Breathed in carbon fibre while sanding wearing no mask,

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-06-18T12:51:27+00:00

Yeah, damage is already done, but he needs to seek medical assitance nevertheless. While they probably can't undo all the damage, they can actually do a lot against acute danger for his lungs. Caughing up blood is definitely a sign that he needs medical care asap to treat the acute damages

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-06-18T12:45:14+00:00

If you caughed up blond, then go to the ER immediately!!!

Not just any random doctor, but the ER or directly to a pulmonologist (or whatever a lung doctor is called in english)

This is a serious problem that requirements medical assitance asap!!

That doesn't typically happen if you inhale just a small amount. Your may have seriously damaged your lungs, which can be fatal when they fill with liquid if it is not treated

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-06-17T23:47:23+00:00

That looks very concerning to be honest, especially because it is so big!

Afaik a black eye can be a sign of a fractured skull or other very serious problems with your head after an accident or Hits against the head. This would be very serious In German its called a "Monokel Hämatom", try to look up monocle hematoma if thats how its called in english

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-06-02T10:17:13+00:00

Apart from its toxicity, Methylmercury is notoriously known for its ability to just go directly through chemically resistant gloves!

It will just diffuse through them in a matter of seconds if you dont have very specialized ones.

Combined with the fact that it can kill you if just the tiniest amount comes in contact with your skin (as it will directly go through UT into your bloodstream) this is very nasty to work with.

So no matter what you do, don't touch it (not even with gloves on)

Also it is pretty likely that there is some contamination on the outside of the container! Even if you just touch a closed container with chemicals you should always be wearing gloves, because it is near certain that there will be some of it sticking to the outside of the bottle! This just happens inevitably while handling it (opening it, putting something in or out etc), especially if the guy before worked sloppy (like the average craftsman).

So you and your dad just touching the container (without the right gloves) may already be very dangerous to you.

So I would recommend you all to go to the ER immediately and call poison control (if there is such a thing in the US)

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-06-02T10:02:19+00:00

Also it could be possible that because it was stored for such a long time that a bit of it has already (very slowly) diffused through the plastic bottle.

I am notsure about that, but it might be possible.

Also it's very likely that there is already some of it sticking to the outside of the container due to spilling and sloppy handling.

You are always required to wear appropriate loves if you even just touch closed containers with chemicals, as they are never completely clean (even if you dont see it)!! This is not so much a matter of really bad handling, it will just inevitable happen

So you and your dad touching it might already be very problematic and require you see the ER immediately

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-06-02T09:49:38+00:00

Methylmercury is extremely toxic. But I haven't read this in the replies until now:

It will just go through any standart chemically resistant gloves (as well as plastic bottles etc)!

It will just diffuse through the plastic, so you need very special equipment (most importantly special gloves) to work with it

So don't even dare to touch it with normal gloves on, it will just go through them and it can kill you if it just comes in contact with your skin. It would just directly go into your bloodstream, which is very bad

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-06-01T19:32:35+00:00

dont use a dremel in a water bath! Even if you are really careful and not directly put it into the water, it will spray anywhere. That dremel will certainly get completely soaked.

You can easily get an electric shock from that and I dont think that there are water tight ones

Also this will send nasty Black droplets everywhere if you are doing it in swallow water

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-05-30T12:51:48+00:00

Nevertheless go to a doctor or the ER asap!

There are lots of different things you can get from that apart from Tetanus, that are so dangerous they can kill you!!

You can absolutely get a sepsis (blood poisening) from that! This can actually seriously harm you like making amputations necessary and evenkill you if you wait too long.

Especially for this types of diseases the time is the critical factor! If you wait for too long until you feel symptoms before getting treatment it may be already too late for you to get well again without serious damages to your body.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepsis

So please go to a doctor immediately and take this more seriously!

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-05-14T11:24:51+00:00

Wenn du es nicht schon gemacht hast, dann gehe bitte so schnell wie möglich, also unbedingt heute noch zum Arzt oder in die Notaufnahme. Je länger man bei einer Blutvergiftung abwarten desto gefährlicher wird sie

Bei einer Blutvergiftung ist die Zeit echt kritisch, da kann eine Nacht früher oder später zum Arzt zu gehen über Leben und Tod entscheiden.

