Carbon monoxide poisoning
Mental symptoms and after effects
Mental symptoms and after effects of carbon monoxide poisoning come from injury to the brain, other areas of the
nervous system, and to cells throughout the body.
Carbon monoxide poisoning can result in:
- Inability to focus or concentrate
- Difficulty thinking
- Memory problems
- Language and speech problems
- Word finding difficulties (not being able to remember the right word, selecting the wrong word, confusing
similar words, not understanding commonly used words)
- Difficulty reading
- Loss of Intelligence Quotient (IQ)
- Dyslexia
- Decline in math skills
- Learning difficulties
- Confusion
- Impaired judgement and reasoning abilities
- Attention and concentration problems
- Reduced ability to direct, divide, or switch attention
- Poor reasoning and judgement
- Fixations/obsessiveness
- Difficulty prioritizing, tracking, and following through
- Difficulty following things through to completion
- Motivational difficulties
- Difficulty with organization
- A reduced ability or inability to recognize how carbon monoxide poisoning has affected them, even though
[some of] the symptoms may be evident to people close to the survivor
Mental symptoms and "side" effects of carbon monoxide poisoning may [significantly] rise and fall depending on
diet, environmental factors, and physical, mental, or emotional stress.
Short to mid term effects of carbon monoxide poisoning may also include physical, emotional/behavioral, and
social symptoms/effects; and continue as
long term effects.
Carbon monoxide poisoning is dangerous because it
deprives all cells of oxygen and poisons them. It can cause brain injury, brain damage, and impact brain functioning.
Poisoning can also affect the heart, disrupt or damage
endocrine function, and cause other kinds of
damage.
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