China News Service, Changsha, May 19 (correspondent Xie Xiaoyan Shi Rong) The addiction to e-cigarettes may be due to the nicotine in it; even more terrifying is that without your knowledge, "synthetic cannabinoids" ", Has a serious impact on physical and mental health. The Department of Rehabilitation of the Second People's Hospital of Hunan Province accepted such a patient and violently smoked e-cigarettes for a month of addiction, and found that the liquid components of e-cigarettes contained synthetic cannabinoids.
Two months ago, Ms. Zhang (pseudonym) was depressed after falling out of love. In addition, she was unable to go out during the epidemic. Her mood fell and her smoking volume also increased significantly. A friend saw that Ms. Zhang smoked a lot, and suggested that she smoke e-cigarettes, and said that e-cigarettes had fewer undesirable consequences than smoking combustible cigarettes. She had a sense of fashion. Ms. Zhang readily accepted e-cigarettes.
One month after smoking the e-cigarette, Ms. Zhang suddenly had shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, and nausea and vomiting. The family sent Ms. Zhang to a nearby hospital for treatment. There were no obvious abnormalities in the lungs, abdomen CT and gastroscopy. The doctor initially considered the e-cigarette and recommended that the patient quit smoking.
After a few hours of quitting smoking, the difficulty in breathing eased, but Ms. Zhang began to experience severe abdominal pain, sweating throughout the body, with retching, and irritability. So the doctor recommended that Ms. Zhang be transferred to the drug treatment department for further treatment. Only then did Ms. Zhang know that there was a problem with the e-cigarette, and she asked her friend again that there was synthetic cannabinoid in the e-cigarette.
Yang Dong, director of the Department of Rehabilitation of the Second People ’s Hospital of Hunan Province, explained that e-cigarettes are a non-combustible alternative to cigarettes. The metal smoke tube contains a battery, a nicotine box and a liquid atomizer. The liquid can be with or without nicotine. There will also be spices such as Amato, vanilla, almond or apple.
Yang Dong reminded that e-cigarettes are regarded as traditional cigarette substitutes, but in fact not only can not help them quit smoking, but may also make them more addicted to nicotine. More research proves that because most e-cigarettes contain highly irritating gases, such as propylene glycol / glycerol, heavy metals such as nickel, cadmium, and copper, propylene glycol is the most commonly used solvent, which can not only pollute the environment, but also increase respiratory related Of lung injury incidents increase the risk of "stroke" among young people.
It is worth noting that some e-cigarette product labels have insufficient or ambiguous information on the use of liquids. It is difficult for e-smokers to know what harmful substances they inhaled and exhaled. For example, the liquid component of the e-cigarette smoked by the patient Ms. Zhang contains synthetic cannabinoids, which is a psychoactive substance. It is the oldest hallucinogen and is listed as one of the drugs in China.
The early stage of smoking is an extremely intoxicating state, which is characterized by euphoria, comfort, disorganization and visual acuity. Long-term use can lead to cannabis addiction (emotional instability, grumpiness, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and other symptoms when withdrawal is used. Shows a strong craving, and the above discomfort disappears after relapse), can cause cardiovascular system diseases, can inhibit male animal sperm production and cannabis mental disorders (having hallucinatory delusion symptoms such as emotional instability, anxiety, depression, and surveillance) , At the same time there is a risk of cancer.
It is reported that during the hospitalization, Ms. Zhang received a detailed drug treatment plan and physical rehabilitation plan, and has now recovered and discharged. (Finish)