| 1980s, under AHERA, schools nationwide removed tons of it. Construction companies were forced to perform abatement before renovations or demolition. There is no doubt that there are very sick people with asbestosis and mesothelioma who were exposed to asbestos. I meet several of them every |
| >Studies had linked mesothelioma to asbestos exposure - with tumors usually >appearing many decades later. Yet 20 percent of victims had no asbestos >exposure. Actually, smokers with heavy asbestos exposure are the most likely to get it. Carcinogens can havwe an additive or multiplicative effect. |
| >>>>> Gunisha Singh is a 46 year old Indian female with no significant >>past >>>>> medical history who presents for evaluation of a newly diagnosed >>right-sided >>>>> pleural malignant mesothelioma. >>>>> Mrs. Singh was in her usual excellent state of health until >>>>> approximately January 1996 when she noticed the onset of right >>neck, arm, >>>>> and shoulder discomfort gradually increasing in intensity. This was >>often >>>>> accompanied by a burning sensation in the distal arm and fingers on >>the >>>>> right side. At that time she was living in Hong Kong and was >>evaluated by >>a >>>>> neurosurgeon who felt that her symptoms were consistent with two >>herniated >>>>> cervical discs. The patient then came to the U.S. for evaluation by &. |
| > 1980s, under AHERA, schools nationwide removed tons of it. > Construction > companies were forced to perform abatement before renovations or > demolition. > There is no doubt that there are very sick people with asbestosis and > mesothelioma who were exposed to asbestos. I meet several of them every |
| Malignant mesothelioma is a cancer of the lining of the lung, usually induced by long years of exposure to asbestoes. Treatment is very unsatisfactory -- the disease is resistant to radiotherapy and poorly responsive to chemotherapy. In America, we try treatment with adriamycin, taxanes, or platinal but the odds are against success. In a managed care enviroment, I could understand a reluctance to offer anything more than drainage of the fluid, oxygen, and morphine. I dont think your fathers care is wrong since most treatments are likely to be futile. |
