When proper ventilation of appliances become blocked, carbon monoxide concentrations build up inside your home and become deadly. Carbon monoxide quickly replaces vital oxygen in the blood which results in suffocation from the inside out. Over 2,500 people in the US ill die each year and over 10,000 will be hospitalized from carbon monoxide. Most victims who lose consciousness are left with permanent brain damage, mental and speech disorders, vision and hearing impairments, seizures and deaths. Children and the elderly are the first to be overcome along with pets.
Carbon monoxide is quick and deadly.
Since you cannot see,hear, taste or smell carbon monoxide, the only way to know is to be aware of it's symptoms and install a carbon monoxide detector. Nausea, vomiting and rapid heartbeat. Loss of consciousness. Everyone in the household is feeling ill at the same time. It feels as if you have the flu.