What are the immediate negative effects of inhalants?
Initial effects include nausea, sneezing, coughing, nosebleeds, feeling and looking tired, bad breath, lack of coordination, and a loss of appetite. Solvents and aerosols also decrease the heart and breathing rate and effect judgment. How strong these effects are depends on the experience and personality of the user, how much is taken, the specific substance inhaled, and the user’s surroundings. T he “high” from inhalants tends to be short or can last several hours, if used repeatedly. What are the most serious short-term effects of inhalants? Deep breathing of the vapors, or using a lot over a short period of time may result in losing touch with one’s surroundings, a loss of self-control, violent behavior, unconsciousness, or death. Using inhalants can cause nausea and vomiting. If a person is unconscious when vomiting occurs, death can result from aspiration. Sniffing highly concentrated amounts of solvents or aerosol sprays can produce heart failure and instant death. Sniffing can c
