###Human: I contacted asbestos at work. Would it pose any health risk? ###Assistant: Hi Welcome to icliniq.com. I want to assure you not to worry as everything is looking normal to me. I have thoroughly gone through your case and can well understand your genuine concerns regarding asbestosis, mesothelioma and other risks you may be having being exposed to insulation a decade ago. You are 30 years old and there is no latent period for mesothelioma to come up like this. A person at very high continuous exposure of asbestos, may develop asbestosis after more than 20 years. Every asbestosis patient never gets malignant mesothelioma or lung carcinoma (it is same as not every hepatitis B patient gets hepatocellular carcinoma). Mesothelioma never comes as a first sign of disease. It first appears as many lung issues that go on for many years and with chronic asbestosis it may sometimes affect the patient. You are all safe and negative for any kind of lung issues. In my view, you are never a candidate of asbestosis or mesothelioma as the pipe insulations you had removed has been confirmed having no asbestos by your safety manager. Right now your lungs are all very fine and you did really great with the peak flow testing. Your blood oxygen saturation is very good being 98%.You were at a risk of less than 1% of developing asbestosis. If you were working in an industry like ship making or painting and you inhaled years and years of large amounts of asbestos on a continuous basis, you may develop asbestosis. Same is the case with other pneumoconiosis (occupational lung diseases) categories.If there had been any risks or damages done to the delicate parts of your lungs, you would have most probably been presented as: