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mesolawcenter · 28 days ago
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How Long Does It Take to Develop Mesothelioma in 2024? | Discover the Reason
Introduction Mesothelioma is a rare and aggressive cancer primarily caused by asbestos exposure. One of the key challenges with this disease is its long latency period, meaning that it often takes decades to develop symptoms after initial exposure. Understanding the timeline for mesothelioma development is crucial for those who have been exposed to asbestos and want to monitor their health closely. This article delves into the latency period of mesothelioma, factors influencing its onset, and early warning signs.
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1. What Is the Latency Period for Mesothelioma? The latency period is the time between initial asbestos exposure and the onset of symptoms.
Typical range: 20-50 years, with some cases appearing earlier or later.
Why it varies: Factors like the amount of asbestos exposure and individual health can influence the latency period.
2. How Does Asbestos Exposure Lead to Mesothelioma? Inhaled or ingested asbestos fibers can lodge in the body's tissues, causing inflammation and scarring over time.
Long-term damage: Persistent irritation can lead to genetic mutations.
Cancerous development: These mutations may eventually cause mesothelial cells to become cancerous.
3. What Factors Influence the Time It Takes for Mesothelioma to Develop? Several factors can impact how quickly mesothelioma manifests after exposure.
Extent of exposure: Higher levels of asbestos exposure can lead to shorter latency periods.
Duration of exposure: Prolonged exposure may also result in earlier onset.
Age at exposure: Younger individuals may experience longer latency periods as the body takes longer to exhibit symptoms.
4. Can Early Detection Shorten the Latency Period? Early detection does not affect the latency period but can improve treatment outcomes.
Importance of regular screening: Individuals with known asbestos exposure should undergo regular health check-ups.
Diagnostic methods: Imaging tests like X-rays or CT scans can help detect early signs of mesothelioma.
5. What Are the Early Signs of Mesothelioma to Watch For? Recognizing symptoms early can be challenging due to their general nature.
Pleural mesothelioma: Chest pain, shortness of breath, persistent cough.
Peritoneal mesothelioma: Abdominal swelling, pain, and weight loss.
Pericardial mesothelioma: Heart palpitations, chest pain, and difficulty breathing.
6. Why Does Mesothelioma Take So Long to Appear? The long development time of mesothelioma is linked to how asbestos fibers interact with the body.
Gradual damage: Asbestos causes slow and steady damage to mesothelial cells.
Delayed mutation: It takes years for cellular damage to accumulate and transform into cancer.
Conclusion Mesothelioma's lengthy latency period makes it challenging to diagnose early, often resulting in detection at advanced stages. For individuals with a history of asbestos exposure, understanding the timeline of mesothelioma development and seeking regular medical evaluations is essential for early intervention and better management of the disease.
FAQs
Can mesothelioma appear sooner than 20 years after exposure? Yes, though rare, some cases of mesothelioma can develop within 10-15 years of exposure.
How can I know if I am at risk of developing mesothelioma? If you have a history of asbestos exposure, especially in certain occupations, you are at risk and should monitor for symptoms.
Does everyone exposed to asbestos get mesothelioma? No, not everyone exposed will develop mesothelioma; genetics and exposure levels play a role.
Can mesothelioma develop after a single exposure to asbestos? While less common, a single, high-level exposure can still result in mesothelioma.
Are there any tests to determine if asbestos exposure has affected me? Imaging tests like CT scans and pulmonary function tests can help assess lung health after asbestos exposure.
What should I do if I was exposed to asbestos many years ago? Seek regular medical check-ups, inform your doctor about the exposure, and monitor any changes in your respiratory health.
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techmomma · 3 months ago
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One of the biggest reasons we lose potential jobs at this mitigation company?
Old white guy husbands.
For real, half of the cancellations for evaluations and mitigation are because the boomer husband said, after his wife called us, "Oh, no, I can do this myself." (Because, as mentioned previously, they don't want to pay the $350 evaluation fee. While having at least a six-figure job and a paid-off mortgage.)
Did he ever work in mitigation? No.
Does he know how? Not really but he can use a saw and knows how to use a wrench so that's basically the same, right?
Does he have instruments to detect moisture and mold? Nah but it'll be fine right? He can eyeball it. (No he can't and microscopic mold is probably already growing.)
Please don't let your boomer dads or grandpas or WHOEVER do their own mitigation after you've had a water leak (ESPECIALLY SEWAGE OH MY GOD DO NOT DO YOUR OWN SEWAGE DAMAGE MITIGATION), because none of this is even mentioning the fact that if their house was built before 2010 then they might be exposing themselves to asbestos, and if their house was built before 1980 they're almost DEFINITELY exposing themselves to asbestos AND LEAD. Save the poor asshole in your life from a wombo combo of mesothelioma AND lead poisoning. And maybe mold poisoning. The poor stupid bastards.
