People  dying from Carbon monoxide poisoning in the winter ?
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Its not the heaters that produce the monoxide unless something is wrong with the pilot in your heater. Your best bet is to buy a carbon monoxide detector (probably like $15 at a hardware store) and plug it in the room your in the most or where you see fit. That way you will know when something is wrong and you'll rest easy. I feel mine saved my family when my dumba** sister used a powerwasher INSIDE the house!! Good luck!
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I think that it is a very real thing.  As to the chances of it actually happening to me, I seriously doubt that will happen, but who knows!  Most cases probably have a contributing factor, such as falling asleep with a cigarette and making it seem like spontaneous combustion, but I think if Tibetan Monks can raise their body temperature through mind control, who's to say their internal thermostat might go on the fritz and kaboom....of course if Tibetan Monks can do it, then some other people might be able too without realizing that's what they're doing.
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Frozen lungs might indicate a person inhaled freon.
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u probably shouldn't make Ur own carbon monoxide(some versions can be very deadly to you) Aspirin Acetaminophen Ibuprofen
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The homeless population on any given night now is 750,000 with 200,000 of those as "chronic homeless" these figures rise every year it seems. Despite the best efforts of those who work for housing, health care, and economic justice, homeless people will die in your community this year. Plan now to memorialize them on Dec.21, the first day of winter, "the longest night of the year!"
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Carbon monoxide keeps hemoglobin in the blood from carrying oxygen.
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YES! Basically, what happens is that carbon monoxide adheres to red blood cells better than carbon dioxide and oxygen, so when you smoke, your red blood cells dont carry the oxygen around as well as a non-smoker. Red blood cells are what carries oxygen around and removes any toxins from muscles and what have you.
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Smoking KILLS\n\nEvery year hundreds of thousands of people around the world die from diseases caused by smoking.\n\nOne in two lifetime smokers will die from their habit. Half of these deaths will occur in middle age.\n\nTobacco smoke also contributes to a number of  cancers.\n\nThe mixture of nicotine and carbon monoxide in each cigarette you smoke temporarily increases your heart rate and blood pressure, straining your heart and blood vessels. \n\nThis can cause heart attacks and stroke. It slows your blood flow, cutting off oxygen to your feet and hands. Some smokers end up having their limbs \namputated.\n\nTar coats your lungs like soot in a chimney and causes cancer. A 20-a-day smoker breathes in up to a full cup (210 g) of tar in a year.\n\nChanging to low-tar cigarettes does not help because smokers usually take deeper puffs and hold the smoke in for longer, dragging the tar deeper into their lungs.\n\nCarbon monoxide robs your muscles, brain and body tissue of oxygen, making your whole body and especially your heart  work harder. Over time, your airways swell up and let less air into your lungs.\n\nSmoking causes disease and is a slow way to die. The strain put on your body by smoking often causes years of suffering. Emphysema is an illness that slowly rots your lungs. People with emphysema often get bronchitis again and again, and suffer lung and heart failure.\n\nLung cancer from smoking  is caused by the tar in tobacco smoke. Men who smoke are ten times more likely to die from lung cancer than non-smokers.\n\nHeart disease and strokes are also more common among smokers than non-smokers. \n\nSmoking causes fat deposits to narrow and block blood vessels which leads to heart attack. \n\nSmoking causes around one in five deaths from heart disease. \n\nIn younger people, three out of four deaths from heart disease are due to smoking.
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The cold weather itself doesn't bring on the flu, it has more to do with the fact that there is less outside air circulating in the winter (because of closed windows/doors, etc.) and then people have a better chance of coming into contact with the virus.
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oh yeah we were all supposed to be dead by now.\n\nmaybe the russian winter will kill us all off instead.\n\nits the newspapers blowing everything out of proportion
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sorry to hear about that. but yes, people are dying earlier nowadays, and i think it's interesting because despite the advances in medicine and health care provision, people are becoming more vulnerable to diseases and infections. people living in urban areas are exposed to high levels of air and industrial pollution, and not to mention, sedentary lifestyle. today, everyone is susceptible to chronic diseases, regardless of whether or not they can afford healh care. i hope we can do something to prevent elevating levels of early deaths.
