eyes burn

[cowgirl44]

My eyes have been burning, but only at home. My girlfriend stopped by and came in and said almost immediately that her eyes were burning. My husband says his eyes are fine. Our furnace has been having problems. HVAC guy says need new furnace, but Hasn't been able to get to it yet. If it were Co2 why me and my friend could feel burning eyes but not my husband?

[Lookout Kid]

Carbon monoxide is CO, not CO2. CO2 would be carbon dioxide. There was a lot of confusion about these two gasses on this thread for some reason.

[Vasily]

My eyes burn in the winter because the dust blown around by the furnace aggravates my allergies, and I have an eye dryness problem that's aggravated by the low humidity. Allegra plus a humidifier fixes it for me.

By the way, burning eyes is not one of the symptoms of either carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide poisoning.

[cantusmellthatsmell]

We lived in a house that did not have a humidifier built into the furnace. The old house even had window air conditioning units. The heat from the furnace and the air conditioning draw much needed moisture out of the air causing dry eyes. Even though our eyes would burn and water they were still dry. I added a couple of humidifiers and the problem went away. Humid warm heat in the Winter made the entire house more comfortable as well. If you don't have a humidifier, just boil some water on the stove. This may not be your entire problem but worked for us. Our Vet told us our old hound dog was under stress because his' eyes were bloodshot. Wanted us to add some "calming herb" to his' food. Adding humidity to the air cured his' blood shot eyes. Who knew dogs could suffer from dry eyes as well.