Troubled Teens Resources

Teens at risk are not likely to imagine themselves paralyzed or disabled from a stroke. Unfortunately, too many able bodied, other wise healthy teens are putting their life on the line just so they can snort one more line of meth.

Teen age drug abuse has so many negative ramifications for the entire life of the teen, while all they think they are doing is “just getting high”, never considering that, even should they get clean, they still will have land mines left in their body from their drug use.

Studies conducted by doctors have indicated that troubled teenagers who make a habit of meth can look forward to a very increased possibility for a stroke.

“With help from his colleagues, neurologist Wengui Yu, now at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, examined two women, ages 29 and 36, both of whom used methamphetamine and then suddenly experienced weakness and difficulty in speaking. Brain scans revealed both women had suffered severe strokes from tears in the inner lining of one of the major arteries in the neck, an injury known as carotid artery dissection.
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This suggests tears in arteries may be an effect linked to a class of drugs rather than to a specific drug.
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“If larger studies confirm these findings and the suspicions of many that this is not a rare process, this could open up an avenue for intervention when it comes to methamphetamine. It could prevent a rise in frequency in the expensive and disabling condition of stroke,” says Cramer. Data from such studies could “help physicians to better diagnose, treat, and prevent stroke in young adults,” says Yu.”

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