Kutevera kupisa kwakazara, zvinongosara chete carbon dioxide nemvura. Kunyange zvazvo carbon dioxide inogona kukonzera kuoma, kupisa kusina kukwana kunogadzira carbon monoxide, chinhu chine chepfu. Uyezve, mahydrocarbon anogona kupinda mumoto usina kukwana, zvinogona kushandura kabhoni dhaikisaidhi kudzoka kuita kabhoni monoxide.
The predominant zviratidzo zve carbon monoxide poisoning idzungu, kutemwa nemusoro, lethargy, uye kudhakwa-kufanana nemamiriro ezvinhu, nekuratidzwa kwakanyanya kunogona kukonzera kufenda.