My Experienced As A Health Personnel With Two Friends That Are Addicted To Taking Hard Drugs In A Hospital Today.

Two guys came to the hospital and came to the laboratory with the laboratory forms requesting to be tested for hepatitis test, typhoid test and HIV and infectious tests by the physician . Because they were complaining of stomach and ribs pains, weakness of the body and dizziness. After am done with all their screenings I noticed two of them have hepatitis, and their typhoid titre is very high. I called them inside and when I saw how malnourished they all looked and their legs were very dark in complexion and I asked them if they are into hard drugs.

Both of them answered yes, that they have been into hard drugs for a very long time and they have tried to stop it but all efforts no avail because they became addicted to it already. A day will not passed them by without them taking the drugs. That's when we started talking about it and they told me how they started, what made them start taking drugs and I educate them about the effects of taking hard drugs.

We lived in a world where people are allowed to do things they feels is good for them. They doesn't want anybody to tell them don't do this or that thing, provided is against what they want to do. But let me tell you something, there are things some people do thinking is good for them but is destroying them.

Youths of nowadays have engaged and indulged themselves in doing so many things especially taking hard drugs. The way the world is going now, it's look like taking hard drugs isn't something bad anymore. People even jubulate while taking it thinking is enjoyment. Do you knw hard drugs like heroin, cocaine, ecstasy, fentanyl will certainly have side effects on anyone taking it mentally, emotionally and even physical wellbeing? Absolutely yes, it does.

With the few years of working in a hospital or facility, I have came across youths both men and women who shared their cases or problem with me about how they started taking drugs or their reasons that actually made them to venture into taking drugs and I will share little with you guys here for us to learn and be careful and been able to advice someone who finds him or herself in such condition as well.

Some people shared with me in the hospital their situations that made them start taking drugs and I was shocked and overwhelmed with their reasons. Some people said is depression that made them start taking drugs. That everytime they are depressed due to what happened to them, nobody is there to help talk or help them, is seems most of the things they are doing is not working for them but failing.

The only reason they found is to take drugs to cool their minds off from the depression. But most often the depression persist after the drugs has worn out from their body after so many hours. Other said is due to server mental disturbance. While some said is due to relationship damages and financial bankruptcy. They have been broken and their hearts could not accept rejection so they console themselves with drugs to in order not to think about it.

But then, I have talked to some of them especially the guys, the men patients I could possibly have a heart to heart talk with them. I have educated them about taking hard drugs and drugs abuse and it's effects in the body. Effects of taking hard drugs could lead to heart problems. Because of the excessiveness of taking hard drugs, it will affect the heartbeat and caused irregular heart attack and stroke. And also, it can damage their liver or kidney.

It can affect your respiratory system. Those that smokes regularly and snort cocaine, ecstasy or any hard drugs without a physician prescription can slowed their breathing and leading to a failure of their respiratory system. Hard drugs can also cause memory loss, and make them have some issues with their mentality to an extent of making them having hard decision making overtime.

I noticed some of them have infectious diseases like hepatitis from sharing of needles, few have HIV. The hard drugs have affected their body system to an extent their immune system is not longer strong to fight against any opportunistic diseases that invade into their body.

I noticed one important thing about people who are addicted to taking hard drugs, they become malnourished and doesn't have weight. Because they don't eat good food or doesn't even eat at all make them loss their weight and became malnutritional. Drugs addict often become social isolators, they lost trust on people and family but then I was lucky they could share some of their challenges with me. Perhaps because am a health worker and they confide in me.

And lastly, some of them are violent in nature, they doesn't have any money at all. They could borrowed money just to buy drugs and end in depts . The cost of drugs could become overwhelming for those addicted to it. My advice to some of them is taking hard drugs have a very high overdose potential especially like fentanyl or some they knew . It can cause them to be unconscious, stopped breathing, and most importantly death without immediate treatment.

I told them a lot of things I knew about the effects and they told me they will do their best to stop it at all cost even though is not easy because some of them have tried to stop some time ago but just couldn't. Therefore, if you are a drugs addict and you tried all you could to stop but is not working is important to seek help, share with a health personnels you can confide on them, seek professional help, counseling and also rehabilitation programs could be of help a lot.

There are so many confidential ways and supports and treatments that can be made available for anyone that wants to stop taking hard drugs.

Stay away from taking hard drugs, It does nothing good to your body except destruction to your immunity and body system.