In recent years, especially in low-income communities, inhalant abuse has been on a stark rise. Inhalant abuse has gone on the rise in recent years due to the fact that inhalants are easy to obtain, cheap and are also legal. Inhalants are infamously known for having very devastating long term consequences to those who choose to abuse it on a regular basis. This article will go through the dangerous outcomes of continued inhalant abuse.
Inhalants such as petrol and paint thickener consist of very toxic chemicals which provide a ‘high’ to someone inhaling it. This is because these toxic chemicals are able to disrupt and change certain chemical reactions in the brain which will allow the person inhaling the substance to feel ‘high.’ However, as you may tell from above, doing such a practice is extremely dangerous and could have very drastic consequences.
Constant inhalation of inhalants has been shown to cause brain damage in numerous scientific studies. The toxic chemicals that are inhaled through inhalant substances can permanently change certain areas of the brain which can lead to brain damage that renders someone mentally handicapped. In certain cases, many men and women who are addicted to inhalants may suffer from such things as strokes due to the fact they expose their brain to so many toxic chemicals on a regular basis.
In addition to brain damage, memory loss is very common in those that abuse inhalants. Both short term and long term memory loss is one of the most common outcomes of inhalant abuse. Many of those who experience these symptoms effectively become disabled as they reach a state which is very similar to the final stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
Overall, inhalants are extremely dangerous and have truly life threatening consequences when abused on a regular basis.
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