“ Thanks a lot for the helpful post. It is also my opinion that mesothelioma has an very long latency period, which means that signs and symptoms of the disease might not exactly emerge until eventually 30 to 50 years after the primary exposure to asbestos fiber. Pleural mesothelioma, that's the most common form and has effects on the area throughout the lungs, could potentially cause shortness of breath, chest pains, as well as a persistent cough, which may bring on coughing up maintain. ”