Asbestos Disease: Types and Symptoms
Asbestos disease is related-lung disease which is caused by the exposure to asbestos fibers. Asbestos itself is a family of silica compounds, which is similar to silica found in computer chips or window glass, that the shapes and sizes are various. The substance form fibers comes in three common types, chrysotile or the white asbestos; amosite the brown asbestos; and crocidolite or the blue asbestos. Types of Asbestos Disease These three types are associated with non-cancerous and cancerous lung disease. You can find this material everywhere, furnaces, pipes, millboard, roof shingles, coating materials, textured paints, and also floor tiles. When you are continuously being exposure by this material, you have a wide chance to get lung disease. There are three types of lung disease caused by asbestos: - Asbestosis, which is the process of scarring of the lungs - Disease of pleura, the lining of the lungs. This disease has various symptoms and signs. The result of this disease...