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Abstract
This work aimed to study respiratory complications of addiction among patients of Mansoura Chest Hospital during six months.
The study was done upon 60 patients from whom full history was taken and full examination was done with routine Labs, ABG, CXR and Chest CT when needed.
The most commonly abused drugs that affect the respiratory system are cannabis(88. 33%) then opioids (65. 00%) then heroin. (5. 00%)
Poly substances abuse was the most common type of addiction among cases (55%), then cnnabinoid 35%, then opioid 10%
Cannabis is the most commonly abused social drug. Inhaling cannabis smoke in the long-term is likely to result in damage to the respiratory tract. . This damage has been shown to be present even in the absence of tobacco smoke, while harms appear to be additive for individuals who smoke tobacco and cannabis. Marijuana has both short- and long-term
Drugs which are inhaled are those most likely to result in respiratory complications. The inhalation route was common among our cases was (35. 00%)
Air way diseases were the most common complications(55%) among our cases and COPD was the most common complication with inhaled drugs(46. 67%)