Askingthedoc.com is where you can find valuable information about Asbestosis and asbestos cancer and can have your questions about it answered. The site is not intended to replace your physician, but to give you an opportunity to gain more information on Asbestosis, a lung cancer caused by asbestos exposure and medically known as Mesothelioma. 

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Becoming knowledgeable about your condition is the first step, but each month we hear of people who have been diagnosed and then simply sent home - with no treatment. Once you know your condition, know your legal rights for treatment. 

Asbestosis is a distinct type of lung cancer caused by the occupational hazard of asbestos exposure and is known as Asbestosis. In most cases, asbestos cancer is caused by exposure to asbestos and affects the lining of the lungs. At present, treatment is limited to surgical removal of the damaged tissue, often the right lung where asbestos poisoning often occurs first. 

The internet gives us a special opportunity to be informed and to find medical advice from a specialist in asbestos cancer and get help for patients diagnosed with mesothelioma.

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A most unfortunate aspect of Asbestosis is that the effects often show up some twenty years after the asbestos exposure.