Short/Long Term Effects
Types of Inhalants
Other Medical Consequences
Chemicals Found in Commonly Abused Inhalants
Signs and Symptoms of Inhalant Abuse
100
A strong need to continue using inhalants with compulsive use and mild withdrawal syndrome
What is inhalant addiction
100
Inhalant abusers will abuse _________________
What is any available substance
100
Widespread and long-lasting damage to the brain and other parts of the nervous system.
What is The most significant toxic effect of chronic exposure
100
Causes respiratory obstruction and death from sudden cooing/cold injury to airways
What is freon
100
__________ is critical for the health and safety of the inhalant abuser.
What is early intervention
200
Resembles alcohol intoxication
What is in effects produced by inhalants
200
Sprays that contain propellants and solvents
What is Aerosols
200
Can result in reduced birth weights, occasional skeletal abnormalities, and delayed neurobehavioral development.
What is prenatal exposure to toluene
200
Found in lighter fluid, hair and paint sprays
What is butane, propane
200
Disorientation, dazed appearance, chemical odor, slurred speech, coordination difficulties.
What is physical effects of inhalant abuse
300
Excitation, drowsiness, dis-inhibition, light-headedness, and agitation
What is the initial effects of inhalants
300
Includes medical anesthetics as well as household or commercial products
What is gases
300
Chronic exposure can produce ________________
What is significant damage to the heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys.
300
found in paint thinners and removers, degreasers
What is methylene chloride
300
Locker rooms, bathrooms, roof or basement, school buses, cafeteria are examples of ____________
What is sites most frequently chosen for abusing inhalants
400
Irregular and rapid heart rhythms that lead to fatal hear failure within minutes of a session of prolonged sniffing.
What is Sudden Sniffing Death
400
Liquids that vaporize at room temperature
What is Volatile Solvents
400
Neurological syndromes that reflect damage to parts of the brain involved in controlling cognition, movement, vision, and hearing.
What is Neurotoxic effects of prolonged inhalant abuse
400
Causes suppressed immunologic function, injury to red blood cells (interfering with oxygen supply to vital tissues.
What is amyl nitrite, butyl nitrite
400
Increased isolation, defensiveness, peer group changes are examples of _____
What is Social Changes
500
A loss of sensation
What is anesthesia
500
A special class of inhalants which do not act directly on the central nervous system
What is Nitrites
500
Death from repeated inhalations that lead to high concentrations of inhaled fumes which displace available oxygen in the lungs.
What is asphyxiation
500
Causes bone marrow injury, impaired immunologic function, increased risk of leukemia, reproductive system toxicity
What is benzene
500
Red, pimply rash around nose and/or mouth
What is contact dermatitis
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