A 16-year-old boy with combined volatile and alcohol dependence: A case report

Soumya Sachdeva; Raghu Gandhi; Pankaj Verma; Arshdeep Kaur; Rohit Kapoor

doi:10.7860/JCDR/2015/13730.6271

A 16-year-old boy with combined volatile and alcohol dependence: A case report

Soumya Sachdeva, Raghu Gandhi, Pankaj Verma, Arshdeep Kaur, Rohit Kapoor

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

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Abstract

Substance abuse has been defined as the use of chemical substances for non medical purposes in order to achieve alterations in psychological functioning. The substances commonly abused in India include nicotine, alcohol, cannabis and opioids. However, the use of solvents and propellants is also on the rise as these are inexpensive, legally available household, industrial, office and automobile products; which are more commonly available to children and adolescents. We hereby describe a 16-year-old boy with combined volatile and alcohol abuse; who presented with increasing ataxia, visual and hearing disturbances.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	VD01-VD03
Journal	Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research
Volume	9
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/13730.6271
State	Published - Aug 1 2015

Keywords

Alcohol abuse
Diffuse cerebral and cerebellar atrophy
Polychloroprene solvent
Sensorineural hearing loss

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