Person In 70's Diagnosed With Mesothelioma

A person in their late 70's was recently diagnosed with mesothelioma in the US.

The person was exposed to asbestos well over 30 years ago. And the symptoms were relatively mild.

I won't post more details because of confidentiality, but it's more and more common for people to be diagnosed well into the latter stages of their life because of how the disease progresses.

With a healthy lifestyle a person might not be diagnosed with mesothelioma for even 50 years after asbestos exposure. And the other determining factor is how much each person was exposed. If a person was working directly with asbestos fibers for years and years then the symptoms of mesothelioma would probably manifest quicker than for a person exposed for only a short time.

It's sort of scary because many people really don't even know what the disease is and actually have never heard of mesothelioma. Often times they have no idea about the disease until they are diagnosed and the doctor explains that the only cause is asbestos exposure. It's only at that time when the person remembers back to a period in his or her life that they were indeed exposed to sometimes large amounts of asbestos.

Then fear, guilt, and worry will sometimes set in after the doctor explains to them what mesothelioma is all about.