carbon monoxide poisining
2007-03-13 05:55:31 · 5 answers · asked by erka_jane 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
Carbon monoxide is made up of one carbon molecule and one oxygen molecule. To prevent poisoning, you can get a carbon monoxide detector at the hardware store.
2007-03-13 05:59:54 · answer #1 · answered by Lisa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carbon monoxide is made of carbon and oxygen. You can tell how much by the prefix - mon means one.
Carbon monoxide is very dangerous because it bonds more easily with haemoglobin (the substance in your blood that carries oxygen to your body) than oxygen does. This means that in even pretty small levels carbon monoxide can kill - as your body isn't getting enough oxygen. Unlike oxygen carbon monoxide bonds permanently with haemoglobin, so if your poisoning is severe enough you have to have a blood transfusion to get rid of it.
As it's undetectable by your senses (it doesn't smell of anything, and it's colourless) you should consider getting a carbon monoxide detector, which will warn you if there is any present. Carbon monoxide is usually produced when heating systems such as boilers aren't running efficiently.
A sign of carbon monoxide poisoning is extreme tiredness, headaches and flu-like symptoms. As carbon monoxide is hard to detect it is the most significant form of poisoning in many countries.
2007-03-13 13:02:38 · answer #2 · answered by Mordent 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, deadly gas created when fuel burns. Carbon monoxide is made up of 1 carbon molecule and 1 oxygen (chemical symbol = CO), this means that it has almost the same weight as air and mixes with air easily.
2007-03-13 12:59:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
CO. Carbon and Oxygen.
2007-03-13 12:59:18 · answer #4 · answered by Mynx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
carbon and oxygen
2007-03-13 12:58:25 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. Lemur 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