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Its glandular fever and as far as i know, Ive never heard of deaths from mono. The only way i could imagine someone dying frm it is if they have a compromised immune system eg under intense chemo
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Homelessness can have an alarming impact on the health of those who find themselves in this situation\n\nIt's hardly surprising that at this time of year when it is cold and damp that many end up in A&E with chest infections and hypotherma.\n\nThose who escape any noticable illnesses now will probably develop diseases such and asthma, heart disease and arthritis in later life as a result of roughing it.\n\nI get very upset when I see anyone who is obviously without a roof over their head. And would glady and offer them a rood over their heads for a day on two. However, my husband is not be so tolerant and obliging. \n\nWhen I was single I had two or three homeless people dossing in my house for several days at a time. This short respite gave them the opportunity to recharge their batteries and get some decent food inside them.\n\nSo if you see anyone who is roughing it...help them with cloths or food as many do not get even one square meal aday.\n\n\nThere but for the grace of god.
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They take a break in winter.Some kind of hibernates,by going into the larval stage(this,I saw in discovery channel),while others gather at a tree and try to survive in the cold by staying close together for warmth(this I got from  http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/July2000/default.htm  )
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I would build a homeless shelter here in my city who has a city council that ignores the problem, even in the winter. I live in Canada where winters get to -40. These people die in the cold as they have nowhere else to go!
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That answer would be: B the harsh winter.
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My God!!!  Are you people really this brainwashed or are you simply selfish and stupid?!?!?!\n\nSometimes I think only 10 yo girls are answering questions on this board.\n\nOxides of nitrogen. This gas can make children susceptible to respiratory diseases in the winters.\nCarbon monoxide. CO (carbon monoxide) combines with haemoglobin to lessen the amount of oxygen that enters our blood through our lungs. The binding with other haeme proteins causes changes in the function of the affected organs such as the brain and the cardiovascular system, and also the developing foetus. It can impair our concentration, slow our reflexes, and make us confused and sleepy.\nSulphur dioxide. SO2 (sulphur dioxide) in the air is caused due to the rise in combustion of fossil fuels. It can oxidize and form sulphuric acid mist. SO2 in the air leads to diseases of the lung and other lung disorders such as wheezing and shortness of breath. Long-term effects are more difficult to ascertain as SO2 exposure is often combined with that of SPM.\nSPM (suspended particulate matter). Suspended matter consists of dust, fumes, mist and smoke. The main chemical component of SPM that is of major concern is lead, others being nickel, arsenic, and those present in diesel exhaust. These particles when breathed in, lodge in our lung tissues and cause lung damage and respiratory problems. The importance of SPM as a major pollutant needs special emphasis as a) it affects more people globally than any other pollutant on a continuing basis; b) there is more monitoring data available on this than any other pollutant; and c) more epidemiological evidence has been collected on the exposure to this than to any other pollutant. \n\nAutomotive/manufacturing pollution is much worse and (silly little girl that said otherwise...'worldtraveler') these pollutants are much more dense and concentrated than tobacco smoke.\n\nto hutches3....silly head...your feet will get your lazy butt to the grocery store and cause NO pollution.  If you are so worried about 'smoke', give up your car....that is why you have 2 feet.\n\n\nAnd, finally, to Julie B....are you freaking retarted???  Car Exhaust doesn't cause cancer and emphysema????  Of course they can!!!  If you think car exhaust is not harmful, crank up your car and shut your garage....see what happens.  \n\nIn fact, here is a good test study for you idiots.  \n\nPrior to the above suggestions (car, garage, etc...since you won't survive that one, please do it after the next suggestion) Light up an entire carton of cigarettes in a closed up garage.  sit in there for 20 minutes.....are you dead???  No??  OK, now let all the 'deadly' tobacco smoke out of the garage.  Now close the garage door again (don't really do this part, it WILL kill you.) crank up your car and sit there for 20 minutes....\n\nMy point is, clearly exhaust from a car is WAAAAAAAY more deadly than cigarettes....and I REALLY don't care if it gets you to the grocery store or not, idiot, it is much more deadly than a cigarette....\n\nPoster, thanks for allowing me to vent for few minutes about this.  Sorry I ranted so much, but idiots make me do that occasionally!!  :-)