Caffeine is present in Coffee, Cocoa and Tea. Mechanism of action: Caffeine gives stimulation to the brain and causes more secretion of adrenaline and nor adrenaline which in turn stimulates nervous system. Effects of Caffeine on Health: When taken in small quantities: 1. It stimulates heart muscles. 2. It increases blood circulation. 3. It temporarily increases blood pressure. 4. It increases secretions in the stomach. When Caffeine is taken in large quantities: 1. It increases heart rate. 2. It decreases sleeping tendency, headache and displeasure. 3. Causes diarrhea and frequent urination. Caffeine Addiction: Taking Caffeine in moderate amounts (2-3 cups of coffee) cause no ill effects on the body. Due to increased stressful work hours, caffeine addiction is gradually rising. If a habituated person stops taking caffeine, with drawl symptoms develop in the body. With drawl symptoms of the Caffeine: 1. Fatigue, anger and despair. 2. Depression and changing of moods. 3. Sleeplessness and loss of tolerance power. These signs and symptoms begin to appear after 12-24 hours after stopping the caffeine intake. In order to prevent with drawl symptoms, one had to reduce caffeine intake gradually. Please comment on the article. … [Read more...]
Withdrawal symptoms of Addicts
The drugs which are usually prone to addiction are: 1. Pethidine 2. Calmpose 3. Heroin 4. Morphine 5. Charas 6. Spirit 7. Alcohol etc. When the persons were in the habit of taking drugs, if they do not take them, the following signs and Symptoms appear. These are called Withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms of Addicts: 1. Loss of patience 2. No mental peace 3. Angry mood 4. Uneasiness 5. Shivering the body 6. Nausea and vomiting sensation 7. Loss of appetite 8. More anxiety 9. Irregular heart beats 10. Loss of Interest on any work 11. No concentration 12. Weakness 13. Despair 14. Sweating all over the body 15. Loss of sleeplessness (Insomnia) 16. Rising of body temperature 17. Always in the trails of how to get drugs. The above withdrawal symptoms remain in the body from few months. If a person tries to get rid of that bad habit of taking narcotic drugs, it is well and good other wise he becomes helpless and is not in a position to control himself and he will continue that bad drug habit. It indicates he is not having sufficient will power. How to get rid of these bad habits? First of all he should have that desire and sufficient will power and is willing to take treatment in De-Addiction centers under the supervision of a psychiatrist for a few weeks and also counseling. If he continues to taking these drugs like Heroin, Pethidine he may loose consciousness and there is fall in blood pressure, breathing troubles, body becomes cool and goes into coma and some times death occurs. Due to continuous taking of narcotic injections –the person gets infections are over the body. Septicemia is another side effect. … [Read more...]
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