Carbon monoxide (CO) is a poisonous, suffocating gas that you can not see or smell. This invisible gas produced from burning combustible materials such as gasoline, kerosene, coal, oil or wood. The exhaust from cars also emit this substance.
An oxygen thief
CO is an oxygen thief and is known as the “death” or “murderer silent” because it is a predator of blood oxygen.
The oxygen in the air you breathe goes into the lungs and then to all tissues. But when you inhale the smoke contaminated with carbon monoxide it occupies space and prevents oxygen transport hemoglobin oxygen to the cells.
So to snuff inhaling smoke, CO enters the blood, prevents oxygen from circulating in the bloodstream and returns the remainder of oxygen to the blood in the most dense and sticky.
As you inhale the gas invisible heart has to work harder to pump blood and oxygen to the body. This makes smokers suffering from heart disease more frequently.
The CO also produces effects such as drowsiness, fatigue, poor concentration, shortness of breath, dizziness, nausea, headache, tachycardia and a feeling of suffocation.
