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Title: Flu? It May Be Carbon Monoxide In Your Home, Cabin Or Chalet
Heating System
Author: Margaret S. Mathews
Article:
Carbon monoxide in your home can be a danger to yourself and
your family. Carbon monoxide (CO) is not Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
the stuff the dry ice is made of and puts the fizz in your soda.
You cannot smell or detect Carbon Monoxide in your house or
cottage by the power of smell. Carbon Monoxide (CO) is a
colorless and odorless gas that is produced when wood fossil
fuels that you also use to heat your home - fuels such as
heating oil , gasoline , diesel oil , propane , kerosene and
natural gas burn without sufficient and adequate oxygen. In
addition dangerous levels can also result from faulty
appliances, a clogged chimney, backdrafting of flue gasses, or
the buildup of engine exhaust from a garage. These causes are
relatively rare however.
What signs should you be on the lookout for, for the safety of
your home, house, cottage to protect your family against the
dangers of Carbon Monoxide poisoning? Warning and danger signs
in a home may include: stuffy, stale or smelly air. More
condensation than usual on your windows. Also watch out for soot
that has gathered around a fireplace, chimney or other wood
burning equipment. Lastly be on the lookout for a yellow flame
in a natural gas appliance, instead of the normal blue, clean
flame. In addition a caution flag should go up in your mind if
the pilot lamp goes out frequently in your natural gas furnace
or water heater, and you have to call a neighbor or the gas
company to light the pilot light frequently.
Symptoms of Carbon Monoxide poisonings will depend on how long
you and your family have been exposed to this dangerous gas,
Symptoms can vary - indeed you may be the victims of strange
unexplained symptoms for a good period of time. With low
exposure slight headaches and shortness of breath during
physical activities may occur.
With medium exposure you may experience more severe headaches,
dizziness, nausea, vomiting, confusion, weakness, trouble
seeing, loss of muscular control and ongoing continual
drowsiness. Lastly and most dangerously in high exposure to this
poison unconsciousness, brain and even death can occur.
What is amazing, and a major reason why incidences of Carbon
Monoxide poisonings go undetected and unreported is that this
situation bears great resemblance and similarity to the symptoms
of the "common flu". If you, or any member of your family, or
close friends experience any of these or similar symptoms it is
most important that the cause of Carbon Monoxide poisoning be
ruled out. If you really are unsure and testing can not be done
promptly - then at the least vacate your home for elsewhere
until you are satisfied that all is in order.
However if you do suspect Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning then -
first evacuate everyone from the house , condo or chalet to get
fresh air immediately , open all doors and windows. Lastly seek
medical attention promptly and alert the doctor or health car
providers of your concerns and suspicions of Carbon Monoxide gas
poisoning.
To reduce the risks of Carbon Monoxide (CO) gas in your home,
have a qualified heating technician check and clean your heating
and water heater systems on a regular basis. Have the technician
ensure that external air vents are used for all fuel burning
appliances. Install a fresh intake duct into any wood burning
fireplace or stove. At the very least leave a window open, for
additional fresh air, when the fireplace of wood burning stove
is burning.
Just as a smoke detector can warn you of a fire in your home, a
CO Carbon Monoxide detector can alert you when dangerous carbon
monoxide levels are present and rising to dangerous levels in
your home. Install an approved a certified carbon monoxide
detector on each level of your abode. It is most important to
stress that these Carbon Monoxide detectors are warning
detectors and not detract from the basic maintenance of your
home heating and fuel burning devices. Nothing takes the place
of regular maintenance and service of your fuel burning
equipment and appliances.
In the end it may not be a case of the simple flu in your
household but rather most dangerous and deadly Carbon Monoxide
poisoning.
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