ITS VICTIMS ARE MANY. MOST OF WHOM HAVE NO IDEA FOR
SEVERAL YEARS THAT THEY ARE EVEN. AFFECTED.
THIS MORNING, IN THIS BEHIND THE. MYSTERY - RARE GENETIC DISEASES
SEGMENT, WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS A.
VERY UNUSUAL CANCER:
MESOTHELIOMA. OUR GUEST THIS MORNING, OUR
ATTORNEY MARC BERN, AND ALSO. PULMONARY SPECIALIST, DR. DAVID
KAMELHAR.
GOOD MORNING, GENTLEMEN.
GOOD MORNING, OLGA. GOOD MORNING, DOCTOR.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE. DOCTOR, LET ME START WITH YOU.
TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT IS.
MESOTHELIOMA.
MESOTHELIOMA IS A CANCEROUS. CONDITION OF THE MESOTHELIUM.
THE MESOTHELIUM IS THE DELICATE. MEMBRANE THAT WRAPS AROUND THE
LUNG AND WHICH COATS THE CHEST. CAVITY WHERE THE LUNG SITS.
DURING NORMAL BREATHING, THOSE.
TWO SURFACES GLIDE AGAINST ONE
ANOTHER FOR NORMAL, COMFORTABLE. BREATHING THAT ALLOWS IRRITATION
NOT TO OCCUR IN THAT SPOT. IF AN ASBESTOS IS INHALED,
ASBESTOS MOVES ITS WAY TOWARD. THE EDGE OF THE LUNG AND REACHES
THE MESOTHELIUM, REACHES THE.
EDGE OF THE LUNG, AND CAN CAUSE
INFLAMMATION IN THOSE DELICATE. CELLS.
ASBESTOS HAS BEEN DIRECTLY. LINKED TO THIS MALIGNANT CHANGE.
ASBESTOS IS BY FAR AND AWAY THE. MOST COMMON CAUSE OF
MESOTHELIOMA.
OKAY.
MARC, LET ME BRING YOU IN IT. LET'S TALK ABOUT ASBESTOS.
TELL ME ABOUT IT. ASBESTOS IS A NATURALLY OCCURING
MINERAL THAT IS MINED. AND FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, THE
WORKERS IN THOSE MINES WERE NOT.
TOLD ABOUT THE TERRIBLE DANGERS
INVOLVED WITHOUT USING THE. PROPER RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT OR
OTHER THINGS TO PROTECT. THEMSELVES, PARTICULARLY FROM
BREATHING IN THIS TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE FIBER.
AND YOU KNOW, GENTLEMEN, THIS. BRINGS TO MIND--AND CORRECT ME
IF I'M WRONG--THE WORLD TRADE.
CENTER, 9/11, AFTER THE FACT, SO
MANY RESCUE WORKERS, PEOPLE. VOLUNTEERING, HELPING, AND THEY
WEREN'T REALLY WEARING ANYTHING. TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND...AM I
WRONG, DOCTOR, THAT MANY CASES. CAME OUT AFTER THAT?
THE LATENCY PERIOD IS AT LEAST.
TEN YEARS.
MOST OFTEN THIRTY YEARS. BUT CERTAINLY, THE 9/11
EXPERIENCE, THE WORLD TRADE. CENTER EXPERIENCE IS A VERY GOOD
EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW. BEGINNING TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF
INHALING MATERIALS THAT NOBODY.
RECOGNIZED AS BEING PROBLEMATIC
WHILE THEY WERE EXPOSED TO IT. AND MARC, YOUR THOUGHTS?
WELL, SO MANY OF THOSE HEROES, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WENT DOWN
TO THE SITE, RESCUE AND RECOVERY. WORKERS, WERE TOLD OF COURSE
THAT THE SITE WAS OKAY. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
THEY WEREN'T GIVEN THE PROPER.
RESPIRATORY EQUIPMENT.
AND HERE THEY WERE EXPOSED TO. THIS TOXIC SOUP, WHICH INCLUDED
ASBESTOS AND OTHER VERY, VERY. DANGEROUS MATERIALS.
AND SO TODAY, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE SEEING THE BEGINNING OF
THOSE EXPOSURES, WHICH NOT ONLY. INCLUDES MESOTHELIOMA, BUT LUNG
CANCER, WHICH IS ALSO CAUSED BY.
EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS.
DOCTOR, ARE THERE SYMPTOMS THAT. ONE COULD BE AWARE OF?
SYMPTOMS OF MESOTHELIOMA ARE THE. SAME SYMPTOMS OF ANY LUNG
CONDITION. THE LUNG CAN MAKE YOU COUGH.
THE LUNG CAN MAKE YOU SHORT OF.
BREATH.
