Please help. I was installing a Solar system Saturday... during that job I had to Drill 2 holes through an Asbestos-Roof, I did it facing Upwards drilling through it. I had No Safety mask on at the time. Afterwards, that's when I realised my grave mistake. I've been feeling something in my chest ever since and cough here and there and today after 6 days since exposure I feel a slight shortness of breath as the pain is more noticeable. I live in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 and the house was an Old house from the 80s with that original roof installed that way. I went to the doctor on Tuesday and He said I was fine and just paranoid, "asbestos hasn't killed anyone in this country in a long time, of which it was the Miners" he said. He even gave me my money back. No Xray done. Considering my exposure level with those 2 holes through a roof, I feel like I'm dying and no one believes me. What should I do? Does cough medication help? What can I do not before things get worse?? 😓😣😣 How quickly could it turn fatal?
Please help. I was installing a Solar system Saturday... during that job I had to Drill 2 holes through an Asbestos-Roof, I did it facing Upwards drilling through it. I had No Safety mask on at the time.
Afterwards, that's when I realised my grave mistake. I've been feeling something in my chest ever since and cough here and there and today after 6 days since exposure I feel a slight shortness of breath as the pain is more noticeable.
I live in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 and the house was an Old house from the 80s with that original roof installed that way.
I went to the doctor on Tuesday and He said I was fine and just paranoid, "asbestos hasn't killed anyone in this country in a long time, of which it was the Miners" he said. He even gave me my money back. No Xray done.
Considering my exposure level with those 2 holes through a roof, I feel like I'm dying and no one believes me. What should I do? Does cough medication help? What can I do not before things get worse?? 😓😣😣
How quickly could it turn fatal?