Cocaine heart attack

Cocaine heart attack is the one of the commonest cause of death of the young people in the united states of america.

The cause of cocaine  induced heart attack is due to severe blood vessels constriction due to the administration of cocaine.Cocaine narrows all the blood vessels of the body including the coronary arteries those supply blood to the heart. Because of the narrowing of the coronary arteries causes loss of blood supply to the heart muscle,severe chest pain and sudden death.

Apart from the  heart attack the other risk factors of cocaine are

1)Sudden death due to respiratory depression,
2)Stroke due to improper perfusion of brain blood vessels,
3)Hypertension,
4)Sudden Breathlessness,
5)Tachy cardia(Increase heart rate),
6)Cardiac arrythmias(Irregular function of the heart)
7)liver necrosis,
8)impotence and
9)gynecomastia(enlarged breast in males),

In female it causes

1)menstrual cycle disturbance,
2)galactorrhea,
3)amenorrhea(cessation of menstrual cycle) and
4)infertility.

Cocaine is taken in various routes like intravenously(through veins),orally(through mouth),intranasally(through nose) and inhalation by smoking.

Cocaine is used mostly by self administration. It is used with heroin to increase the effect the cocaine. Both simultaneous administration of cocaine and heroin is called as "speedballing".Cocaine also taken with the alcohol to increase the ephoric effect.

Cocaine is used by the addicts since it gives relief of stress. The effect takes place within 3 to 5 minutes and the peak level is perceived in 15 to 20mnts.

Cocaine heart attack-Is it preventable?

Yes, cocaine heart attack should be prevented by strictly prohibiting the availability of the drug with proper rehabilitation measurements to the victims. Since the cost of the cocaine is affordable for the average salaried people, the prevalence of cocaine abuse is very high in the united states of america. Awareness of the dangers of the cocaine should be taught to the young people by implementing health education programs.

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