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A guide to carbon monoxide poisoningCarbon monoxide (CO) is a leading cause of poisoning deaths and poisoning related injury worldwide yet it is given comparatively little attention. Carbon monoxide is known for the danger and symptoms while poisoned. It is much less known for the injury and additional health problems it can cause. Most CO poisoning victims don't even know they were poisoned by carbon monoxide yet could go on to experience health issues because of it. Many people make a full recovery however, an unknown but significant percentage experience a range of ongoing health problems, often unaware that carbon monoxide injury is the real cause. The symptoms and after effects may be obvious or they can be subtle. Never-the-less, CO poisoning can leave its mark in many ways. There is a shortage of information about the real impact of carbon monoxide poisoning. We are here to change that. This site is made by CO poisoning survivorsIt brings a view that can only come from those that know what it is like to be poisoned. It attempts to answer the question: "I have been poisoned (or think I have been). Now what?" Just because someone survives poisoning does not mean they have escaped the grip of carbon monoxide. This carbon monoxide information is for:
Often a survivor and those around them never understand that it is the symptoms and "side effects" of carbon monoxide poisoning that have [subtly or significantly] altered their health and behavior. Although difficult to prove, health issues related poisoning damage can surface years later. This site can be used to help understand how a past poisoning may still be playing a role, like that of a silent stalker in a survivors life. Some of this information is "heavy" but it is helpful to:
For someone poisoned by multiple CO exposures, it can be a very important "aha moment" to suddenly understand that an uninvited intruder has been silently meddling in their life - in some cases for years. The symptoms and effects while elevated levels of carbon monoxide are in the body can be minor but can also be extremely serious - causing widespread damage - affecting the brain, heart, nervous system, endocrine system, and other organs - resulting in subtle and not-so-subtle changes to personality, behavior, and health. People respond differently to the same level of carbon monoxide exposure. Symptoms and after effects can range from mild to severe in people with the same level of exposure. The short term and long term symptoms and effects of carbon monoxide poisoning can affect the daily functioning, work, finances, relationships, and future of more than just the survivor. Getting help and treatment for ongoing health issues related to poisoning can be frustrating for survivors. This drove us to seek the first ever online program to provide information and recovery support for survivors. Only knowledge, a level of self awareness and the will to recover can help navigate the [potentially] rocky road caused by poisoning. This site is dedicated to survivors, to those that had their lives stolen, and to all people affected by the toxic echoes of carbon monoxide poisoning.
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I felt tremendous improvement after one week and continued to improve. Now after about 120 hours of oxygen at 2hrs per day I feel almost totally back to normal. I highly recommend any CO sufferers to give it a try. I started the treatment 2 months after having stopped exposure as I was not getting any better.
(I discovered last January that I had been intoxicated for one and a half winter with my new wood stove (a masonry stove in which you close the flue so the gases don't go out the chimney). It was like having glowing coals inside the house because I did not get the proper instructions on how to close the air intake and I didn't have enough ventilation.
It would be great if a message board was available so we could communicate with each other.
Lacking that, I am going to post my e-mail for anyone who would like to share experience, strength and hope with another survivor.
I suffer from chronic exposure over a 5 year period (result of a faulty home furnace). By the end, the level in my home were so high that when the man from public utilities came out and measured it, he told me that I could have died in my sleep at any time.
My concentration, memory, and executive function (and more) have all been severely impacted.
I would love to know other people's experience: Are you getting better? Do you have permanent damage? Have you found an MD who will work with you? What treatments have you tried and which seemed to help you the most?
Here's my e-mail:
flicker-puddytat@live.com
Hope to hear from you soon!
The symptoms left us feeling terribly alone, just reading this information has finally made sense of everything my family has gone through during the ten years that we were "sleeping with carbon monoxide".
Love and light to you all
Liam
Everyone thinks I am just fine but I am so broken inside from the effects of poisoning. I have endocrine system changes from day one, and a physician just suggested that I may have a Pituitary Gland Dysfunction due to the CO.
Other than this site, I have not been able to find any good information to help. Anything else you may know would be appreciated.
Finally, a site the the rest of us can actually read and makes sense of.
I'M SO GLAD WE DID NOT DIE FROM THIS GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME. SO IF YOU COULD HELP US PLEASE CALL ME AT xxx OR EMAIL ME AT xxx. THANK YOU VERY MUCH GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS YOU CAN.
They hit the web and learn how bad it is but there is not much info about what to do if you've already been gassed.
Awesome site. Good info. Thx!
Your site helped me figure a bunch of things out that I never ever would have or could have on my own.
I have been unable to work and have had no benefits all this time. Things have been really tough for me and my family since my poisoning and I sure understand where this website is coming from.