Symptoms of gas poisoning! What are the symptoms of gas poisoning? )
In some coal-producing areas, families with poor economic conditions may still use coal for heating. An even bigger benefit of heating with coal is economics. Using coal to heat your home is inconvenient and can make your home dirty. The bigger hidden danger of using coal for heating is gas poisoning.
If the doors and windows of the home are not opened for ventilation in time, it may cause gas poisoning in the home, especially in the homes of some elderly people. Because the elderly cannot rely on the fire to warm the table, the elderly do not have a strong sense of self-prevention, and they may close the doors and windows if they are afraid of the cold when sleeping, which may easily lead to gas poisoning.
Gas poisoning is also called carbon monoxide poisoning. If a person is mildly poisoned, he may become drowsy. At this time, people’s consciousness is mushy. Before going to bed, they are still a little conscious, but will soon fall asleep.
This is also the reason for the high death rate of gas poisoning, because people may be sleepy before they realize that they are poisoned. Even after they realized they had been poisoned, they were not conscious. Few people open the doors and windows to ventilate after realizing that they have been gas poisoned. Most people are mildly poisoned, then slowly turn to moderate poisoning, and then enter severe poisoning.
So what are the symptoms before people are poisoned by gas?
1. Mild poisoning: The symptoms of mild gas poisoning are nausea, palpitations, and weakness of limbs. Most people are still conscious, and there may be a brief fainting. If it is mild poisoning, it is better to deal with it, because at this time, the poisoned patient only needs to be placed in the vent so that the gas poisoned patient can breathe fresh air, and the patient can recover in time. People who are generally moderately poisoned will not leave any sequelae.
2. Moderate poisoning: People with moderate gas poisoning are relatively mild, because patients with moderate gas poisoning generally do not leave any sequelae as long as they are treated in time. Patients with moderate poisoning should be sent to the hospital in time. Patients with moderate poisoning may experience sweating and even unsteady walking.
3. Severe poisoning: People with severe gas poisoning are more serious. The symptoms of patients with severe gas poisoning are loss of consciousness, severe coma, incontinence of feces and urine, and soon death. Even if it does not cause death, it may leave serious sequelae, such as high paraplegia and dementia.
Gas poisoning can range from mild to mild and severe to severe. Generally prevention is given priority to. If you use coal for heating, be sure to pay attention to ventilation. Failure to do so may result in adverse consequences.