Carbon Dioxide Toxicity From Wearing A Mask.

[Vikingjunior]

So reports are coming out that people are getting very sick from prolonged use of a mask. Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space and hence hampers breathing a bit by making the air reaching the lungs have significant more CO2

[karostay]

Results are no oxygen to the brain....It's effects are rampant

[dewilson58]

myth

[Velvet]

So reports are coming out that people are getting very sick from prolonged use of a mask. Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space and hence hampers breathing a bit by making the air reaching the lungs have significant more CO2

Yes, one can just see all the doctors and nurses wearing them all day, dropping dead. ;)

[Decadeofdave]

If you wrap your mask with plastic wrap. Lol

[Rosie1950]

I don’t run on petroleum products. Hubs on the other hand is loaded with gas maybe I should worry.

[thelegges]

If that were true, every surgical staff would be brain dead. ( well some say you are brain dead to work Neuro or open heart for up to 12 hours straight)

Of course those that were in the generation who didn’t have evac symptoms during their lifetime of free floating gas’s in the room.

And yes that generation do have some issues due to the anesthesia gas, but that would be ages from mid 60s and up

[davem4616]

So reports are coming out that people are getting very sick from prolonged use of a mask. Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space and hence hampers breathing a bit by making the air reaching the lungs have significant more CO2


Wow, who knew right?

I believe that there's an article in the current edition of MAD magazine on this also...

knowing this totally increases my respect for the Lone Ranger....he braved it out and never took his mask off

Hi Ho Silver....away!!!!

[Inexes@aol.com]

So reports are coming out that people are getting very sick from prolonged use of a mask. Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space and hence hampers breathing a bit by making the air reaching the lungs have significant more CO2

Man o man.... how did I survive all my years as an operating room nurse? Don't remember getting sick from living in those masks all day long and sometimes half the night. Where do these reports come from???? The masks that people are wearing are not air-tight, they are not full-face masks, there is a difference.

[mlmarr1]

exactly .. so many people are so brainwashed .. a mask isn't doing one healthy thing for your lungs..
Thank you..

[MandoMan]

Man o man.... how did I survive all my years as an operating room nurse? Don't remember getting sick from living in those masks all day long and sometimes half the night. Where do these reports come from???? The masks that people are wearing are not air-tight, they are not full-face masks, there is a difference.

I spent three years standing at an O.R. Table wearing a mask all day, so I agree with you. Shall we add that most people do not expel all of the air in their lungs with every breath before sucking in more, so there is always residual CO2 in their lungs. Somehow we survive.

However, the new fad for paper lunch bags or plastic grocery bags filled with air, then taped to the face will usually lead to an increase of CO2 in the blood, though they may also cure hiccups.

[Lindsyburnsy]

My guess this information is put out there by extremists that refuse to wear a mask and also don't want to social distance either. Freedom v stupidity.

[golfing eagles]

So reports are coming out that people are getting very sick from prolonged use of a mask. Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space and hence hampers breathing a bit by making the air reaching the lungs have significant more CO2

Man o man.... how did I survive all my years as an operating room nurse? Don't remember getting sick from living in those masks all day long and sometimes half the night. Where do these reports come from???? The masks that people are wearing are not air-tight, they are not full-face masks, there is a difference.

Did you read the OP fully, Inex, and how did you not laugh?. Unbelievable---someone picked up the term "dead space", probably from the internet, and then throws it around like they have any idea what it means. Since the mask will be in close proximity to your lips, it does not increase dead space. (the OP's statement was "Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space", which is even more absurd). If someone had end stage COPD the added layer of obstruction MIGHT add to CO2 retention, but those people are generally on supplemental O2 anyway and not wearing paper masks.
Someone else posted that MOST people don't expel all the air when exhaling. How about ALL people, and all land mammals as well, otherwise we'd have total lung atelectasis.
A little knowledge...………….

