Carbon Alarm – The Hidden Dangers of Carbon Monoxide
Like most people; not only did I not know just how dangerous carbon monoxide was, I had a lot of misconceptions of just how lethal it really is. Frankly, I didn’t even really know of how I would even be exposed to it in my own home, other than sucking on the exhaust pipe from my car.
First off, carbon monoxide is odorless, colorless and toxic. It is impossible to smell, taste or see the fumes and therefore it can kill you before you are even aware that you have been exposed to it. In fact, most cases of carbon monoxide poisoning happen in the home.
I, like most American’s at least thought that I would recognize the signs and symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning. However, have you ever had one of those nights where you just didn’t feel well? What did you do? If you’re like most people you probably just went to lay down on the couch, or went to bed.
Perhaps you had a headache, felt tired and little bit nauseous. Maybe a little bit dizzy and disoriented. It wouldn’t be odd to think that you were just catching a cold or the flu. Unfortunately by ignoring these symptoms, you have probably just sealed your own fate!
Carbon monoxide comes from; gas space heaters, leaking chimneys and furnaces, wood stoves, gas water heaters, back-drafting furnaces, generators and other gasoline powered equipment, tobacco smoke, fireplaces, and automobile exhaust from attached garages. It can also come from incomplete oxidation during combustion is gas ranges, if the flue is improperly sized, blocked, disconnected or is leaking, parking areas, worn or poorly adjusted and maintained combustion devices, such as boilers and furnaces, and gas or kerosene heaters as well.
Ignorantly I also thought that if I did recognize that I was exposed to this deadly gas that just getting myself to fresh air would make everything okay. What a huge mistake that would be.
Carbon monoxide attaches itself to your blood cells, and the monoxide has to be forced out. You have to use a hyperbaric oxygen chamber where you can pressurize 100% oxygen to several atmospheres of pressure, and force carbon monoxide off of the hemoglobin.
After hearing all of this, I now have a carbon monoxide alarm in the kitchen, another location in the house on the same level, upstairs and in the garage. This is really something that you don’t want to ignore. They can just plug into a wall socket and they’re not expensive. However, by not getting this simple device, the results can be devastating!
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