How can I protect my nervous system?

These are effects that depress have on the body: Feelings of well-being, slowed thinking, slowed muscular activity, and hallucinations.

Stimulants speed up messages and make you feel more alert. Caffeine is a stimulant and is found in cola drinks, coffee, and tea. Cocaine, ecstasy, and amphetamines are all illegal stimulants. They make you feel more energetic and confident, but they can damage the liver and heart. They can also cause loss of memory and concentration, and bring an increased risk of mental illness.

Some recreational abused substances are legal, such as nicotine, alcohol, and caffeine. However, many of them are illegal, such as cannabis, heroin, and ecstasy. These drugs can damage the liver and the nervous system. They may produce addiction, or physical or psychological dependence.

Physical dependence occurs when a person craves the substance. Withdrawal occurs when the effects of the substance decrease and a person needs another dose to feel well again. Recreational drugs can be classified as depressants or stimulants. Depressants, such as alcohol, heroin, cannabis, and solvents, slow down messages along the nerves and in the brain.

Substance Use and Abuse

How can I protect my nervous system?

industrial gloves

industrial helmet

motorcyclist

helmet

Nervous system injuries

Finally, industrial gloves are useful to protect our sense of touch when we are working with very cold, very hot, or very rough objects.

Substance or drug use and abuse imply the intake of substances that have effects on the body. These drugs can be prescription drugs, which help people suffering from pain or disease, or recreational drugs, which are taken for pleasure.

goggles

seat belt

earplugs

Our senses, such as our sense of hearing, our sense of sight, and our sense of touch, can also be injured if we do not protect them. Fortunately, protective earplugs, goggles, and industrial gloves can protect our senses.

Wearing protective earplugs in extremely noisy environments can prevent our sense of hearing from being damaged. In environments with very intense light or with substances that can get into the eyes, our sense of sight can be damaged. This is why welders wear goggles and chemists and physicists wear special glasses to protect their eyes.

Yesterday, a man died in a car crash. He was not wearing a seatbelt. Sadly, people die and suffer injuries to their nervous system every day because they do not take simple precautions. Wearing a seatbelt, for example, is a simple way to prevent spinal cord injuries that can lead to paralysis or even death.

Protective helmets are another example of simple protective gear that can prevent serious injury. We can avoid concussions, traumatic injuries to our brain that can lead to neurological problems, if we wear helmets.

Lisa: Nurse, I want to talk to you because I'm really tired all the time.

Nurse: Lisa, are you eating and sleeping well?

Lisa: I don't sleep well.

Nurse: Do you do any sports?

Lisa: No.

Nurse: Are you having trouble with your classes?

Lisa: I guess by the grades in all my classes.

Nurse: Are you taking any medicine?

Lisa: Yes, a friend gave me these pills to sleep.

Nurse: How long have you been taking these pills?

Lisa: For two months, and now I can't sleep if I don't take them.

Nurse: How many pills do you take a day?

Lisa: I need to take four of them daily. When I don't take them, I feel anxious.

Nurse: What diseases did you have when you were a child?

Lisa: My mother says I had poliomyelitis.

Nurse: Do you smoke and drink coffee?

Lisa: Yeah, at least 10 cigarettes and 5 cups a day.

Nurse: Lisa, I remember that you live close to a factory. Is that right?

Lisa: Yes, they make lead products.

Nurse: Lisa, if you have several neurological problems. You need to see a doctor immediately.

Lisa: Okay, I think I'm going to see him this evening.

Nurse: Well, let me know what he says. Thanks for coming in.

Lisa: Bye. Thank you very much.

Caffeine | Nicotine | Prescription drugs | Alcohol | Cannabis

What can damage your nervous system?

a) Stress

b) Illness

c) Drug abuse

d) Lesions

Poliomyelitis

Physical | Behavioral | Social

Nervous System Damage

Meningitis

Behavioral effects, such as anxiety and changes of mood, are also come on. Social effects can also be present, such as job loss or problems at school.

Since our nervous system is in charge of voluntary actions, involuntary actions, and homeostasis it is essential to keep it healthy through preventive behaviors. Our nervous system can be damaged by body lesions and illness. This damage can occur to the whole nervous system or to parts of it. Diseases, injuries, and toxic substances can have physical effects on our bodies, such as loss of sensation or difficulty moving.

What are the actions that prevent injury?

What are the actions that prevent disease?