This article about inhalant abuse starts by defining the drug category of inhalants‚ “chemical vapors that are inhaled”. The article continues on by talk about how inhalants are used‚ and the age group and population most likely to be using inhalants. The article ends by talking about short and long term effects such as slurred speech and muscle weakness‚ and the article as talks about other consequences of using inhalants such as choking and fatal injury. One thing I found most interesting is
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Internal Medicine‚ Singapore General Hospital‚ Singapore Abstract Inhalant abuse is a prevalent and often overlooked form of substance abuse in adolescents and young adults. It causes a euphoric feeling‚ may become addictive and can be a serious health concern associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Acute effects of inhalants include sudden sniffing death syndrome‚ asphyxia‚ and traumatic injuries. Chronic inhalant abuse can damage the brain‚ heart‚ lung‚ kidney‚ liver‚ and bone marrow
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Inhalants "Inhalants are volatile substances that produce chemical vapors that can be inhaled to induce a psychoactive‚ or mind-altering‚ effect. “http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/inhalant -abuse/what-are-inhalants” Inhalants are not natural‚ they are man made in factories. There are four main types of inhalants which are volatile solvents‚ gases‚ aerosols‚ and nitrites. Some examples of these are household products such as glue‚ paint thinner‚ and aerosol cans. Inhalants
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Child abuse is a common issue throughout the world‚ while some people believe it to be only physical abuse; emotional abuse and neglect are also serious issues ("Child Abuse and Neglect").The definition of child abuse is‚ “Mistreatment of a child by a parent or guardian‚ including neglect‚ beating‚ and sexual molestation (“Child Abuse").” There are many misinterpretations about child abuse‚ such as‚ “if a child is being abused they will tell someone‚” most children who are abused actually do not
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times cause the user to have hallucinations. Some common all arounders are marijuana and mushrooms. How do inhalants fit in to these categories? Inhalants can take the forms of aerosols‚ solvents‚ gases‚ and nitrates. Aerosols can be found in hairspray‚ cooking sprays or in air fresheners. A solvent inhalant can be gasoline‚ paint thinner or nail polish remover to name just a few. An inhalant gas that is abused commonly is nitrous oxide. These products can be used in various ways either by the user
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Introduction Of all the drugs out there‚ inhalants are probably the easiest drugs anyone can obtain. Almost everyone has used inhalants from young children to full grown adults. The use of inhalants is a lot more harmful to the body physically and mentally then what most believe. So before you decide to pick up a marker and sniff it‚ let me give some incite on inhalants and what can be the consequences of using them. Origin The chronic use of inhalants dates as far back as 800 B.C. During this
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Steroid abuse in sports Every four year top athletes meet and compete at the Olympic games and unfortunately‚ more athletes are being tested positive for doping. The use of synthetic drugs has negatively shaped the way we play sports today. Doping is considered as a form of cheating since specific banned substances are used to enhance the athlete’s performance. The bans of steroids use in sports‚ enforced by the Olympic committee‚ restrict the athlete’s misuse and abuse of steroids. Certain cases
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Inhalant anaesthesia in dorsal recumbency can result in hypoventilation and in the development of intrapulmonary shunts (Oura et al. 2012). The respiratory dysfunction is associated with formation of atelectasis in dependent lung areas‚ which can impair pulmonary compliance‚ gas exchange and oxygenation (Staffieri et al. 2007; De Monte et al. 2013). Such alterations may be prevented by using mechanical ventilation‚ which can be adjusted in terms of fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2)‚ positive end-expiratory
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Inhalant intoxication Overview: Inhalants are regularly known as any vapors or exhaust which can bring about a type of inebriation on the individual who inhales them in an encased space. Paint‚ pastes‚ and cleaning liquids are a portion of the more basic sorts of inhalants that are utilized for inebriation. Whatever is breathed in‚ the side effects are fundamentally the same and incorporate a feeling of elation‚ discombobulating‚ impeded reflexes and a general dormant condition of being. Knowing
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Misconceptions: Did humans evolve from monkeys? No‚ humans did not evolve from monkeys‚ but did we evolve from apes then? Well turns out even though we are more closely related to apes than monkeys‚ we still didn’t evolve from them. So who or what did humans evolve from? Scientists believe that humans share a common ancestor with modern African apes (gorillas‚ chimpanzees). This ancestor lived five to eight million years ago‚ but hold on if this was true wouldn’t this mean
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