Who are at Risk of Mesothelioma?

It is widely known that mesothelioma is mainly caused by exposure to asbestos in almost 100 percent of all cases recorded. Doctors and experts established that the sources of mesothelioma are the tiny asbestos fibers, which implant themselves in thin tissue and act like needles. This causes the specific tissue group to allow for cancer cells to develop. After the tiny fibers reach the peritoneum or pleura, mesothelioma lung cancer is only a step away.

Usually, mesothelioma cancer occurs in specific groups and can also be transmitted in some ways to relatives of those people. The risk groups are:

• ship builders
• ship repair crews
• plumbers
• miners (only those working for asbestos extraction companies, extracting minerals part of the amphibole group)
• construction workers

Asbestos fibers can be carried on clothes and brought back home by workers.

Treatments methods develop in the last two years include methods of preventing mesothelioma, because if it has already appeared in a person it cannot be cured yet. Experts developed special masks that allow for normal breathing but stop the tiny fibers from being inhaled or swallowed by people. Among other prevention methods, mesothelioma doctors advice people part of the above mentioned risk groups to have a specific diet in order to avoid cancer.Preventing mesothelioma is the only way to cure it, for now.