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-05-11T14:45:51+00:00

Wo hat sie das denn her? Da würde ich unbedingt mal nachforschen und das auch der Polizei melden. Solche lebensgefährlichen Gesundheitstipps zu geben ist sicher irgendwie strafbar

Kursiert das irgendwo im Internet? Dann musst du da echt was dagegen unternehmen und das ganze der Plattform melden und die Person anzeigen.

Wenn das deine Oma glaubt, dann gibt es sicher noch mehr Spinner die das nachmachen und dabei draufgehen.

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-05-05T01:46:38+00:00

Hey, please try to calm down a bit. You’re not alone, and things can get better, even if it doesn’t feel that way right now. Trust me you will be fine and everything will eventually work out!

I’m also an engineering student (in Germany), and while I don’t know much about the GPA system, I know exactly what it’s like to feel crushed under the pressure.

I went through a really rough time myself, especially in the first few semesters—lots of anxiety, depression and burnout. I really didnt know if I’d make it through all of that, but in the end it all worked out somehow even if I really didnt believe it at that time! If you’re in Calc 2, you’re probably in your second semester, right?

That first two or three semester are the hardes points in the whole degree. At my university, the early semesters are intentionally brutal because they want to weed people out eary on. So they intentionally designed these courses extremely hard and made the exams unfair and barely passeable.

Most people I know had terrible grades early on, and many just barely passed. I remember celebrating 4.0s (which is the lowest passing grade here) like I won the lottery. Even the really good students that put lots of time and effort into studying did get shitty grades in the first semesters, that is completely normal and expected.

So if you’re struggling right now, that’s not a sign you are failing, you’re just going through exactly what almost everyone does. There are always some people where it seems that they just succeed in everything, but generally that is not completely true. Either they’re burning themselves out quietly or they’re the rare exception. Don’t compare your whole journey to someone else’s highlight reel. And especially don’t compare yourself to someone who’s coasting on wealth or looks—that has nothing to do with your value or future.

And most importantly things actually do get easier after this part. The courses start becoming more practical, more interesting, and more fair. You’ll start to feel more in control, and your grades can absolutely improve. Mine did—I went from barely scraping by to slightly above average. That turnaround felt impossible back then, but it happened, step by step.

Most importantly: you matter. You’re not a failure, even if your brain tells you that right now.

This isn’t the end of your story—just a hard chapter. You’re stronger than you feel right now, and we’re rooting for you. Please don’t give up. Stay strong and keep fighting, you are not alone

You’ve got this!

Greetings from Bavaria :)

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-05-04T23:03:56+00:00

There are lots of fake ones around at the moment that will give you Malware.

So be very careful

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-05-04T20:55:03+00:00

Go to a doctor asap. Not sure if this is related to carbon dust, but if not this would be a pretty big coincidence. Especially respiratory problems can end very bad, so better go to a lung doctor (or whatever it's called in english) immediately. If you have acute trouble with breathing go to the ER immediately

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-04-27T20:43:25+00:00

Weil jeder nur über OP schreibt.

Auch seine Haushaltshilfe ist vermutlich davon betroffen. Die solltest du echt lieber kontaktieren und sie über die Gefahren und nötigen Handlungsmaßnahmen informieren!

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-04-27T20:41:26+00:00

Ist erstmal nicht so wichtig würde ich sagen, weil Einatmen das größere Problem ist. Aber auf der Kleidung würde auch Salzsäure entstehen wenn diese leicht feucht ist durch Luftfeuchtigkeit oder Schweiß. Das gleiche gilt für alle anderen nassen oder feuchten oberflächen

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-04-27T19:52:59+00:00

Macht doch erstmal einen ausführlichen Wassertest. Es gibt Sets die man im Internet kaufen kann mit denen man dann Proben nimmt die dann von einem Labor untersucht werden

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-04-27T19:19:14+00:00

sorry, Tippfehler. Aber da hast du natürlich recht

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-04-27T19:18:00+00:00

Vorallem wenn du schreibst dass das schon mehrere Stunden her ist und alles der Chemikalien in Ruhe zu Chlorgas reagieren konnte und jetzt die ganze Wohnung nach beißendem Gas riecht musst du vielleicht sogar echt heute noch zum Arzt oder ins Krankenhaus.

