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What Causes Body Itching With Numbness And Paleness Of Face And Lips?

my friend injected what he thought was meth and his body began to itch horribly and face and lips were white and numb. he i complaining of bad chest pain and has chills. he said he felt like his intestines were burning. what can this be and what should he do
Tue, 12 Aug 2014
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Hi,

1. If this is the first time your friend is using this, he appears to have got an allergic reaction to whatever drug he has injected. It is an emergency condition as his breathing and heart beating may get hampered any time soon. so please hurry up and contact a Emergency room or casualty department in a nearby hospital.

2. If he has binged on meth for last few days, then this could be a 'tweaking'. his appears when his body gets resistant to the 'high' and 'rush' he was experiencing earlier. He might start feeling the itching is by bugs and may even start hearing voices and gets deluded. Even in this case you need to rush to a hospital to get some relief.

Hope your friend will recover from this and will forfeit any ideas of experimenting with he drugs in the future.
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What Causes Body Itching With Numbness And Paleness Of Face And Lips?

Hi, 1. If this is the first time your friend is using this, he appears to have got an allergic reaction to whatever drug he has injected. It is an emergency condition as his breathing and heart beating may get hampered any time soon. so please hurry up and contact a Emergency room or casualty department in a nearby hospital. 2. If he has binged on meth for last few days, then this could be a tweaking . his appears when his body gets resistant to the high and rush he was experiencing earlier. He might start feeling the itching is by bugs and may even start hearing voices and gets deluded. Even in this case you need to rush to a hospital to get some relief. Hope your friend will recover from this and will forfeit any ideas of experimenting with he drugs in the future.