Use and Abuuse Of Drugs

Question 1

Drug

Answer 1

An externally administered substance which modifies or affects chemical reactoons in the body

Question 2

Depressants

Answer 2

Slow down the transmission of nerve impulses e.g. alcohol

Question 3

Stinulants

Answer 3

Speed up the transmission of nerve impulses e.g. caffine, nicotine

Question 4

Pain killer

Answer 4

Supress the part of the brain rwsponsible for sense of pain and block transmission of pain

Question 5

Narcotics

Answer 5

Produce a sense of euphoria or well being often associated with drug dependance e.g. heroin

Question 6

Defination of drug in medical profession

Answer 6

Refer to a medicine that can cure or arrest diseases, relive symptoms,ease pain and provide other benifits to the bodyl

Question 7

Penicillin

Answer 7

• extraxted from blue green mojld called penicillium

- used as treatment for bacterial infections as it can stop the growth of bacteria without damging the tissues

Question 8

Aspirin

Answer 8

• pain killer
• reduces fever,inflammation
• blcoks transmission of pain signals from brain to the spinal cord
• DRAWBACK: irritation to stomach walls
• for under 12 years not recommended as causes fatal liver and brain damage

Question 9

Drug abuse

Answer 9

Refers to those substances upon which a person may become dependant

Question 10

Drug addiction

Answer 10

Imprecise term covering anything from intense habitual cravings for caddine and nicotine to physical and psycologival dependance on more potent drugs such as heroin

Question 11

Drug dependance

Answer 11

Compulsive use of drug rssulting in physical and psycological dependance.

Question 12

Physical dependance

Answer 12

Body adapts to a drug and increases its tolerance to the drugs effects. This leads to larger and uncontrolled doeses pf the drug to achieve the originaleffect. Has sever withdrawal suptoms if not taken.

Question 13

Psycological dependnce

Answer 13

Involves intense mental cravings for a drug if a drug is unavailable or withdrawn

Question 14

Short term affects of ALCOHOL

Answer 14

• feeling of relaxation and well being
• CNS deprressant, reducing anxiety, tensions and inhibitions
• dilates small blood vessels, particulary those in skin leading to flushing and feeling of warmth

Question 15

Signs and symptoms of alocholo short tern

Answer 15

1. Slirrsd speech
2. Nausea and vomiiting
3. Uncoordinated mkvemnt of muscles so cant walk properly.
4. slowding down body reaction time as slows down transmission of neve kmoulses involved int wacting to emergency situatio . More rusk of accidents
5. Voilent and agressive behabious
6. Loss of conciousdness if alcojol lebel continue to rise
7. Perskns comcentration and judgemnt are jmpaired
8. double vision and loss of balance

Question 16

Long term affdcts of excessive ALCOHOL intake

Answer 16

a) comsuminf alovholo to the pont where they are physically and lsyvologically dependant on it
b) physical withdrawl symptooms like nausea, vomitting, shaking , abdominal pain, ceamps, redness and enlarged blood vessels. Dicontinyation can cause shaking, hallucinations and ocassionaly fatal convulsions
-Alcholoics eating habits and usually is there is risk of nutritional deficiency and becomeb overweight easily
- excessive alcohol drinking can depress the part of the brain which is controlling breathing causes in coma and death
- they can also developed a range of diseases such as a
* liver damage from the liver cells Dyeing process
*cirrhosis from the liver cells becoming replaced by fibrous tissues
* stomach ulcers as alcohol irritates the stomach causing it to produce gastric juices which destroy the lining of the stomach
* can cause the coronary heart diseases and high blood pressure * in addition to the health problem
-may experience a range of social and personal and occupational problems
c) alcohol interacts with a wide variety of drug alcohol taken with any other with depressants drug of abuse particularly in narcotics or solvent can lead to coma and may be fatal
when it is taken with Aspirin it can cause increase the risk of bleeding from the stomach particularly in people have had stomsch ulcer
d) drinking during pregnancy can cause foetal abnormality and poor physical and mental development of Infant it can also lead to mental retardation and low birth weight and miscarriage.

Question 17

Effects of HEROIN

Answer 17

• withdrawl symptooms : sweating , shivering, vommitting, dirrohea,fitss and coma
• no access to sterile needles and share syringe and needke as a resukt high risk of infectiknd diseases transmitted by blood e.g. AIDS
• associated with a host of social problems such as crime, unempolyemnt, personal and family problems

Question 18

What is the human skeletein

Answer 18

It is endoskeleton, internal skeleton composed of bone and cartilage which are formed by living cells