Images of drug addicts in famous movies and TV shows often differ significantly from what they appear in reality. Black circles under the eyes, red eyelids, glassy eyes, slender body – all this, of course, taken from real life. But only partially. This is socialbites.ca the head physician of the clinic, Dr. Isaeva was told by the psychiatrist-narcologist Daniil Petrov.
“First of all, you should understand that when it comes to modern synthetic stimulants, the so-called “salt” drugs, there is no familiar picture that parents of teenagers see in movies, and perhaps even in real life, in connection with popular opiates. in their youth. While people talk about the “day” of heroin addiction, “salty” drugs do not. As a rule, they do not have time to achieve this. In our app, we see men suffering from psychosis on the second use. He was a cognitively sound teenager who was addicted to drugs, had physiological problems. “Today, this person is a person with severe memory, attention, and thinking impairments and productive psychotic symptoms, mostly in the form of delusions and hallucinations,” he explained.
According to the narcologist, it can be very difficult to detect a “salt” addict by external signs at the initial stage, especially if he uses substances several times a week. The narcotic effect of the stimulant plan will first of all affect intelligence and behavior, but even at first physical symptoms may be noticeable, which will become more pronounced over time.
“The distinctive features of the behavior of a modern drug addict are, of course, excessive activity, mobility, bustle and a set of positive emotions that are not appropriate for the situation. When a person begins to experience severe skin itching, constant scratching is added to chaotic jerky body movements: even a small pimple, which inevitably appears on the skin due to poisoning, is combed to an incredible size and turns into an ulcer, ”the doctor emphasized.
Also, the person using drugs quickly loses weight (in a few months he can lose 10-20 kg of body weight), weakens, the skin turns gray, plaque appears, nail plates are destroyed, hair begins to fall out. out, because minerals necessary for the body (potassium, magnesium, calcium, etc.) are easily washed out of the body. All these effects are rapidly exacerbated with each use.
“Over time, bruxism develops and intensifies more and more – movements of the jaw, grinding of the teeth to the point where the enamel begins to erode, the teeth become unprotected, painful and destroyed. Moreover, if all other physical disorders can improve over time, bruxism can remain indefinitely: this neurological symptomatology takes the form of a central occurrence, and even a sober drug addict can be recognized for a long time by unnatural jaw movements, ”Added Petrov.
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