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Doctors rarely manage to identify neurological damage caused by chronic
exposure to carbon monoxide, according to Carbon Monoxide Support, a British
charity. A survey by the charity of 77 people poisoned by the gas found only one
case in which doctors had made a correct diagnosis on the basis of symptoms. As
a result, people continued to suffer, and prolonged their exposure to the
gas鈥攗sually in the home. 鈥淭his survey is devastating,鈥� says chemical
pathologist Alastair Hay of the University of Leeds, who advises the charity.
鈥淚t shows a major failure to detect CO poisoning.鈥