Inhalants

Inhalants

By Ms. Palczewski

Inhalants

• Inhalants are vapors from toxic substances, which you inhale to reach a "quick high" or immediate rush

• ​These are both physically and psychologically addictive

• ​You inhale the chemical vapors from sniffing open containers or from breathing/huffing in fumes

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Types of Inhalants

• Liquids (Paint Thinners, Gasoline, Glues)

• Aerosols (Spray Paint, Hair Sprays, Deodorant)

• Gases​ (Whipped Cream, Propane Tanks)

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Multiple Choice

An example of an Inhalant is

• Whipped Cream

• Spray Paint

• Gasoline

• All of the above

How Inhalants can affect the body

• Inhalants can affect the body by

  • Damaging your heart, kidney's, brain, liver, and other organs.

  • This can force the heart to beat irregularly and also more rapidly

  • Sudden Sniffing Syndrome- When body goes into shock after sniffing an inhalant, Death can occur the first time someone uses an inhalant.

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Sudden Sniffing Syndrome is

• When the body goes into shock after sniffing an inhalant

• Getting nosebleeds all the time

• None of the above

Short-term Effects of Inhalants

• Short-term Effects

  • Slurred Speech

  • Impaired Judgement

  • Unconsciousness

  • Headaches

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Long-term Effects of Inhalants

• Long-term Effects

  • Muscle Weakness

  • Memory Impairment

  • Hearing Loss

  • Death from heart failure

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Multiple Choice

Long-term effects of inhalants are

• Hearing Loss

• Death from heart failure

• Muscle Weakness

• All of the above