A Review on Toxicity of Carbon Monoxide on Human
Received Date: Nov 09, 2019 / Accepted Date: Nov 25, 2019 / Published Date: Dec 02, 2019
Abstract
Carbon monoxide toxicity becomes a momentous health issue in USA and many other countries. This toxicity causes severe morbidity and mortality and its symptoms resemble with other illness. Source of CO include, second hand smoke, fumes from heating systems burning fuels, exhaust fumes from motor vehicles. One of the most frequent sources of CO is gas from the exhaust of vehicles. CO poisoning should be considered when two or more patients are instantaneously sick. CO toxicity is not due to reduced oxygen carrying capacity of blood. Its symptoms are non-specific and may range from nausea and headache to intense central nervous system dysfunction. People may die even in low level of carbon monoxide without involving other toxic agents. This review will be helpful to understand the CO toxicity and also would be capable to minimize the CO toxicity.
Keywords: Toxic; Carbon monoxide; Haldane effect; Oxyhemoglobin
Citation: Abiha U, Noureen N (2019) A Review on Toxicity of Carbon Monoxide on Human. Toxicol 天美传媒 Access 5: 144. Doi: 10.4172/2476-2067.1000144
Copyright: © 2019 Abiha U. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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