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aardvaark · 2 months ago
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the librarians "and the rise of chaos" (s3e1) watch through:
does headphones mysteriously talking specifically to you & directing you to do something not sound creepy? and like a really, really bad idea to follow those directions? i guess you’d just assume it’s the museum workers talking to you by radio or something…? tbh i’d just freak out lol
uh now how the fuck did jacob punch that hard? is he really supposed to be that strong or was that magic??
are we night at the museum-ing??
oh we are NOT night at the museuming. ohhh nooooo no no that’s like my biggest fear, mannequins & stuff like that coming to life. i’m irrationally scared of that happening irl lol
"your mothers did not hug you enough, did they?" jenkins is the funniest lmaooo
worried about baird’s intuition that they "need" to be better. feel like that’s gonna turn out to be a reasonable concern.
"my spidey senses" haha love you baird
PSHHH i love that ezekiel has not only been using magic stuff the whole time, but that he’s actually being very blatant about it and they’re just not noticing. his sweater is getting magically repaired a few feet away from them and no one noticed.
also ezekiel saying "sweater" (rather than "jumper"), he’s picking up american terms. not sure if that’s intentional from the writers (like, he’s bonding and therefore starting to naturally pick up their vocab) or if they just don’t know that we call them jumpers lol.
i feel the submarines gonna be of use later, and/or cassandra’s clock
flynn & eve comedy beats are my favourite. they work very well together.
flynns making smores for the meeting lmao
stumpy the gargoyle callback :(
cassandra just wants to talk about her clock!! she was literally jumping up & down about it. very relatable tbh, me when i get to talk about my niche interests.
baird asking about asbestos during their exploration of the super creepy basement is also very relatable. like yeah yeah possession or whatever, that’s great and all, but have you heard of mesothelioma? unfortunately i am far too concerned about mundane problems to be going on magical adventures.
the singing lmaoooo
ezekiel & cassandra both wanting to start a band
big new threat in DOSA??
AND the ultimate battle between good and evil? damn we have two pretty big season problems then!
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squeezysreservoirofcookies · 5 months ago
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random athf hcs
i know characters dying but reviving next ep/no continuity is the norm, but when it comes to steve, it would not surprise me if dr. weird had a large collection of steve clones that he just goes through for the lulz. he never has to hire new peeps so it's just convientient
plutonians purr like cats do and for the same reasons, but the purr sounds like a combo of a cat, a dove's coo, and a gutteral rattle
Carl: 6', Frylock: 5'3", Shake: From bottom to cup lid 5' but to the bend of the straw it's 6', Meatwad: 2', Oglethorpe: 5'9", Emory: 7', Ignigknot: 3', Err: 1', MC Peepants (Big Spider Mode): 8', Dr. Weird: 6'6", Steve: 5'9" for some heights
shake's pistachio milkshake power works like snake venom in that he can only shoot out a certain amount of it until he empties out, and that it takes a lot of energy/nutrients to regenerate it. not that it changes anything bc he'd still be a depraved omnivore of a sentient milkshake w/o the setback but uh. OH yea and it is edible, enough to fill a route 44 from sonic to the top, but you'd have to ask REAL nice or be hyper sweet to him if you wanna get it but no guarantee. plus hed prolly spit in it or immediately toss it to the ground
frylock's fries are also edible but it genuinely hurts him if you eat it bc while it is sorta like his hair, some also have bones in them and are basically like our hands/arms. maybe if he shoots his fries at you like in the movie it would be ok, but you'd get hurt af and it's the same w shake in that he cant use it too much bc it takes a lot of biological resources & energy to regenerate. if he wants to cut his hair he can take certain pain mediation for it.
DO NOT EAT MEATWAD. 1.) if u do ur a monster but 2.) it may be ground meat but it's got garbage, sand, broken down bits of food, dirt, poop?, pee, parasites, the whole 9 yards so unless ur a animal or if you want to shit ur organs and skeleton out bc ur that desperately hungry then go ahead ig
meatwad works through slime logic in that he can't actually die unless hes been atomized/obliterated completely/eaten whole then yea hes dead. he just needed some time to recuperate dw abt it. not to mention he can also eat just abt anything in any amt. also he knows every aspect of the skibidi toilet lore, but only some major details on the fnaf lore but do NOT ask him abt reminant and fazgoo cuz he'll just stare at you blankly
the mooninites used neil armstrong's footprints on the moon as their restroom
carl doesn't know what an anime is but if he did knew what it was he would absolutely be a fan of it (even if he'd hide it in shame). you dont wanna know what else.
