Carbon monoxide or carbon monoxide is a unique chemical that completely lacks taste, color characteristics. Carbon monoxide also has no smell, so it is difficult to determine its spread in the room, and the risk of poisoning with this substance increases intensively. The formation of carbon monoxide occurs due to incomplete combustion of various carbon-containing substances. Carbon monoxide is present in exhaust gases with a high degree of toxicity. Carbon monoxide poisoning often occurs through the fault of a person who improperly uses coal-fired stoves and gas boilers.
Natural gas is also odorless and colorless, but in order to ensure maximum safety when using gas heating devices, gas discharge stations add other components with an unpleasant and pungent smell to natural gas. Natural or carbon monoxide entering the human body displaces oxygen and causes the development of signs of suffocation.
Symptoms of asphyxiation or household gas poisoning:
* The first sign is headache, dizziness;
* Vomiting, confused consciousness, impaired coordination of movements;
* Chest pain, high aggressiveness and irritability;
* The patient's skin is characterized by a bluish or crimson color, lack of consciousness.
Carbon monoxide poisoning is most often caused by children left without parental care and sleeping children. The cause of domestic or carbon monoxide poisoning can be alcohol abuse, drug intoxication. Carbon monoxide poisoning often occurs during a fire, that is, when it is not possible to quickly leave the burning room.
Carbon monoxide poisoning – the main causes
Carbon monoxide poisoning often occurs due to violations of the rules for using heating devices. Domestic gas poisoning can also be intentional when a person wants to commit suicide, or the poisoning provokes criminal purposes.
The source of carbon monoxide can be various household appliances and technical devices:
* Fireplaces, stoves, grills, wood-burning stoves, kitchen stoves
* Water heaters, trucks and passenger cars
* Portable generators.