Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Symptoms
Carbon monoxide binds to the haemoglobin in the blood and reduces the amount of oxygen being circulated in the body. It can kill quickly when it leaks in large quantities or can build up over a period of time, initially causing symptoms such as headaches, nausea and dizziness. These are often incorrectly diagnosed by the medical profession as flu.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Symptoms can be as follows:
| 200ppm |
Slight headaches, tiredness, dizziness, nausea after 2-3 hours |
| 400ppm |
Frontal headache within 1-2 hours, life threatening after 3 hours. |
| 800ppm |
Dizziness, nausea and convulsions within 45 minutes. Unconsciousness within 2 hours. Death within 2-3 hours. |
| 1600ppm |
Headache, dizziness and nausea within 20 minutes. Death within 1 hour. |
| 6400ppm |
Headache, dizziness and nausea within 1-2 minutes. Death within 10-15 minutes |
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All humans are at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. Experts believe that those most at risk are young children, the elderly, pregnant women and people with respiratory problems. 