treacherous white line - I found an interesting article - maybe some will wake up
In a short time can postarzeć human heart and brain of 40-50 years. Cocaine, regarded by some as a harmless means of increasing productivity and improving the mood quickly turns into a powerful enemy.
freezing chilling report revealed what the actual scale cocaine epidemic. The number of people taking the drug in the UK has increased fivefold over the last decade. What's even more disturbing, another study showed that taking the drug many consider him to be "safe." Meanwhile, cocaine can cause heart attacks, hallucinations, and even premature dementia.
expert for the drug, Dr. Ken Chęciński Hospital St. George in London reveals the true price of pulling the white lines.
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Image source: http://www.gfmer.ch For the heart cocaine means a great effort - comparable to that of tired athlete who has had a four-hour course. Let us not think that in this way will improve our form of executive authority.
- Cocaine poses a huge strain on your heart - says Dr. Chęciński. - Able to pick up the pace of his shots as much as 100 percent. At the same time, however, causes the contraction of arteries supplying blood to it. Basically we require from our hearts so much effort with a reduced supply of oxygen. A recent study showed that one third of young men admitted to a London hospital with suspected heart attack has taken cocaine.
rise in blood pressure caused by cocaine wreaks havoc throughout the body, and the largest in the brain. Brain drug addict is so loaded, as if there was a 20 m under water. - The load causes the brain "gets a cat" - vividly explains Dr Chęciński. - If it breaks when a container, you can suffer a serious haemorrhage. Even if there is no death, the brain can be permanently damaged.
In one in three users of cocaine raises blood pressure. Reaches a level like an athlete after a 500 push-ups. - I tend to have to deal with people early twenties, at which time the pressure reaches a level you expect the ailing sześćdziesięciolatku - says Dr. Chęciński.
But even in those in whom there is no increase in blood pressure, may have serious problems. It happens that cocaine causes a sharp drop in blood pressure, which increases the risk of syncope and epilepsy. Dr. Checinki contact with the growing number of people suffering from cocaine-induced epilepsy.
drug may interfere with the arteries. These key transport routes of blood in our body is korkują like a stone covered with tailings water pipes. - It causes them to tighten - says Dr. Chęciński - which resemble the vessels of 60 - or 70-year-olds.
two years of taking cocaine postarzają our hearts for 40 years. In some people, the drug may stimulate the body to attack itself. For some reason the immune system turns against the heart, which leads to its failure. Damaged in this way the authority operates less efficiently, resulting in the accumulation of fluid in the body.
symptoms begin to appear usually occurring in older people - such as swollen ankles and calves. It also happens more dangerous phenomenon of accumulations of fluid in the lungs, whereby a person cough blood and sputum.
Even people reaching only after the drug sporadically occur dangerously realistic hallucinations - warns Dr Checicnki. - It is not a psychedelic vision of how the LSD. They are grim and dramatically effective. We treat people who can see worms under their skin or the claim that track their hooded figure. Recently I met with 24-year-old, who suffered a heart attack after cocaine and in accordance with the Mental Health Act it had to be placed in a psychiatric institution. Long
use of cocaine, literally breaking her nose. Entrainment nose drug for a longer period destroys the tissue. Not only damages the nasal septum, but also interferes with blood flow to the nasal bone - explains Dr. Chęciński. He adds, it may cause to break up, wincing human nose, which requires surgical correction. Cocaine destroys the olfactory receptors on the tip of the nose - the doctor adds. And because the smell is crucial for the sense of taste, the drug can pick up a man the pleasure of eating. Cocaine
uses chemical compounds responsible for the well-being. Dr. Chęciński warns that long-term use of cocaine can lead to a shortage of chemicals in the brain responsible for the state of satisfaction.
- Sometimes a man does not see a way out of the hole, and finally he takes his own life - respect. - Unfortunately, suicide is a fairly common side effect of taking cocaine. White powder may also postarzeć brain about 50 years, causing dementia, or even diseases like Parkinson's disease.
- I saw a woman brings up children in their thirties, who took cocaine for over ten years. Already shaking and it was a result of the use of the drug - said physician.
Source: The Sun
