce free radicals in the body, damage the DNA responsible for cellular growth, and contribute to the formation of cancerous tumors.
Cause vs. Contributing Factor in Health Research
Those same kinds of concerns in the increased risk factors for leukemia have been well documented as well. In other words, the risk factors that are associated with leukemia are the same risks that can occur in the case of asbestos exposure. While no direct link between asbestos exposure and leukemia has been revealed, the dangers associated with asbestos exposure can contribute to the development of leukemia.
Asbestos causes cancer. Health researchers are learning how.
Los estudios demuestran que las fibras de amianto se incrustan en el tejido corporal:
- Causando cicatrices
- Alterar los mecanismos de defensa del cuerpo.
- Aumento de la formación de radicales libres (cargas eléctricas que se sabe que aumentan la probabilidad de cáncer)
- Dañar el ADN que controla el crecimiento celular, lo que podría conducir a la formación de carcinomas (tumores cancerosos)
How to respond if you’re concerned about asbestos and leukemia
While current research to link asbestos exposure and the development of leukemia is still ongoing, what remains clear regarding both asbestos and leukemia is that the sooner they are identified and diagnosed, the better. Both asbestos-related diseases and leukemia run the risk of not being identified until much later on in someone’s life.
This is especially true in the case of asbestos exposure, which can take between 20 and 50 years in its latencia. It is important to know whether leukemia can in fact be caused by asbestos exposure, but it is much more important for us to know if and when we have been exposed to asbestos.
Getting Tested Now (Not Later)
One of the most important first steps that can be taken is to reach out to your medical provider as soon as possible if you have any concerns about exposure to asbestos. Even if you did not directly work in an industry where asbestos was present, exposure to asbestos could have happened in your childhood, especially with asbestos particles being brought into the home through a parent that worked around it.
If you suspect you may have symptoms of an asbestos disease like cancer, don’t wait to be tested.
Getting in touch with your healthcare provider can consist of getting an X-ray or other screening for asbestos-related health damage. The good news is, there’s nothing lost from receiving a clean bill of health and doing so can offer great peace of mind. If you determine that you have been exposed to asbestos, you may be entitled to financial compensation to help you get the tratamientos you need. To help you through the whole process, reach out to the professionals at AsbestosClaims.law today. They’re available to help you every step of the way.
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Para Justinian C. Lane, obtener una indemnización por las víctimas del asbesto es algo personal.
Los abuelos de Justiniano y su padre trabajaron con asbesto en su juventud y murieron de cánceres relacionados con el asbesto en sus últimos años.
En el momento de cada una de sus muertes, nadie en la familia de Justiniano sabía que eran elegibles para presentar una demanda por asbesto y buscar una compensación de los fideicomisos de asbesto.
Debido a que nadie en la familia de Justiniano conocía sus opciones, nunca recibieron compensación alguna por la muerte de sus seres queridos.
Si cree que su lesión o la de su familiar estuvo relacionada con la exposición al asbesto, podría tener derecho a una compensación significativa.
Este es dinero que podría usar para cubrir los costos de los servicios de remoción de asbesto, pagar el tratamiento médico y proteger de manera preventiva su bienestar físico.
También hay fideicomisos de asbesto que ofrecen compensación mucho más rápida y fácilmente (sin presentar una demanda).
Si desea ayuda para presentar un reclamo, ponerse en contacto por correo electrónico a [email protected] o llámenos o envíenos un mensaje de texto al (833) 4-ASBESTOS (427-2378) o (206) 455-9190. Escucharemos su historia y le explicaremos sus opciones. Y nunca cobramos por nada a menos que reciba dinero en su bolsillo.
Además de demandas legales, discapacidad de veteranos, seguridad social y protección del empleo como compensación de trabajadores, FELA y La ley de Jones para los trabajadores marítimos, hay fideicomisos de asbesto que se han establecido para indemnizar a los perjudicados por el asbesto sin tener que presentar una demanda.
No hay riesgo ni costo para hablar con uno de nuestro personal sobre su litigio de asbesto. No hay cargos a menos que reciba dinero.
Si tiene preguntas o inquietudes adicionales relacionadas con el asbesto, visite nuestro sitio web y página de YouTube para ver videos, infografías y respuestas a sus preguntas sobre el asbesto, incluida la salud y la seguridad, prueba de asbesto, la eliminación del asbesto de su hogar y edificio, y información legal sobre la compensación por lesiones de asbesto.
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W.A.R.D., que significa Worldwide Asbestos Research Database, ayuda a los clientes a reducir cuándo y dónde pueden haber estado expuestos, así como qué productos aún pueden contener asbesto.WARD también ayudará a indicar los tipos de compensación ya cuánto puede tener derecho una persona.