[Koapaka]

To mask or not to mask: Modeling the potential for face mask use by the general public to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic - ScienceDirect (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468042720300117?via%3Dihub)

[Girlcopper]

So reports are coming out that people are getting very sick from prolonged use of a mask. Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space and hence hampers breathing a bit by making the air reaching the lungs have significant more CO2

What prolonged use? You put it on to go shopping and take it off as soon as you get out. I dont know about you but Not many places are open and Im certainly not out there shopping for all new clothes. And Ive seen people driving with masks on. Why? Dont want to infect your steering wheel?

[Eg_cruz]

So reports are coming out that people are getting very sick from prolonged use of a mask. Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space and hence hampers breathing a bit by making the air reaching the lungs have significant more CO2
If this was so please explain how for 100 years doctors and nurses can wear them in surgery for 5, 6, 7 hours in surgery. I had surgery for 8 hours how did The dr survive.
My thoughts are people are uses homemade mask to thick and they hard to breathe. I have seen people with a mask and a bunch of tissue stuffed under them. Follow the guide line by the CCD and you will be fine.

[theruizs]

So reports are coming out that people are getting very sick from prolonged use of a mask. Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space and hence hampers breathing a bit by making the air reaching the lungs have significant more CO2

Fake news.

[Quixote]

If you wrap your mask with plastic wrap. Lol

Hilarious—thanks for a good laugh!!!

Then again, it might improve some folks (or at least ‘lower their volume’...)!

[Bill Harlan]

Why then aren’t all surgeons and OR personnel dead?

[bmit16]

This is terrible for all the germaphobics and crowd police in TV. Now, the people who don't wear a mask will kill them, and if they wear a mask they will kill themselves. Its just a big conspiracy to kill them! I watched a football game last night on a rerun, and am pretty sure they were talking about you in the huddle!

[cwwilber@gmail.com]

You can say that again!

[Tom53]

Apparently, the thought of wearing a mask causes some people to develop dead space between the ears....

[nhtexasrn]

But his mask was only over his eyes!

[kendi]

So reports are coming out that people are getting very sick from prolonged use of a mask. Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space and hence hampers breathing a bit by making the air reaching the lungs have significant more CO2

I've noticed how strange it is to see people with masks from their neck to their eyes. Even stranger when wearing sunglasses. Rarely am I indoors anywhere but my own home so I'm talking about people I see outdoors. It's not the mask itself that is strange, but that it seems to turn them into a non person. A faceless expressionless mummy that doesn't even attempt a hello with a wave of the hand. Where did the smiles that I've come to love in TV go? So glad most don't wear the masks outdoors and remain friendly. Also happy that they are respectful of distancing.

[Mumbles]

Results are no oxygen to the brain....It's effects are rampant

A lack of oxygen to the brain is quite similar to how many of us write our thoughts in TOTV. Perhaps we should be wearing our masks while typing out our responses?

[Carlsondm]

Just use a mask with an exhaust valve. They are better for hot climates anyway. One way valve. Bikers use them.
Btw, you are also likely to reacted to the fabric and filter media too. Wash the mask before using if allowed. Formaldehyde and synthetic fabric odors bother many people.

[manaboutown]

Interesting possibility with an N95 mask. Driver in crash may have passed out from wearing N95 mask too long: Police - ABC News (https://abcnews.go.com/US/driver-crash-passed-wearing-n95-mask-long-police/story?id=70346532)

[Quixote]

.... Where did the smiles that I've come to love in TV go? .....

Smiles are eaten by the deadly accumulation of carbon dioxide in the ‘dead space’ behind the mask AND between the ears! Honestly, everyone knows this....

