One of the risks of asbestos exposure is developing a rare form of cancer called malignant mesothelioma, which starts when cells found in the protective lining of your body’s internal organs, abnormally divide.
Mesothelioma asbestos cancer is a life-threatening disease that can affect any of the millions of people that are exposed to asbestos due to their work environment. Generally speaking, men have far more cases of mesothelioma because they work in environments where asbestos is present more frequently.
That’s because mesothelioma asbestos cancer affects women differently than men. Women face unique health risk from mesothelioma that require the intervention of a urologist who can monitor and treat the genitourinary tract.
Symptoms of mesothelioma in women, as well as men, often don’t show up for 10 to 40 years after someone is exposed to asbestos. Symptoms include shortness of breath and pain in the chest.
The term for the complications that women face is “benign cystic mesothelioma.” If you are a woman with mesothelioma or think you may have it, you should definitely go over the risks with your doctor.
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