ASBESTOS TESTING
Boise Veterans Center in Idaho

Contact information for veterans to test for asbestos exposure: Boise Vet Center, 5440 Franklin Road (Suite 100), Boise, ID 83705. Phone: (208) 342-3612.

Do you fit the description below? If so, you may want to consider getting tested for exposure to asbestos. Read each of the subsequent items for the most common characteristics of people who may be at risk for asbestos exposure:

• Those with breathing problems
• People with prolonged exposure to asbestos
• Individuals who think they have had prolonged exposure to asbestos
• Immediate family members of those who have worked in asbestos-related trades, even if the person who worked with asbestos has no noticeable symptoms or respiratory issues

Four specific diseases result from asbestos exposure: lung cancer, asbestosis (a serious, chronic, non cancerous fibrous hardening and scarring of the lungs), mesothelioma (a cancer of the thin membranes lining the thoracic and abdominal cavities and surrounding internal organs), and pleural plaque and thickening (scarring of the lining of the lung). Certain specific signs of asbestos-related diseases are coughing, coughing blood, shortness of breath, chest pain and weight loss. Unfortunately, the detectable signs of asbestos exposure can appear up to 25 years after primary exposure. Annual or even semi-annual asbestos detection tests are recommended.

If you don't understand your doctor's explanation, get him or her to explain it in a way that you can understand. It is vital that the initial testing is an x-ray (side and front view of your chest.) Further tests may include a pulmonary function test, blood work, a CT scan and/or biopsy. Doctors sometimes speak a language unintelligible to the layman. All people who have participated in the American Armed Forces should receive the benefits they deserve. Weitz & Luxenberg is committed to making this happen. This includes compensation for potentially fatal diseases that are caused by exposure to asbestos, such as mesothelioma.

If you or someone you love has developed mesothelioma after having contact with asbestos, we can help. It's never too late for a free case evaluation. The form below begins the process.

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