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Carbon monoxide poisoning heart damage

Carbon monoxide poisoning can cause heart damage. Survivors should have their heart checked and monitored.

When inhaled, not all carbon monoxide attaches to red blood cells. A small amount can also travel in blood plasma and cause cell damage without ever binding to hemoglobin or showing up on a blood test.

This "free" carbon monoxide in the bloodstream can trigger cell death of the lining of the heart and blood vessels, leading to the hardening of arteries (atherosclerotic heart disease). The same process also appears to kill brain cells responsible for memory and learning.

Although not widely known, the heart is more than just a pump. Neurocardiology research has shown that the heart is also a sensory organ and an information center with its own nervous system that is sophisticated enough to qualify as a "heart brain."

The heart and brain continuously talk to each other and influence one anothers functioning.

Although not well known, the heart actually sends more information to brain than the brain sends to the heart. The signals that the heart sends to the brain can influence perception, emotional processing, and cognition.

The heart contains nerves and carbon monoxide poisoning can cause nerve damage.

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