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13y ago
Updated: 10/17/2024

Is it possible that you had an injury or something else occurred when you were an infant? These machines are not perfect, so it could just be an anomaly. Ask your PCP to see if he or she may have encountered this before.

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It is possible that they have carbon monoxide poisoning. 15 minutes is a long time for an adult, much less a child, to be exposed to unventilated car exhaust, which has a very high concentration of carbon monoxide. Even much lower levels can cause serious health problems. Carbon monoxide binds with hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying cells in your body, thus displacing the oxygen and dramatically reducing your body's ability to carry and deliver oxygen. The higher the concentration of carboxyhemoglobin (the hemoglobin-carbon monoxide compound) in the blood, the more dangerous; high blood concentrations result from either exposure to high levels of carbon monoxide or exposure of a long duration. The half-life of carbon monoxide is 5 hours, meaning that after each 5 hours the concentration in the blood will be half its previous level. However, even after several hours the concentration may remain quite high depending on how high it began. Symptoms to look for are nausea, vomiting, flu-like symptoms, lethargy, dizziness, seizures and loss of consciousness. You did the right thing by removing your children from the source and putting them in fresh air. However, because of the intensity and duration of exposure, their concentration (and yours) of carbon monoxide in the blood may have been quite high and may remain elevated even though its been several hours. Because of this, oxygen therapy, which is a simple treatment that involves exposure to high concentrations of oxygen to displace the carbon monoxide, may be necessary. This is especially true if anyone is experiencing any of the above symptoms or feeling sick, sleepier than normal, or "off" in any way. Oxygen therapy can be administered by a doctor.

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It is possible that is the cause. If it continues to happen, or if he develops any of the symptoms that I mentioned earlier, then he needs to be seen as soon as possible. If he does not see it again, then have him mention it on his next doctor's visit when you two get back home. If you have no other questions for me, please click 'accept'. Thank you.

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