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Suggest Treatment For Shortness Of Breath And Dizziness After Smoking Meth
hi im 26 m i recently started smoking meth .. i have used meth only at 4 occasions.. a month back i smoked a lot of it and i had hard tiem breathing .. it was like i forgot how to breath and i had to forcefully keep on breathing for more than an hour to be ok.. i smoked meth yesterday and the same feelign returned but this time there was a sensation of my hands and feet bcoming numb and i was light headed.. and the room was spinning a bit too.. this was only after a small dosage of meth.. so i am wondering wht happend.. cox my heart rate was so fast it was as if it was striggling to get enough oxygen.. of course i knw the answer is to stop smoking it which i have .. but i wanted to knw wht happed as i am not a regular smoker of meth!!
Hyperventilation causes changes in the acidity of the blood. This causes funny feelings in the hands and feet.
There can be lung and heart damage from meth and this is even more serious than it sounds! and this can cause shortness of breath. a simple exam, chest x ray and EKG will be able to evaluation on how much damage has already been done.
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Suggest Treatment For Shortness Of Breath And Dizziness After Smoking Meth
Hyperventilation causes changes in the acidity of the blood. This causes funny feelings in the hands and feet. There can be lung and heart damage from meth and this is even more serious than it sounds! and this can cause shortness of breath. a simple exam, chest x ray and EKG will be able to evaluation on how much damage has already been done.