About two weeks ago I had a dizzy spell while poring bleach into a bucket to mop the bathroom floor the bleach spilled all over the bathroom (not diluted) I think i might have passed out for a few seconds after I fell into it. I had to clean up the bleach so I was running in and out of the bathroom sponging it up until I stuck a towel on it and moped it up that way (there are no windows in the bathroom. Afterwords it felt like I was having an asthma attack for hours I could hardly breathe and choking and coughing it felt like I had sand in my lungs. Now come to find out Im pregnant (about six weeks and this happened around four weeks) is my baby ok? Could I have damaged it! ?
Hello, welcome to Chat Doctor, Inhalation of bleach will irritate the respiratory tract, and it will make you uncomfortable for breathing. If you have inhaled bleach fumes, you can notice as soon as the fumes enters your nostrils. First thing to do is you have to come out that room to the well ventilated place and try to exile all the fumes which as reached your lungs. It will take some time to exile all the fumes you have inhaled. Most of the time it does not require any treatment, and you will be fine in one or two days. In large concentration the bleaching fumes crosses the placental barrier and may cause damage to the fetus. Consult your obstetrician for further opinion at the earliest. Thank you.