Long term effects of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning?

Dr. Cheryl Adkinson, Emergency Room Physician: "Carbon monoxide attaches to the molecule in the blood that carries oxygen. So somebody who had carbon monoxide poisoning is loaded up with carbon monoxide instead of oxygen."

THIS MAKES PEOPLE FEEL LIGHT HEADED, NAUSEOUS OR THEY PASS OUT. BUT, ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY IN THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, SEVERE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CAN ALSO DAMAGE THE HEART. DOCTORS FOUND THIS DISTURBING NEWS AFTER STUDYING 230 PATIENTS WITH MODERATE TO SEVERE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.

Dr. Timothy Henry, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation: "I think that the overall results of the study were very surprising. The fact that almost 40% of patients had heart damage related to the carbon monoxide poisoning, which was much higher than we expected."

AND OF THOSE PATIENTS, 38 PERCENT DIED WITHIN ABOUT 7 YEARS AFTER THEIR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING, MOST FROM HEART PROBLEMS.

Henry: "Most of us believed that since this was a one-time exposure to carbon monoxide, that if you were going to have problems you'd have them right away. And I think the key result of this finding is that that effect of carbon monoxide poisoning has effects not only Tuesday, but consequences down the line."

Kathy Fowler on set:
DOCTORS SAY NOW THAT WE KNOW THIS INFORMATION, PATIENTS WITH CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING SHOULD NOT ONLY BE SCREENED FOR NEUROLOGICAL EFFECTS BUT FOR HEART PROBLEMS AND MAYBE EVEN GIVEN MEDICATION TO PROTECT AGAINST HEART PROBLEMS IN the FUTURE.

blindness

brain damage from lack of oxygen, blindness, joint pain, etc.

headaches, memory loss

It can kill you.

Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning change at different concentrations of carboxyhemoglobin in the blood

People respond differently to the same level of carbon monoxide exposure. Infants, children, older people, and people with other illnesses have more serious symptoms.

If a woman is pregnant, the fetus is at high risk for developing carbon monoxide poisoning. It takes longer for carbon monoxide to be eliminated from the fetus's blood than from the mother's.3

Carbon monoxide poisoning can occur suddenly (inhaling a large amount of carbon monoxide over a short period of time), or it can occur slowly (inhaling a small amount of carbon monoxide over a long period of time).

* Death from carbon monoxide poisoning can occur within 10 minutes at very high concentrations.
* A person with mild symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning may actually be severely poisoned.
* A person may have a delayed reaction to carbon monoxide poisoning, with symptoms occurring after exposure.
* A person who survives a severe case of carbon monoxide poisoning may develop permanent memory loss or brain damage.7

There may be long-term effects of carbon monoxide poisoning, with symptoms that develop 2 to 40 days after exposure. These long-term symptoms can occur even if you were treated. Symptoms may include memory loss, changes in personality, disorientation, impaired reasoning ability, and behavioral and learning difficulties.

this happened to me in germany and luck would have it . ..........What was the question?..... oh yea and they took my spleen out and my platlets are always low. I also had frost bite and heat stroke....not in the same day.

Not in the same country either.

what was the Question again?