The teenager died after he put a towel over his head and inhaled deodorant spray in a bid to get high while in rehab recovering from addiction to cannabis and ketamine The unfortunate teenager was in rehab for his cannabis and ketamine use when he relapsed and looked for a different way to intoxicate himself. He put a towel over his head and inhaled the spray from a deodorant can, which can quickly make users feel light-head, dizzy and happy. But he soon became hyperactive and, not long after, went into cardiac arrest, according to doctors writing in. 532 shares When someone has a cardiac arrest their heart stops pumping blood properly and they will quickly pass out, stop breathing and will die without medical attention.
It is well known that sniffing solvents – also known as volatile substances – can stop the heart and cause what is called sudden sniffing death. Inhalant abuse is thought to account for the deaths of up to 125 people a year in the US, and is reportedly popular among teenagers from poorer backgrounds.
Figures show 64 people died from solvent abuse in the UK in 2016. After the 19-year-old had stopped breathing he needed six rounds of defibrillation and was put in a medically-induced coma on an intensive care ward, but doctors were unable to revive him. His condition didn't improve while in intensive care and medics said continuing to try and save him would be 'pointless', before withdrawing his life support.
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'The misuse of volatile substances is one of the least known methods to attain an altered state by drugs,' the authors wrote in their report. They warned young people with a history of drug abuse are at particularly high risk of harming themselves this way because many common household items can be used. 'The main toxic substance in deodorant spray inhalation is butane,' the medics explained.
'Butane is one of the hydrocarbons commonly used in propellants in sprayable household products. 'Hydrocarbons are lipophilic [fat soluble] and therefore easily cross the air-blood and blood-brain barrier. 'It [butane] dissolves into tissues with a high fat content such as the nervous system, fat tissue, liver and kidneys.' Although their report only examines an isolated case, deaths from inhaling volatile substances are known to date back to 1975.
Cardiac arrest occurs when the heart suddenly stops pumping blood around the body, which is usually due to a problem with electrical signals in the organ. This causes the brain to be starved of oxygen, which results in sufferers not breathing and losing consciousness. In the UK, more than 30,000 cardiac arrests occur a year outside of hospital, compared to over 356,000 in the US. Cardiac arrests are different to heart attacks, with the latter occurring when blood supply to the heart muscle is cut off due to a clot in one of the coronary arteries.
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