Perthshire Oil Heating

Carbon Monoxide poisoning

Getting your boiler serviced is important to help prevent Carbon Monoxide poisoning.

• Mild carbon monoxide poisoning causes headache, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, and poor coordination.

• Moderate or severe carbon monoxide poisoning causes confusion, unconsciousness, chest pain, shortness of breath, and coma.

• Severe poisoning is often fatal.

Carbon monoxide is dangerous because a person may not recognize drowsiness as a symptom of poisoning. Consequently, someone with mild poisoning can go to sleep and continue to breathe the carbon monoxide until severe poisoning or death occurs.