I-Crystal Meth nayo ilimaza izinso, isibindi nokuningi
Ukusebenzisa i-crystal meth emgwaqweni engekho emthethweni emgwaqweni ngokucacile kuyinhlekelele-okwenziwe kokubili kokubona ngokomzimba nangokwengqondo. Kodwa lo mshini wokulutha kakhulu uyisongo esithile empilweni yenhliziyo, okwandisa izinkinga zokuhlaselwa kwenhliziyo kanye nokushaya kwezinsizwa ngisho nabantu abasha abanokuthembela kanye nokushiya imiphumela ehlala njalo kuwo wonke uhlelo lwezinhliziyo.
Amphetamine
I-Crystal meth (i-short for methamphetamine) ingokwilasi yezidakamizwa ezaziwa ngokuthi ama-amphetamines, ama-stimulants anempilo esebenzayo yezokwelapha kanye nokusetshenziswa okungemthetho. Lesi sidakamizwa sifana namakhekhe amaqhwa amancane noma i-rock candy, futhi singashukela, sibheke noma sijove, siphumelele ngokushesha, esinamandla kakhulu okwenza kube umlutha.
Ngokwe-2007 National Survey yokusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa kanye nempilo, cishe ama-529,000 aseMelika asebenzisa i-methamphetamines, isiqhema esikhulu sabantu abayizigidi ezingu-20 abaneminyaka eyi-12 nangaphezulu abathwala izidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni. Abangama-5% asebekhulile esikoleni esiphakeme basebenzise i-crystal meth - ebizwa ngokuthi "i-crank," "tweak," "ice" noma "ingilazi," phakathi kwamanye amagama - okungenani kanye.
Ukulimala Inhliziyo Okubangelwa Crystal Meth
I-Crystal meth ilimaza ezindaweni eziningi zomzimba - kufaka phakathi ubuchopho, izinso nesibindi - kodwa umonakalo wenhliziyo ungaba mkhulu. Ukusetshenziswa kwe-crystal meth kungabangela izimpawu ezifana nokushaya kwenhliziyo (arrhythmia) , ukushayela okusheshayo, ukucindezeleka kwegazi, ukuvuvukala kwemithambo encane yegazi eduze kobuchopho kanye / noma ukuvuvukala kwenhliziyo (endocarditis).
Ucwaningo luye lwabonisa ukuthi abahlukumezi baseMethamphetamine baye bafaka ingozi enkulu yokuhlaselwa yinhliziyo nemivimbo ngenxa yale monakalo. Ososayensi abahlola idatha evela kweziguli ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-3 zezibhedlela zaseTexas abaneminyaka eyi-18 kuya ku-44 bathola ukuxhumana phakathi kokuhlasela kwenhliziyo nokusetshenziswa kwe-amphetamine futhi babika ngo-2008 encwadini ethi Drug and Alcohol Dependence .
I-Coma Crystal Meth-Inxushunxuswe Nokwelapha Kwe-Cardiac
Ukusebenzisa idatha efanayo, ososayensi ababhalela i- Archives of General Psychiatry banquma ukuthi abasebenzisi be-amphetamine banomkhuhlane ophindwe kabili kwezigameko ezinzima, okwenzeka lapho imithwalo yegazi iqhuma ngaphakathi kobuchopho. Kungenxa yokuthi lesi sidakamizwa senza umfutho wegazi oyingozi uguquke kanye ne-blood vessel spasms nokuvuvukala okungabangela noma kokubili lezi ziphumo. Ukudlula ngokweqile kwe-crystal meth kungabangela ngisho nokuboshwa kwe-coma noma kwe-cardiac.
Eminye yemiphumela yenyama yomzimba we-crystal meth ye-cardiovascular system ayinakuguqulwa, ngisho noma abahlukumezi bephethe ukugcina umkhuba. Ukulimala komkhumbi wegazi emcimbini kuye kwaphawula phakathi kwabasebenzisi bangaphambili ngisho neminyaka emva kokuyeka ukuthatha lesi sidakamizwa. Njengoba ososayensi abakwazi ukunikeza noma iyiphi indlela yokunciphisa umonakalo, izingozi zesikhathi eside zokushaywa kwaba bantu zihlala ziphakeme kunezivamile.
Izimpawu ze-Crystal Meth Ziyasetshenziswa
Izimpawu zokusetshenziswa kwe-crystal meth zifaka izinguquko ku-dentition, ukuleleka, ukucasula, ukuzwela komsindo, ukunciphisa ukudla, ukwesaba nokuthuthumela.
Imithombo
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3 Novemba 2008