THERE COULD BE PAIN IN THE. CHEST, AND PERHAPS OTHERS, BUT
THERE'S NOTHING UNIQUE TO. MESOTHELIOMA.
ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, I WANT YOU. TO STAY RIGHT THERE BECAUSE
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A QUICK.
BREAK...
(MUSIC). ...AND AFTER THE BREAK, WE'RE
GONNA RETURN AND TALK ABOUT. WHO'S AT RISK.
WHO IS EXACTLY AT RISK. YOU MIGHT BE ACTUALLY SURPRISED
TO LEARN HOW CLOSE THIS COULD.
HIT HOME.
IT'S VERY SURPRISING. STAY WITH US. WELCOME BACK, EVERYONE.
BEFORE THE BREAK, WE WERE. DISCUSSING MESOTHELIOMA.
WE ARE REJOINED BY PULMONARY.
SPECIALIST, DR. DAVID KAMELHAR,
AND ATTORNEY, MARC BERN, SENIOR. PARTNER WITH THE NATIONAL LAW
FIRM, NAPOLI BERN RIPKA. SHKOLNIK.
GENTLEMEN, LOOK AT THESE.
NUMBERS--AND I'D LIKE OUR
VIEWERS TO LOOK AT THIS AS. WELL--AND THIS WAS ASTONISHING
TO ME. APPROXIMATELY THREE THOUSAND NEW
CASES OF MESOTHELIOMA ARE. DIAGNOSED EVERY YEAR.
AND THE THREE THOUSAND DOES NOT.
COUNT THE MANY THOUSANDS OF
ADDITIONAL CASES OF LUNG CANCER, WHICH ARE ALSO KNOWN TO HAVE
BEEN CAUSED BY EXPOSURE TO. ASBESTOS.
MANY OF THESE ARE WORKERS, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, MOST OF
THEM HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND OR. NEAR IT, BECAUSE ASBESTOS IS
EVERYWHERE. BUT THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL OF
THEM.
WE HAVE MANY CASES OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE AT HOME. IN FACT, DOCTOR, YOU HAVE AN
AMAZING STORY AND A VERY SAD. ONE, DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS.
IT WAS REALLY ONE OF THE FIRST. CASES OF MESOTHELIOMA THAT I
SAW, THAT I WAS INVOLVED WITH.
IT WAS A GIRL WHO, WHEN HER
FATHER WORKED IN THE BROOKLYN. NAVY YARD, HE CAME HOME, AND SHE
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR WASHING HIS. CLOTHES.
AND FROM THAT EXPOSURE, HE HAD. THE ASBESTOS ON HIS CLOTHES.
SO IF THERE IS SUCH A THING AS.
SECOND-HAND EXPOSURE, I THINK
THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF IT. SHE DEVELOPED MESOTHELIOMA.
OBVIOUSLY, SHE KNEW THAT SHE HAD. ASBESTOS IN HER ENVIRONMENT
BECAUSE HER FATHER WORKED THERE, BUT IT'S THE HAIR DRYERS, THE
TOASTERS, THE OTHER HOME. IMPROVEMENTS...
MARC, IT'S ALMOST LIKE.
MATERIALS, PRODUCTS THAT WE USE
EVERY DAY. ABSOLUTELY, AND THIS IS WHAT WE
CALL "TAKE HOME EXPOSURE." CAN WE TALK ABOUT SOME
TREATMENTS? THE BEST TREATMENT IS SURGERY.
IF THERE IS A LOCALIZED CASE, WHERE THERE IS ONE AREA OF CHEST
WALL THAT IS INVOLVED, THEN. THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR THAT.
MARC, LET ME END WITH YOU. IF SOMEONE OUT THERE MAYBE KNOWS
OF SOMEONE THAT'S BEEN EXPOSED.
OR WONDERS IF THEY'VE BEEN
EXPOSED, WHAT OPTIONS DO THEY. HAVE?
THEIR REAL OPTIONS ARE HOPE. THEY HAVE TO REMAIN HOPEFUL.
AS DR. KAMELHAR HAS INDICATED, THERE ARE...
THEY CONTINUE TO DO WORK EVERY.
DAY, BUT THEY MUST, MUST GET
MEDICAL HELP AS SOON AS. POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU, OLGA.
BOTH OF YOU FOR YOUR TIME. DOCTOR, THANK YOU FOR CREATING
AWARENESS.
AND YOU, MARC.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
(MUSIC). AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ASBESTOS
AND ITS CONNECTION TO. MESOTHELIOMA, THE DEADLY FORM OF
CANCER, AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT.
YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, GO TO THIS
WEBSITE. THAT'S NAPOLIBERN.COM.
NAPOLIBERN.COM..
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