The Dangers Of Huffing

Inhalants are becoming a dangerous common way to get high. Things like household cleaners, school supplies, along with other things are turning dangerous in the hands of the wrong people. As time goes on people are finding more and more ways to get high and do not pay attention to the dangers they are exposing their bodies to.

People are using at a younger age everyday. About 15% of kids are starting out huffing while they are in 8th grade. Scary, huh? Most of these users are unaware of the effects that huffing can do on their bodies. Huffing can do a lot of damage mentally. This can result in long and short term effects.

Things like nausea, vomiting, and unconsciousness are common. Users can also experience liver damage, kidney damage, and hearing loss. Other things like damages to the bone marrow in your body are common. Because users are cutting off oxygen to their brain when they huff they can damage myelin which causes the person to loss balance and coordination and commonly experience spasms in their limbs.  

When a user huffs the chemicals go in their lungs and to their brains. With no ventilation and the direct huffing involved this can lead to sudden death. A users heart can fail them within minutes. Many users that huff will more likely then not experience brain damage.

There are signs that you can watch out for to see if someone you know is addicted to huffing chemicals. A lot of stores now will actually I.D people for things like automobile chemicals, spray paint, and glue. There is also a limit on how many of these things you can purchase at one time. There are many ways to get help if you or someone you know is addicted to huffing. Contact your local rehab for more details.