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Inhalants

Huffing aerosol inhalants is a growing trend across America. Inhalants are found at most stores across the United States. Most people do not know that these products can be abused. These products are found in the form of solvents, aerosol sprays, gases, or nitrates.

They contain dangerous substances that have psychoactive ingredients. Huffing furniture polish or even huffing laundry detergent can give a user a brief high. Inhalants are not the most common forms of addiction. However, repeated use can lead to substance abuse disorder.

What is Huffing?

Huffing is a way to get high by inhaling household products. When these products are used to get someone high, they are called inhalants. People who huff and struggle with inhalant addiction typically soak a piece of cloth in the chemicals.

Once saturated, the user presses the cloth to his or her mouth and nose to inhale the fumes. Inhalants are not long-lasting highs. People struggling with inhalant addiction will continue to inhale repeatedly for several hours.

Types of Inhalant Abuse

Huffing is a generalized term for various types of inhalant addiction. There are a few ways in which you can abuse inhalants. Huffing is where you put the substance in a cloth and press it to your mouth. Bagging inhalants is the process where you pour the contents into a bag and then inhale through the bag opening.

No matter how you abuse inhalants, it is a highly dangerous habit. If you’re finding it difficult to stop inhaling substances, you should seek medical intervention immediately. One call to Resurgence Behavioral Health can save your life or the life of someone you love.

Sudden Sniffing Death

When you are inhaling repeatedly over a short period of time, it can be easy to overdose. Sudden sniffing death is common in first-time users. Your body can have a sudden negative reaction, which can. result in toxic shock. You can die with one use.

Inhalants can result in sudden heart arrest and seizures. Narcan will not work for this type of overdose. Paramedics and doctors can only attempt to restart your heart or stop the seizure.

Signs and Symptoms

Unfortunately, these products are available legally and easily obtained at any age. From huffing furniture polish to huffing laundry detergents, there is a wide variety of products. Once these substances are inhaled, they can cause psychoactive effects on the user. The high from huffing typically last 15 to 30 minutes.

Finding emptied aerosol cans stashed away can often be the first sign of inhalant addiction. If you notice slurred speech or a loss of coordination, these signs can indicate that someone is huffing. These signs can also be a red flag that someone is struggling with a huffing addiction. Other signs can include a distinct smell on the user’s breath or seeing the substances around their nose and mouth area.

Effects and Abuse of Inhalants

When you inhale these products, the oxygen levels in your body decreases. This decrease in oxygen is what causes the initial feeling of euphoria or dizziness. These effects are caused by the disruption of oxygen to your brain.

The substances can also be absorbed through your bloodstream. Once the chemicals enter your bloodstream, the drugs are quickly dispersed through the central nervous system. Aerosol sprays contain harmful chemicals for your body. Inhalant use is dangerous. You can risk sudden sniffing death from just one session, even if you are healthy.

Sudden sniffing death is strongly associated with huffing aerosol inhalants that contain butane, propane, and other chemicals in aerosols. Abuse of inhalants can result in asphyxiation, suffocation, seizures, and death. Other effects can be observed such as stumbling, vomiting, hallucinations.

Long-Term Damage

Research on human brains from inhalant addicts shows progressive damage. If you’re abusing inhalants. you risk creating severe and irreparable cognitive impairments.

Some inhalant abuse damages can be reversed if recognized early. Long-term users may suffer from irreversible organ damage. Long-term inhalant abuse will cause neurological symptoms in the brain that affect your cognition, movement, vision, and hearing.

Organ Damage

The primary ways that your body rids itself of these harmful toxins in the liver and kidneys. Many of these chemicals interfere with your liver and kidney functions. Abusing inhalants can also result in organ diseases. Other long-term health effects include disorders, weaknesses, and chemical pneumonia in the body.

Sudden sniffing death syndrome can occur at any time. Even seasoned users are at risk of death each time they abuse inhalants.

Mental Illness and Inhalants

The resurgence of inhalant abuse across America is due to several reasons. One reason is the wide availability and low cost of the products. Another common reason is the peer pressure among youths that can lead someone to try inhalants for the first time. Signs and symptoms in long-term inhalant addiction include tremors, loss of coordination, impaired talking, and hearing.

This is due to damages to the myelin sheath around the neurons of the brain. Psychiatric disorders are highly prevalent among inhalant users. If you are struggling to quit huffing aerosol inhalants, reach out to Resurgence Behavioral Health to discover what your treatment options are.

Inhalant Treatment

Inhalant abuse causes physical dependence on the substance being inhaled. Continued chronic use does cause dependence and inhalant addiction can happen. An essential component of treatment for inhalant abuse is to limit your access.

Limiting can be difficult when you can buy these from just about anywhere you shop. An inpatient treatment program offers the best solution if you are struggling to stop.

Inhalant Abuse Education

Psychological dependence on inhalants is treatable. Learning why you are continuing to abuse inhalants is a crucial step. By understanding the triggers that compel you to use, you can understand more ways to fight back the urges to use again.

Programs that focus on individual counseling, family counseling, and group therapy can be helpful and provide a network of support during treatment. Educating yourself on the many dangers associated with this activity can help you.

Overcoming Inhalant Addiction

If you are suffering from inhalant abuse, you can get the help you need at Resurgence Behavioral Health. Inhalants are both physically and psychologically addictive.

Without treatment, the risk of relapse is likely. The right support network can help you overcome your addiction. A high level of care and support is an important part of the recovery process.

Insurance Verification

At Resurgence Behavioral Health, we are committed to providing you with recovery services. Every program is tailored to meet your unique needs. Whether inhalant abuse is occurring on its own, or in combination with another mental health issue, our skilled counselors can help you with an achievable recovery plan.

We are your advocates. You deserve the chance to overcome addiction in your life. We will reach out to your insurance company on your behalf to coordinate what treatment plan works best for you. We want to ensure you get the treatment you need.

Recovering from Inhalant Addiction

Resurgence Behavioral Health believes that you deserve every opportunity to get clean. From inpatient to outpatient programs, we will do what it takes to get you the education, therapy, and skills needed to free yourself from addiction.

The first step is to reach out for help. Call us to learn more.