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Old 16th Oct 2007, 14:23
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gingernut
 
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Unfortunately your symptoms are a little vague, (as they are in CO poisoning) and could have been caused by one of a number of reasons.

Had you reported someting a little more concrete, (for example, a dead, pink, co-pilot), we could be a little more certain.

Interestingly you havn't reported a headache, (apparently a feature in 90% of toxic patients), but I guess, if in doubt, get your aged aircraft checked.

Diagnostically, I suspect you need seeing pretty soon after the suspected poisoning. One could mess about with "breath test" machines, but there use in diagnosing poisoning is questionable- good fun with cigarette smokers though!A blood test would probably be required.

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I guess the crux of my advice, is, if in doubt, check the a/c out, it 'aint worth messing with that sh*t
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