What are the complications of asbestosis?

What are the complications of asbestosis?

Roy Artal (Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician) gives expert video advice on: How is asbestosis diagnosed?; What are the complications of asbestosis?; How can I prevent or minimize asbestos exposure? and more...

The complications of asbestosis are primarily respiratory limitation, meaning that people are not able to perform, from a respiratory standpoint, activities that they were once able to perform. That could, in its very early stages, mean that someone is not able to exercise if someone previously enjoyed exercising, but at the end stage of the disease, even walking across the room or getting up out of bed can be literally a debilitating, gasping for air type of experience.