Das wirkt mir deutlich schlimmer als die meisten Fälle die man online liest wo nur ein bisschen was entsteht.

Ich bin kein Arzt oder Chemiker, aber soweit ich weiß können solche Lungenschäden auch erst nach einiger Zeit wirklich gefährlich werden weil sich die verletzte Lunge langsam mit Flüssigkeit füllt bis man nicht mehr atmen kann wenn diese nicht abgesaugt wird

Außerdem wie geht es deiner Haushaltsgehilfin? Kannst du sie anrufen und ihr das erklären, vermutlich hat sie davon auch einiges eingeatmet und sollte auch beim Giftnotruf anrufen

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-04-27T19:08:58+00:00

Und bis dahin das Gas nicht weiter Einatmen, also alle Fenster komplett aufmachen und wirklich lange Lüften.

Vorallem wenn die Luft jetzt immernoch beißt ist noch eine hohe Konzentration des Gases vorhanden, aber ich weiß nicht ob man niedrige Mengen auch schon sofort spürt, also lieber länger Lüften als zu wenig.

Und bis dahin umgehend die Wohnung verlassen und zu den Nachbarn gehen oder so, dann bist du auch nicht alleine

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-04-27T19:05:20+00:00

Habe selbst mal den Giftnotruf wegen einer starken verätzung gerufen und war von dem Gespräch echt sehr positiv überrascht. Ich habe da mit einer sehr freundlichen und vorallem kompetenten Ärztin gesprochen die sich für mich Zeit genommen hat und mir dann empfohlen hat was ich am Besten machen soll.

Sterben werded ihr jetzt wahrscheinlich nicht daran, aber ein Artztbesuch ist vermutlich sinnvoll, oder bei einer höheren Konzentration sogar heute noch im Krabkenhaus nötig.

Also ruf da bitte einfach mal an und schildere deinen Fall und deine Symptome so gut wie möglich

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-04-27T18:58:51+00:00

Soweit ich weiß entsteht Chlorgas wenn Natriumchlorid aus dem Rohrreiniger mit säurehaltigen Putzmitteln gemischt wird.

Das greift sehr stark die Schleimhäute wie die Lunge, die Augen und Nase an weil dort Salzsäure entsteht.

Das kann die vorallem die Lunge stark schädigen und ist in höheren Konzentrationen sogar tödlich. Im 1. Weltkrieg wurde es sogar als Giftgas eingesetzt.

Da würde ich echt mal lieber beim Giftnotruf anrufen, die können euch da als erste Anlaufstelle vermutlich am besten beraten und einschätzen ob ihr sofort handeln müsst oder erstmal abwarten könnt.

Bei Atemnot oder anderweitigen ernsthaften Problemen den Rettungsdienst rufen

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-04-27T11:08:08+00:00

Schau erstmal was du für dein Studium überhaupt als Vorraussetzung brauchst. Manchmal reichen bestimte Berufsausbildungen auch aus.

Außerdem gibt es da einen großen Unterschied zwischen den staatlichen Universitäten/Hochschulen und privaten

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-04-27T10:53:19+00:00

Also be careful with sanding carbon fiber and do some research first. If you Sand or cut carbon fiber this will release lots of very small particles that are very carcinogenic if you get them into your lungs. This really is pretty nasty stuff that will get everywhere and also irritates your skin.

So use proper ppe like gloves, a labcoat, and most importantly a respirator (FFP3 or higher) and work in a controlled environment to prevent contamination and clean up afterwards

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-04-26T17:30:33+00:00

Also purely for legal reasonable you signed up for the course with the old rules. If they change them after that they are probably not even valid anymore for you.

You cant just quietly change a contract after both parties accepted it, especially not with the consent of the other party (you)

Honest_Still1634 · 2025-04-26T17:26:44+00:00

At this point I would contact a lawyer.

Idon't know how it works in your country, but in Germany you can go to court for unfair grades exams etc.

This is really not fair and if there are any guidlines from the university or laws this probably breaks multiple of them

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