Sachdeva Soumya, Gandhi Raghu, Verma Pankaj, Kaur Arshdeep, Kapoor Rohit
Graduate, Department of Psychiatry, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital , New Delhi, India .
Resident, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota , Minneapolis .
J Clin Diagn Res. 2015 Aug;9(8):VD01-VD03. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2015/13730.6271. Epub 2015 Aug 1.
Substance abuse has been defined as the use of chemical substances for non medical purposes in order to achieve alterations in psychological functioning. The substances commonly abused in India include nicotine, alcohol, cannabis and opioids. However, the use of solvents and propellants is also on the rise as these are inexpensive, legally available household, industrial, office and automobile products; which are more commonly available to children and adolescents. We hereby describe a 16-year-old boy with combined volatile and alcohol abuse; who presented with increasing ataxia, visual and hearing disturbances.
药物滥用被定义为为了改变心理功能而将化学物质用于非医疗目的。在印度,常见的滥用物质包括尼古丁、酒精、大麻和阿片类药物。然而,溶剂和推进剂的使用也在增加,因为这些是廉价的、合法可得的家用、工业、办公和汽车产品;儿童和青少年更容易接触到这些产品。我们在此描述一名16岁男孩,他同时滥用挥发性物质和酒精;出现了共济失调加重、视觉和听觉障碍。