Sunday, February 24, 2008

Is it possible to have lung cancer if a cop works the jail system for years

Is it possible to have lung cancer if a cop works the jail system for years?
Husband is a cop. He worked the jails for years. Always came home with some illness or another back then. Now 8 years later he is showing spots in his lungs and is currently getting chest xrays every six weeks to watch the growth of a possible tumor in his lungs. He has never smoked a day in his life of anything. We are starting to wonder if its work related from him working the jails. He has had bronchitis so many times in the last ten years we have lost count. Your thoughts of possibilities?
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1 :
It can be from anything 2nd hand smoke or anything else not exactly for working in a jail
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Anything is certainly possible, especially in those conditions. Remember how schools had to go through major changes for asbestos. It could have been the building materials, genetics. I truly hope it is nothing as serious as that. My aunt is fight lung cancer and is very difficult to go through. My best wishes for you both. DRAGON 2012 "Great fortune for U.S."
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The prison population is a high risk population but more for things like TB, hepatitis, HIV. Your husband probably had that tumor for quite some time, and they kept telling him it was bronchitis. That's how some lung cancers go. I know of two women who worked in the health care industry, never smoked a day in their lives, were diagnosed with bronchitis forever, and finally died of lung cancer.
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It's possible, depending on what he was exposed to. Or it could be that he had some atypical cells all these years that contributed to his bronchitis and it's now progressing into a tumor. Unless an air quality test revealed something or there was a trend among guards and inmates I doubt anything could be proven definitively. Some people are predisposed to getting bronchitis. My friend gets it once or twice yearly and I haven't had it since I was a kid. Perhaps being in a germy environment with poor ventilation combined with a predisposition has been the cause for these problems. Best of luck to you and your husband.
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asbestos could still be in any old government building. by govt. i mean a state or federally run older facility. u know im hoping its nothing jj. now smack him in the head for the cat and laugh for a little bit! ;)
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My mother worked corrections and that happened to her, though she smoked, too. The comedian Andy Kaufman didn't smoke, but his lung cancer is often blamed on the smoking in the clubs he used to play in. He should get disability if so,
7 :
it could very well be. has the workplace been tested lately for asbestos or other carcinogens? hope he get over this illness and annoys u soon!! lol
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The spots could have been caused by about anything he has been exposed to. It does not even have to be anything from work and only had to be exposed only once. It is almost impossible to blame it on one thing. When the doctors found a problem with my left lung, I was given a biopsy. It turned out to be a tumor so they operated taking the tumor and half a lung with it. That saved my life.
9 :
Most likely has some possibility of causing his problems. Our jail was smoke free, but I know that the county jail had smoking areas, and it was always a fog in there, so I know that the guards most likely have developed problems later on. It may be difficult to get a legal action against the agency, but it may be worth your effort. Good luck.

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