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Symptoms of Asbestosis

The main symptoms of asbestosis are:

• increasing breathlessness, especially when exercising,
• coughing, 
• chest pain, and 
• a feeling of tightness in the chest.

Asbestosis may damage the function of the lungs so much that the condition progresses to respiratory (breathing) failure. At this stage the oxygen supply to the body is so poor that the patient is always breathless and has blue-tinged skin (cyanosis) even when at rest in bed.

Other symptoms that sometimes occur are nail abnormalities and clubbing of the fingers. Clubbing is when the fingers become thicker and broader, and the tip of the nails curves.

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