What is CO poisoning?
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Carbon monoxide is harmful when breathed because it displaces oxygen in the blood and deprives the heart, brain and other vital organs of oxygen. Large amounts of CO can overcome you in minutes without warning — causing you to lose consciousness and suffocate. ... CO poisoning can be reversed if caught in time.
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- CO or Carbon monoxide is a harmful and toxic gas, which maybe released in automobile exhaust. When this air is inhaled by a person, it combine ir-reversely with the respiratory pigment (haemoglobin) in the RBC and make it unfit for transporting oxgen. As a result the person dies. This is called CO poisoning.
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