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huffing side effects
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Dr. Douglas Arenberg answered
31 years experience Pulmonary Critical Care
To allow you to run: When you run you burn calories, which require oxygen to burn, and produces co2 (lke the exhaust from a car). Your breathing in takes in oxygen and bre ... Read More

Dr. Jeffrey Bassman answered
45 years experience Dentistry
Proper breathing: Proper breathing is important to running effectively. If running hard, developing a pattern of breathing in and out can help your exertion and result ... Read More
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Depends on what you: Are huffing. The usual suspects - airplane glue, paint, thinners - can contain toluene or benzene products, and can cause widespread damage - to brai ... Read More
A 37-year-old member asked:

Dr. Michael Sparacino answered
37 years experience Family Medicine
Destroys brain: It destroys brain cells.
A 31-year-old member asked:

Dr. James Ferguson answered
46 years experience Pediatrics
Possibly: Depending on the timing and content of your "huffing" experience, the fetus would share the direct toxic effects of the material that has entered your ... Read More
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Not really: While there are research tests that can look for many solvents that are commonly inhaled as drugs of abuse (gasoline, kerosene, benzene, toluene and m ... Read More
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Drunkenness: Intoxication on gasoline looks like alcohol intoxication - speech slurred, mental clouding, imbalance, incoordination. In those who huff there are oft ... Read More
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Usually a teenager: for one thing, highest use in the US is age 14-17, but worldwide huffing remains common in older kids and young adults. If you see them right afterwar ... Read More
A 17-year-old male asked:

Dr. Eric Weisman answered
36 years experience Neurology
Sometimes: Having insight into personality change does occur. Often the individual is not as aware as others. We could get into details and mechanisms (the right ... Read More
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Dr. Daniel Sampson answered
26 years experience Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Not a good idea: Inhaling anything like that is certainly not a good idea if you are pregnant. But it is also not good for you. This can lead to asthma, brain damage ... Read More
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Dr. Jovita Anyanwu answered
30 years experience Internal Medicine
Need evaluation: Intermittent dyspnea could be from asthma, copd, symptomatic hypothyroidism and heart conditions. Depending on further history and examination spirome ... Read More
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