Asbestos

One of Lung Cancer Cause as well as Mesothelioma Risk Factor

Asbestos have been used for a long time ago, even hundred years ago and it still used nowadays. Doesn’t matter what time asbestos use and for any reason, it also comes with the risk. The risk that asbestos have is very horrible, it comes with very dangerous disease. The diseases that asbestos can make due to a long time exposure are lung cancer, asbestosis, as well as the most dangerous among all is mesothelioma, this disease can be called asbestos cancer.

Lungs

Respiratory System

Our lung is a very important part of body that used for respiratory. Our lung, divides into two lobes and the right into three lobes. If we count the length of airways that our lung has, the lungs contain approximately 1500 miles or 2,400 km, and the total surface of lung is about 70 m square in adult. Our lungs indeed have a very wide surface.

Since its sucking air every time, the lung tends to get disease more easily than any other part of our body. But why lung based diseases always diagnose in late condition/stage? This question may questioned by many people.