Causes of Mesothelioma

Houston, Texas Cancer Attorney

If you are an industrial worker or construction worker who has cancer, your disease may be the result of exposure to asbestos or products that contain asbestos.

Fleming & Palermo, PC,  represents clients from anywhere in America who have been diagnosed with mesothelioma and are seeking compensation for their suffering or the suffering of loved ones.

Causes of Mesothelioma

Quite simply, mesothelioma is caused by only one thing: exposure to asbestos. The amount of asbestos exposure and the possibility of resulting disease depends on many factors, including:

• Asbestos fiber concentration in the air
• Your breathing rate
• The amount of time you are exposed to the asbestos
• Weather conditions
• Whether or not you used protective equipment to avoid exposure

When you are exposed to asbestos, you will probably inhale asbestos fibers. Although asbestos fibers are very small, they remain in your body. Over time, they can agitate the airways and lungs, affecting your ability to breathe normally. They also irritate the linings that surround the body's essential organs.

Results of Asbestos Exposure

Irritation by asbestos fibers can result in many serious and deadly health concerns, including:

• Mesothelioma, cancer of the linings that surround your lungs, abdomen, or heart
• Asbestosis, scar tissue inside your lungs that is subject to frequent infection and other health risks
• Other cancers
  • Lung cancer
  • Pancreatic cancer
  • Colon cancer

Mesothelioma thickens the linings around your internal organs, which impacts their normal function. However, there is often thirty to forty years of latency after you are exposed to asbestos before the disease is diagnosed. Mesothelioma can act quickly and is usually fatal.

Protecting Your Rights

You deserve to be compensated by the company that exposed you and your family to the asbestos that caused your disease or the disease of a loved one. Our experienced firm is ready to negotiate a settlement or litigate a compensation solution that will help your family through a stressful time.

Contact our office at your earliest convenience. We will listen to your concerns, evaluate your case and advise you of your legal options.

Michael P. Fleming, PC
10333 Richmond Avenue
at West Sam Houston Tollway
Suite 125
Houston, Texas 77042
Telephone: 713-978-7784
Fax: 713-978-6451

Attorney Michael Fleming serves clients in the Galveston Bay area of Texas, which includes the cities of Anahuac, Austin, Baytown, Corpus Christi, Galveston, Houston, La Porte, Pasadena, Port Arthur, San Antonio, Seabrook, Texas City, and the following counties: Bexar County, Chambers County, Comal County, Galveston County, Harris County, Hays County, Jefferson County, Live Oak County, Nueces County, Travis County, and Williamson County.