Based on symptoms that are documented on
this and other sites, I believe that I
have been experiencing carbon monoxide
poisoning from using a kerocene heater
(long style with blower) off and on the
last couple of months, in my garage and
pole barn. Symptoms have included
frequent headaches (a severe one
yesterday), nausea, tingling and pain in
arms and hands, fatigue and sleepiness,
malaise, etc. I have not experienced any
loss of conscienceness or other severe
symptoms.
My question is this: I stopped using the
kerocene heater yesterday. If my
symptoms start to go away, am I ok (if so,
over what period of time should I expect
the symptoms to go away completely?), or
do I still need to seek treatment (i.E.
100% oxygen or hyberbaric) or get tested
to assure that I will not incur long term
effects?
Thanks,
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carbon
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Jan 2005 Posts: 1 Location: england
Posted: 01-16-05 11:18am
Hi yes your symptoms definatly sounds like
co poison. Me myself has been poisoned
and is on the waiting list for a brain
scan. So your best bet will be to do the
same really .
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cuteycarrot
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2006 Posts: 5 Location: Kentucky
Posted: 01-21-06 03:06am
Your symptoms should go away within a few
days. I just got co poisoning last month
and had to go to the er for treatment with
forced oxygen. If your symptoms continue
you should keep seeing a doctor. Long
term effects of co poisoning are scary!
I hate to alarm you but you should check
back with your doctor. I was exposed to
levels of 75ppm for an undetermined amount
of time and I haven't felt right since.
I passed off feeling bad as the flu. My
8yr old daughter was also positive with co
poisoning and received the same treatment
that I did.
And I can thank my "slumlords" for that.
I had been complaining to them about my
furnace from oct. 28, 2005 until the
accident on dec. 12, 2005. What a shame
that me and my daughter almost had to lose
our lives to get the furnace fixed and
have a safe living condition. What makes
this even more pathetic is when the
furnace initially started acting up I
couldn't get in touch with the slumlords.
So I call a heating and air tech to come
check out the furnace and he said the
furnace was filthy and needed to be
thoroughly cleaned. I showed the
slumlords the receipt with a detailed
description of how the furnace needed to
be serviced...But yet they still didn't do
what was necessary to fix the problem.
I am in the process of filing a lawsuit.
I don't think I will "get rich" but
sometimes you gotta teach an fool a
lesson. One lawyer says I will only get
a few thousand for all we've gone through.
Yet if we had died my family would have
been stinkin' rich with a wrongful death
suit.
Anyone with any good information that
could be of help to me please let me
know!!! If anyone has any questions
please feel free to message me. I've
educated myself very much on co poisoning
since the accident.
And please everyone...Install a co
detector in your home. They are fairly
inexpensive. I would recommend a
detector that detects at a low level.
Mine won't go off until co levels reach
30ppm.
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regggietoga
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Jan 2006 Posts: 2
Co Poisoning Posted: 02-09-06 14:07pm
Alright, over a month ago I went to the er
for abdominal pain. Ive had all the
tests run (upper gi series, ultrasound,
cat scan, ekg, and endoscopy) and all came
back normal. It was a bad cramping
feeling.
The abdominal pain lasted about 2 weeks,
but my stomach still feels "off" and I
have no appetite. About 4 days after I
resumed eating, I started having flashes
of dizziness or "brain fog" as I call it
because I dont actually see the room
spinning but I have a hard time
concentrating and I feel pressure in my
head. Now the "brain fog" is constant
and has lasted for about 4 weeks now. I
have been seeing an ent doc as well to see
about an inner ear infection.
The reason I am thinking of co poisoning
is because I just took my car for a check
up because ive had a rattle under my car
for well over a year. Well, the rattle
was caused by the exhaust not being
connected to my car (it had rusted apart).
Could this be possible co poisoning from
repeatedy being exposed to car fumes if
they got in to my car?
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