Birker2020
Well-Known Member
Further to my post yesterday. I went to the walk in centre at the hospital yesterday afternoon and got seen within half an hour. I explained what had happened regarding the gas leak to the doctor who saw me. He put a pulse monitor on my finger and then checked my blood pressure. He looked on his computer and went on the internet and then told me I was fine as propane cannot emit carbon monoxide (wrong, wrong, wrong). Headache gone although I dont think it will take much to bring it back. Still feeling bit queasy and dizzy. I have been feeling like this for many months, but obviously a lot worse when the two leaks happened. I went to the doctor weeks ago and had blood tests but obviously they didnt test for carbon monoxide at the time as I hadn't been suspicious it was that, but now wondering if we have had low level of leakage from the boiler for a long time. We have been in the mobile for 16 months now and although I don't live there full time I stop there at weekends. They thought my symptoms at the time were to do with anxiety as I was shaky, heart racing, dizzy, headachey.
Our dog is having breathing problems at the moment and is under investigation by the vet at the moment (thought it was reverse sneezing she was suffering from) and my partner is feeling constantly tired all the time. We had the calor gas service engineer out last time and he fixed the fault and says it would be okay but we are obviously going to have another service engineer out now although we are now hooked up to a full canister of gas now which should prevent the problem.
The doctor at the walk in centre at A&E was totally incorrect in what he was saying that propane does not cause carbon monoxide poisoning, I found numerous internet sites including a fact sheet from Calor Gas stating that propane does cause Carbon Monoxide and you can smell it (as it had odorant added for safety) once the volume of leakage exceeds 5%. It is a very low lying gas but certain conditions (like leakage from boilers) and as in the case of the previous leak we had where the wind was pushing the gas upwards underneath the mobile through the bedroom floorboards. You are not allowed to completely block the sides of the mobile on floor level as if there is a leak it can accumulate and then explode which is why in certain weather conditions leaking gas can be pushed upwards. If propane mixes with water it creates harmless carbon dioxide. Mixed with oxygen it can cause carbon monoxide.
The carbon monoxide detector that my Mum bought us following the first leak did not go off on Saturday although I tested it afterwards by pressing the button and it worked okay. This is due to the fact that propane is a natural gas, and you need a different type of monitor for butane/propane although we didnt know at the time. Now we know.
The doctor thinks I have a flu bug or something similiar as my Oxygen sats were 94 and if they are under 92 there is a problem and he said if they had been lower he would have sent me for a blood test. He also said that he wouldn't expect me to still be suffering from symptoms of posioning (even though it stays in your blood for a while). I think the doctor yesterday was hinting that my symptoms were psychosomatic.
Our dog is having breathing problems at the moment and is under investigation by the vet at the moment (thought it was reverse sneezing she was suffering from) and my partner is feeling constantly tired all the time. We had the calor gas service engineer out last time and he fixed the fault and says it would be okay but we are obviously going to have another service engineer out now although we are now hooked up to a full canister of gas now which should prevent the problem.
The doctor at the walk in centre at A&E was totally incorrect in what he was saying that propane does not cause carbon monoxide poisoning, I found numerous internet sites including a fact sheet from Calor Gas stating that propane does cause Carbon Monoxide and you can smell it (as it had odorant added for safety) once the volume of leakage exceeds 5%. It is a very low lying gas but certain conditions (like leakage from boilers) and as in the case of the previous leak we had where the wind was pushing the gas upwards underneath the mobile through the bedroom floorboards. You are not allowed to completely block the sides of the mobile on floor level as if there is a leak it can accumulate and then explode which is why in certain weather conditions leaking gas can be pushed upwards. If propane mixes with water it creates harmless carbon dioxide. Mixed with oxygen it can cause carbon monoxide.
The carbon monoxide detector that my Mum bought us following the first leak did not go off on Saturday although I tested it afterwards by pressing the button and it worked okay. This is due to the fact that propane is a natural gas, and you need a different type of monitor for butane/propane although we didnt know at the time. Now we know.
The doctor thinks I have a flu bug or something similiar as my Oxygen sats were 94 and if they are under 92 there is a problem and he said if they had been lower he would have sent me for a blood test. He also said that he wouldn't expect me to still be suffering from symptoms of posioning (even though it stays in your blood for a while). I think the doctor yesterday was hinting that my symptoms were psychosomatic.