shake sucks at sports in general and anything that requires physical activity, he prefers to watch it on his seat instead. he is physically strong when he's prepared to fight, but if you catch him by surprise he's a complete bitch. actually hes a complete wuss in general when it comes to trying to fight anyone bigger/aggressive than himself. if him and his girl get mugged while walking in the middle of the night he's tossing her at the robber and running (jumping) away. but anyone weaker/smaller/meeker is fair game bc ofc
frylock has misophonia (hates the sound of people chewing). anytime he tries to explain it, shake makes a mesothelioma joke. but also it's so intense he will straight up blast you if you dont listen to him, shake had to learn that the hard way
mooninites can only comprehend music in 8 bit/midi. like ignignokt can listen to regular classic rock and be like "fuck yea bro" but through his ears(? head??) it sounds like an 8 bit/midi rendition of it. idk if this is making any sense but the closest i can come up w is that its more like a translation thing
plutonians do poop/excrete?? waste that does act like all purpose cleaner from earth but it smells highkey like rotting eggs and aged cheese, maybe even worse depending on what they've ate
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adaine-party-wizard · 6 months ago
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america: why the fuck do yall have personal injury lawyer ads that specifically mention being a victim of police brutality as a reason?? like mesothelioma isn’t enough no police brutality is common enough that it’s a reason for a personal injury lawyer
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the-badger-mole · 2 years ago
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Me googling why I'm dizzy, my head hurts, my limbs feel like weights and I'm exhausted at barely 2pm: I...I think I might have mesothelioma 😭😭😭😭
My sister, a reasonable person: When's the last time you ate something?
Me: .....😑😑😑
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michaels-office-hours · 9 days ago
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Hi. Here’s a snippet of a thing.
“That’s definitely asbestos up there,” Swansea grumbled, hands on his hips.
Anya and Curly jumped away from the couch they were inspecting and stared at Swansea.
“Any real reason we should be in here getting mesothelioma?” Swansea muttered, glaring at Curly.
“I told you!” Curly blustered, walking over to where Swansea was over all the broken furniture and shattered glass. “I bought this place! We can all work together in the business I'm gonna make.”
“Oh Curly!” Anya exclaimed, hands over her mouth, tears springing to her eyes.
“And what kinda business does a mail clerk think he could run huh?” Swansea laughed harshly.
“I- you said yourself I was a pretty good leader back there in the mail room,” Curly retorted.
“Sure,” Swansea shrugged. “When everything went to crap? You did a pretty good job ironing it all out. But running a business is a whole different rodeo. You gotta worry about taxes, paying employees, hours, both yours and theirs, space, stock, investing, risk, capital, and do you even know what kinda place you're gonna run?”
“Remember the coffee shop we met Anya in?” Curly grinned.
“And you can’t steal names,” Swansea glared down at Curly, ignoring Anya’s coos of gratitude and sentimentality.
“I wasn’t planning on it!” Curly replied, handing Swansea an envelope.
Swansea looked it over as Anya came up to peek over his shoulder.
“Copyright office, official seal”
Was stamped across the front.
“Phoenix Coffee and Smoothie! Hot or your money back!” Curly chirped, rolling back and forth on the balls of his feet.
“Smoothie’s aren’t usually hot though,” Anya whispered to Swansea. “They’re usually cold.”
The two look across to Curly to see him staring away into nothing with an annoyed look on his face.
“Y’know what?” Curly grinned, though a little forced, while pushing them out of the building. “We can workshop the slogan! But this means we don't have to join the Pony Express!!”
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flaming-cactus · 2 months ago
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Wasn’t tagged but it’s 1am and im bored
I’m demisexual which means i’m attracted to you but not attracted to anyone else because they don’t have the same energy as you and I don’t want to have a relationship with anyone other than you so I guess I just want to be with someone that I feel safe and comfortable and happy with and that is a very strong bond with you I love you
Im so confused but also like somehow this seems like something i’d send to my boyfriend at like 2am for no reason on like a random tuesday or smth
Imma do aro now
I’m aromantic which means im attracted to men who don’t exist but I don’t think I can ever be attracted to women because I don’t want to have a relationship with a man that doesn’t exist or have any kind of sexual attraction to women so I don’t want to date a guy I just wanna have a boyfriend that’s what I do and then I just want a guy
Idk where to take this, none of it makes sense, anyways
@thecrazyalchemist @genderfluid-diaries @saucy-mesothelioma @ anyone else who wants to do this
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I'm asexual which means I'm attracted to the exit.
Well...I mean...accurate?
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