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What Are The Repercussions Of Possible Exposure To Carbon Monoxide?

I had a backup of CO gas in our home. We have aired it out and the fire dept. got a 0 reading after several attempts, but in the meanwhile I did get some exposure. I was in and out of the house while the CO was building up. How do I know if I got too much exposure?
Thu, 22 Jan 2015
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co combine with your blood hemoglobin and can be detected in the blood as carboxyhemoglobin. maximum affinity of CO is towards hemoglobin and muscle myoglobin. spectroscopic examination of blood shows typical spike of carboxyhemoglobin in your blood. initially it produce flue like symptoms. long exposure shows mental sign and symptoms, blisters on skin. upper safety limit of CO in air is 0.01%.
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What Are The Repercussions Of Possible Exposure To Carbon Monoxide?

co combine with your blood hemoglobin and can be detected in the blood as carboxyhemoglobin. maximum affinity of CO is towards hemoglobin and muscle myoglobin. spectroscopic examination of blood shows typical spike of carboxyhemoglobin in your blood. initially it produce flue like symptoms. long exposure shows mental sign and symptoms, blisters on skin. upper safety limit of CO in air is 0.01%.