Carbon monoxide poisoning form faulty gas heater

[Meatpie]

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. A faulty natural gas room heater caused this fatal poisoning. The characteristic cherry-red coloration of skin persists in death. CO binds irreversibly with hemoglobin to produce bright red hemoglobin‚ which retains its color even though no oxygen is present.

• Carbon monoxide (CO) is a leading cause of poisoning death in the US . CO is an odorless, tasteless, colorless gas produced by combustion of carbon-containing compounds (wood, charcoal, oil, gas):
  • CO inhalation leads to displacement of oxygen from binding sites on hemoglobin.
  • Detrimental effects are related to tissue hypoxia from decreased oxygen content and a shift of the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve to the left.
  • CO also binds to mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase, impairing adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production, and to myoglobin, affecting muscle function.
• System(s) affected: Cardiovascular; Musculoskeletal; Nervous

 

[AxoloteFel]

Is not too bad

 

[zonmoy]

looks like the boy died a good death.

 

[gibing]

He must have had a hot body

 

[Art Of War]

I am assuming he was asleep when it happens.

 

[Wormmon2006]

Doesn't death CO also more or less turn the corpse into a fleshy statue?