Short Term Asbestos Exposure Possibility

Many have asked if there is a possibility of diseases due to short term asbestos exposure for people who work in companies related to asbestos. Apparently, the answer is yes. There is possibility of some kind of disease can develop from short term asbestos exposure. 

How severe the diseases caused by short term asbestos exposure?

This question is often asked by health science students and common people. Actually, if the spread of asbestos fibers in the air occur in huge amount and people who are in the scope inhaled the air, it will remain dangerous. It means, not only dangerous for the workers in the construction companies, shipping companies, etc. that use a mixture of asbestos, but also for others who are not involved in the asbestos work. This is all because of the air that carries the particles or asbestos fibers are inhaled by humans.

This incident for example: the people who were around the roofing factory or asbestos board (and any factories involving asbestos in bulk work too, of course), they breathe air contaminated by asbestos particles. And this happens constantly. Over the time, the particles of asbestos are inhaled started making coughing.

Symptoms of short term asbestos exposure can be a dry cough that sometimes occurs. If people then move where the air is not contaminated with asbestos particles, they are not suffering from cough as before. But when he returned again to the first place and be there in a few days, then dry cough may occur again. If this happened for a long day, it will become more severe disease, as we often discuss.

What is the difference with the long term asbestos exposure?

The difference is obvious; we have often discussed, and is also done by the government by providing further information. Long term asbestos exposure can develop symptoms more than just a dry cough, and eventually become severe diseases, such as asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma.

Therefore, short term asbestos exposure can still be cured without high cost treatments.