Toxicomania - causes and signs of toxicomania

Addiction is divided into several common types:

• gasoline toxic addiction - gasoline or xylene (aromatic hydrocarbons) act as an intoxicating element, has a group character.
• acetone - acetone becomes the intoxicating factor. Accompanied by massive hallucinations, which are characterized by bright colors, visions of an erotic and sexual nature.
• addiction to solvents - characterized by the onset of ecstasy, which is replaced by bitterness.
• mania for glue - unfortunately, ends in suffocation.

Causes

To date, there is no organic cause that would lead to this condition.

The development of drug addiction is facilitated by such human qualities as dependence, passivity, emotional instability, infantilism, susceptibility to other people's influence and opinions.

Reasons that can lead to development:

• low level of education, professional qualifications, medical and educational work;
• reduced enthusiasm;
• lack of hobbies;
• unfavorable family situation;
• bad upbringing;
• influence of the microenvironment (friends);
• social problems;
• getting pleasure after inhaling various vapors.

Most often, children and adolescents aged 10-12 years suffer, but there are cases of toxic predisposition of young children or adults.

The risk group for this condition includes representatives of low-income families, adolescents, children from unfavorable and dysfunctional families.

Symptoms

Signs of gasoline drug addiction: cough, sore throat and pain in the throat, a person's face blushes, rapid pulse, speech impairment, gait disturbance, dilated pupils, euphoria lasting up to half an hour, mental disorders accompanied by delirium. Also after inspiration there is severe dizziness, lethargy, weakness, nausea, increased irritability and aggressiveness.

Features of acetone toxicomania: inspiration occurs very quickly, massive vivid hallucinations, they are characterized by an erotic, sexual and adventurous nature, disorientation in time. The person does not react to others, sits with half-closed eyes and lowered head, after euphoria comes weakness, apathy appears, irritability and aggression, nausea, vomiting appear, coma may occur.

The effect of solvents: disorder of consciousness, increased motor activity, rapid change of ecstasy to anger, accompanied by auditory and visual hallucinations, severe headache and vomiting.

The effect of glue: ends with suffocation, mild euphoria, short-term visions, sore throat, dizziness, headaches, vomiting and weakness are typical.

General symptoms characteristic of all types: thirst, sweetish taste in the mouth, relaxation, psychomotor agitation, weight loss, brittle hair and nails, puffiness of the face, skin color becomes sallow, insomnia, caries.

The difference between toxicomania and drug addiction is that the former only inhale household chemicals and medicines. Psychological and, less often, physical dependence develops.

Diagnostics

If you suspect a disease, you must make an appointment with a narcologist. A consultation with a child psychologist and psychiatrist would not be superfluous. Pathological disorder is diagnosed in the presence of the following clinical picture: an irresistible urge to inhale toxic vapors, physical and psychological dependence on chemical elements, a desire to increase the dose of vapors.

Treatment

Treatment is carried out in a hospital and consists of stopping the use of chemical substances to which addiction has developed, detoxification is carried out (isotonic solutions, glucose, sodium bicarbonate are infused internally). In addition, biostimulants, vitamin therapy, neuroleptics (for aggression) and antidepressants are used.

Prevention

Prevention includes the education of teenagers, health education and the presence of a hobby in the child. Of course, everything is assigned to the individual: either he will give up such a hobby or not. The work of specialists is not always effective, because it is very difficult to change the perception of the world.