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kjml2003
We are all getting headaches and I didnt think of something in the home until my youngest one started complaining last week. We have several combo fire/carbon monoxide detectors in the house. I have replaced all batteries to be sure they are working properly. The alarm is not going off (other then when i put the batteries in and also when i test it) so i am assuming its not carbon monoxide. We live in a duplex and have one family attached to us. What else can I check and how? Thanks!
Answer
a few things come to mind....
LIGHTING: Do you use CFL - compact fluorescent lights? some say these can cause headaches. simple enough to check (do you have these in every room?). A related cause could be insufficient lighting (if the lights aren't bright enough this will cause eyestrain and headaches).
RADON GAS - although usually these symptoms are respiratory - I've heard some may complain with other symptoms (though unproven). I don't know where you live, but remember that this is a concern in some places in the South.
MOLD - while there are many symptoms for mold, headaches are one of them. Usually, it is not the ONLY symptom for toxic mold.
I don't want to scare you... these may not be the cause. Just thought I'd list what it POSSIBLY could be.
Hope you find what ails your family.
a few things come to mind....
LIGHTING: Do you use CFL - compact fluorescent lights? some say these can cause headaches. simple enough to check (do you have these in every room?). A related cause could be insufficient lighting (if the lights aren't bright enough this will cause eyestrain and headaches).
RADON GAS - although usually these symptoms are respiratory - I've heard some may complain with other symptoms (though unproven). I don't know where you live, but remember that this is a concern in some places in the South.
MOLD - while there are many symptoms for mold, headaches are one of them. Usually, it is not the ONLY symptom for toxic mold.
I don't want to scare you... these may not be the cause. Just thought I'd list what it POSSIBLY could be.
Hope you find what ails your family.
Is it possible to not show signs of carbon monoxide posioning?
jadehope
my carbon monoxide detector keeps beeping and on the instructions it said it beeps in a specific pattern if needs to be replaced. my fiancée took it out of the wall and it beeped in all sorts of other patterns. we plugged it back in and it isn't beeping. so is it not working and there is carbon monoxide or is it fine and I'm just over reacting? none of the dogs or my fiancée and I have any symptoms of poisoning. what should we do?
Answer
It sounds to me like the detector simply needed to be reset for some reason.
Hemoglobin, the part of the blood that carries oxygen from the lungs to the cells of the body, has about 5 times the affinity for carbon monoxide as it does for oxygen. That means that, in the prescience of CO, hemoglobin will pick it up and hold onto it to the exclusion of oxygen. Co poisoning results when the blood no longer carries oxygen only CO.
symptoms of CO poisoning are, Severe headache, nausea, lethargy, and a ruddy or bright pink complexion. Hemoglobin turns bright read in the presence of oxygen and even brighter red in the presence of CO
It sounds to me like the detector simply needed to be reset for some reason.
Hemoglobin, the part of the blood that carries oxygen from the lungs to the cells of the body, has about 5 times the affinity for carbon monoxide as it does for oxygen. That means that, in the prescience of CO, hemoglobin will pick it up and hold onto it to the exclusion of oxygen. Co poisoning results when the blood no longer carries oxygen only CO.
symptoms of CO poisoning are, Severe headache, nausea, lethargy, and a ruddy or bright pink complexion. Hemoglobin turns bright read in the presence of oxygen and even brighter red in the presence of CO
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