[jimjamuser]

Did you read the OP fully, Inex, and how did you not laugh?. Unbelievable---someone picked up the term "dead space", probably from the internet, and then throws it around like they have any idea what it means. Since the mask will be in close proximity to your lips, it does not increase dead space. (the OP's statement was "Apparently breathing CO2 from wearing a mask increases dead space", which is even more absurd). If someone had end stage COPD the added layer of obstruction MIGHT add to CO2 retention, but those people are generally on supplemental O2 anyway and not wearing paper masks.
Someone else posted that MOST people don't expel all the air when exhaling. How about ALL people, and all land mammals as well, otherwise we'd have total lung atelectasis.
A little knowledge...………….
Good post.

[aallbrand]

Please stay stop reading and believing everything you read.[/B] Yes its true the N95 Mask can reduce the level of Oxygen by about 20 % . If you are trained on the use its not a problem . Good or bad news The N95 is the mask every one wants because its the most effective however unless you are in the medical profession they are extremely hard to get

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Please stay stop reading and believing everything you read.[/B] Yes its true the N95 Mask can reduce the level of Oxygen by about 20 % . If you are trained on the use its not a problem . Good or bad news The N95 is the mask every one wants because its the most effective however unless you are in the medical profession they are extremely hard to get

Actually no, it's not "the most effective." The most effective mask I've seen so far was a gas mask, the kind you find in the military that fits completely over the head, attached by a hose to an oxygen tank strapped to some guy's belt. That was hard-core. I saw that a few weeks ago at the store.

[Topspinmo]

Somebody trying to win the getto lottery and looking for ambulance chasing starving lawyer to present the case:duck: :ohdear:

[bpascani]

probably has to do with too long of use time, AND, not cleaning the masks, as required.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

probably has to do with too long of use time, AND, not cleaning the masks, as required.

Has nothing to do with either. Doctors and nurses have been wearing masks for up to 18 hours in a single day since all this started, and they're not keeling over from CO2 poisoning. Because of shortages, many of them are re-using the same masks they wore the day before. The ones that they are supposed to be using, the N95s, are specially fitted for each doctor and nurse. That means they are, for all intents and purposes, sealed to their skin the entire time they're wearing them. And - even THEY aren't keeling over from Co2 poisoning.

I wear a mask for 6-7 hours during a shift, with a half hour or hour break in the middle. Sometimes I wear a surgical mask. Sometimes a cloth mask. Sometimes one of those masks that you get as a patient in the doctor's office if you show up for an appointment and are coughing while sitting in the waiting room. I haven't suffered from Co2 poisoning.

I have trouble breathing through the masks, but I adjust, and after around 10 minutes of putting it on, the discomfort subsides and I adjust to it.

[coffeebean]

Yes, one can just see all the doctors and nurses wearing them all day, dropping dead. ;)

My thoughts exactly. Doctors and nurses have been wearing masks for extended periods of time for years in operating rooms.

[coffeebean]

Interesting possibility with an N95 mask. Driver in crash may have passed out from wearing N95 mask too long: Police - ABC News (https://abcnews.go.com/US/driver-crash-passed-wearing-n95-mask-long-police/story?id=70346532)

Why would anyone wear an N95 mask for several hours while driving a car? I read the entire article and that is exactly what the article said. Shaking my head if this is actually true.

[blueash]

I have figured it out. The masks are being pushed by the same people who believe that excess CO2 is causing global climate change. See, if you can trap all that CO2 inside the body then it saves the environment from its catastrophic exhalation. And seemingly those opposing wearing masks, and you know who you are, all don't believe that climate change is human in origin.

Hi Gracie. Not in timeout

[manaboutown]

Why would anyone wear an N95 mask for several hours while driving a car? I read the entire article and that is exactly what the article said. Shaking my head if this is actually true.

I wear a N95 mask when and where I need a mask and only then. I walk outside in the fresh air, drive and of course within my residence wear no mask.

[golfing eagles]

I’m assuming you watched the video then before replying? I also worked in the hospital system....I also said “although” she seemed credible...I don’t know what to believe anymore. So tired of people attacking others!

Wasn't criticizing you, you were just the messenger. I do have a problem with the person who put this misinformation video out there. Believe it not, there will be people who think it's true