Carbon Monoxide poisoning...
Something to think about... I have been unexplainably sick will all of these symptoms, for several years, and doctors can find nothing...?
While discussing with a friend today why I feel so horrible with nausea, headache, dizziness, blurry vision and ears ringing... and mentioning having to run an extra rich mixture of methanol fuel in my (dirt modified)race car last night, where the fumes were burning my eyes and throat as I sat in the running car waiting for the race start... it finally hit me!
I have always wondered why I am the sickest for several days after a race night, or when tuning an engine in the shop even with the doors open and fans running. Now, after extensive reseach on the net, I can now suspect this as the culprit...
"When a healthy person is exposed to a low level of CO, they typically begin to have trouble concentrating. Other early symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning typically show up as a person becomes somewhat uncoordinated, feels quite tired, and/or has a mild headache. Then the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning get stronger as flu-like, food-poisoning-like, or alcohol-poisoning-like symptoms: headache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, exhaustion, mild incoherence, blurred vision, and brain fog".
There are also several studies of long term effects from frequent CO poisonings, most of which I have the symptoms. I wear a fresh-air blower helmet while in the car, and will have to find a carbon monoxide filter element instead of the microfiber element, but that does not help when I'm working on the the car with the engine running...?
So now what? Do I quit racing and get away from race engines...?
Which one is going to kill me faster... the fumes or the boredom...?
If anyone is suffering from unexplained illnesses that doctors cannot determine the cause, this just might be the culprit. I have been to numerous doctors and thousands of dollars in tests, but no doctor has ever come up with an answer... of course I didn't know to mention possible CO poisoning until now...?