Asbestos Disease Compensation

Asbestos is a toxic substance. It is known that the inhalation of asbestos fibers can cause serious injury.

Why Asbestos was used

Asbestos has good fire and heat resistant properties and it can be mixed with other materials such as cement and plaster or woven into fabrics or mats. These properties made asbestos a material used for oven and hot plate wiring as it was a good electrical insulator at elevated temperatures for instance.

Who is at risk of Asbestos related diseases?

Many industries used asbestos including electrical and construction as well as shipbuilding and boiler makers for instance.

You can therefore suffer illnesses or injury as result of exposure to asbestos including malignant mesothelioma, lung cancer, and asbestosis (a type of pneumoconiosis). Following research asbestos use was banned in 1989. Unfortunately the injuries caused by asbestos do not become apparent for many years and when they do the illness is serious.

How Asbestos affects the body

Asbestosis is a chronic inflammatory medical condition affecting the lungs. It occurs after long-term, heavy exposure to asbestos, e.g. in mining, and is therefore regarded as an occupational lung disease. If you suffer from asbestosis this will mean you will have severe shortness of breath and are at an increased risk regarding several different types of lung cancer.

Claiming compensation for Plural Thickening or Diffuse Plural Thickening

Exposure to asbestos can cause Pleural Plaques this where benign callous like growths are isolated to small areas. These are usually observed by an x-ray. If they cover a large area then you will have Plural Thickening and you will notice breathing becoming difficult. This disabling condition can entitle you to compensation.

Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is a form of cancer. In some cases of asbestos disease the sufferer may develop mesothelioma.

Most people who develop mesothelioma have worked on jobs where they inhaled asbestos particles, or they have been exposed to asbestos dust and fiber in other ways. Washing the clothes of a family member who worked with asbestos could also put a person at risk for developing mesothelioma.

The symptoms of mesothelioma include shortness of breath and general symptoms such as weight loss. Despite treatment with chemotherapy, radiation therapy or sometimes surgery, the disease carries a poor prognosis.

This is classified as an industrial disease for which you can claim compensation.

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