Originally posted by: mitmot
be happy you're still alive![]()
UmmOriginally posted by: dullard
CO has no lasting effects. Its only significant effect is to displace oxygen. Your red blood cells pick up the CO instead of O2. Thus you sufficate to death. As soon as you get out of the CO rich atmosphere into a normal one, you breath the CO out, and you are back to normal.Originally posted by: bonkers325
go to a doctor and ask for advice. if your health has been affected (showing symptoms of CO poisoning?) then sue and try to get a settlement or something.
So the question becomes: did you get a severe brain injury? By his ability to post here, the answer is probably: no.
A doctor's test for CO is useless after you leave the area for more than a couple of hours since there is no longer any trace of CO in your body.
When Carbon Monoxide is inhaled, the CO combines with the hemoglobin to form carboxyhemoglobin or COHb. The CO displaces the oxygen on hemoglobin. The COHb bond is over 200 times stronger than oxygen's bond with hemoglobin. The strong COHb bond also makes it difficult for the body to eliminate CO from the blood. Carbon Monoxide can poison slowly over a period of several hours, even in low concentrations.
Symptoms such as headaches, dizziness and fatigue are common to a number of illnesses such as the flu or the common cold. These symptoms can occur with a COHb blood saturation levels of 10-30%. At 30-50% COHb symptoms are nausea, severe headaches, dizziness, and increased pulse and respiration. COHb levels over 50% cause progressive symptoms proceeding to loss of consciousness, collapse, convulsions, coma, and finally death.
High concentrations of carbon monoxide kill in less than five minutes. At low concentrations it will require a longer period of time to affect the body. Exceeding the EPA concentration of 9 ppm for more than 8 hours will have adverse health affects.
You are wrong. If you can disprove what I said, be my guest.Originally posted by: Eli
I could be wrong, but I really think you ought to check your facts and report back here.
Exactly what I said - it displaces your oxygen.When Carbon Monoxide is inhaled, the CO combines with the hemoglobin to form carboxyhemoglobin or COHb. The CO displaces the oxygen on hemoglobin. The COHb bond is over 200 times stronger than oxygen's bond with hemoglobin. The strong COHb bond also makes it difficult for the body to eliminate CO from the blood. Carbon Monoxide can poison slowly over a period of several hours, even in low concentrations.
Yes, that is what I said. With the lack of oxygen, your brain will die. Convulsions, coma, brain damage, death.COHb levels over 50% cause progressive symptoms proceeding to loss of consciousness, collapse, convulsions, coma, and finally death.
Carbon monoxide does not stay long in your system once you have stopped being exposed to it. To ensure the test is accurate it should be taken within 4 hours of exposure.
CO has no lasting effects. Its only significant effect is to displace oxygen. Your red blood cells pick up the CO instead of O2. Thus you sufficate to death. As soon as you get out of the CO rich atmosphere into a normal one, you breath the CO out, and you are back to normal.
I suppose I could have put a time frame in that sentence. But I did include it later on in that post when I said you have a couple of hours where it can still be detected. Writing isn't my strongpoint.Originally posted by: Eli
That's what got me. You didn't actually specify a time frame, and for some reason your wording made me think "fast" - as in 5 minutes of fresh air and you're fine.