[Stoves] CO- and Oxygen-affinity to haemoglobine

[andrew heggie]

On Wednesday 27 October 2010 06:37:49 veenu joon wrote:
> Dear stovers
> Yes our bodies do produce some CO. But there are no visible symptoms of
> CO poisning for this small amount. We lack good literature on chronic
> exposure to small doses of CO on our bodies.  CO endogenous production
> results in a blood COHb% levels of 0.4-0.9% in a healthy unexposed
> person (Marks et al., 2002; Widdop, 2002).

I wonder what this increases to in a habitual tobbacco smoker?

I'm told smokers have less problems acclimatising to high altitude because 
their bodies have adapted to lower blood oxygen from the chronic affects 
of CO on their haemoglobin, possibly an urban myth.

AJH