Medical consequences of cocaine abuse :

Cardiovascular effects
• disturbances in heart rhythm
• heart attacks

Respiratory effects

• chest pain
• respiratory failure

Neurological effects

• strokes
• seizures
• headaches

Gastronintestinal effects

• abdominal pain
• nausea

Cocaine use has been linked to many of heart disease. Cocaine has been found
to trigger chaotic heart rhythms, called ventricular fibrillation; accelerate
heartbeat and breathing; and increase blood pressure and body temperature.
Physical symptoms may include chest pain, nausea, blurred vision, fever, muscle
spasms, convulsions and coma.

Different routes of cocaine administration can produce different adverse effects. Regularly snorting cocaine, for example, can lead to; loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, problem with swallowing, hoarseness, and an overall irritation of the nasal septum. This can lead to a chronically inflamed, runny nose. Ingested cocaine can cause severe bowel gangrene, due to reduced blood flow. Persons who inject cocaine have puncture marks and “track,” most commonly in their forearms.
Medical consequences of cocaine abuse :

Cardiovascular effects
• disturbances in heart rhythm
• heart attacks

Respiratory effects

• chest pain
• respiratory failure

Neurological effects

• strokes
• seizures
• headaches

Gastronintestinal effects

• abdominal pain
• nausea

Cocaine use has been linked to many of heart disease. Cocaine has been found
to trigger chaotic heart rhythms, called ventricular fibrillation; accelerate
heartbeat and breathing; and increase blood pressure and body temperature.
Physical symptoms may include chest pain, nausea, blurred vision, fever, muscle
spasms, convulsions and coma.

Different routes of cocaine administration can produce different adverse effects. Regularly snorting cocaine, for example, can lead to; loss of sense of smell, nosebleeds, problem with swallowing, hoarseness, and an overall irritation of the nasal septum. This can lead to a chronically inflamed, runny nose. Ingested cocaine can cause severe bowel gangrene, due to reduced blood flow. Persons who inject cocaine have puncture marks and “track,” most commonly in their forearms.

Intravenous cocaine users may also experience an allergic reaction, either to
the drug or to some additive in street cocaine, which in some cases can result
in death. Because cocaine has a tendency to decrease food intake, many chronic
cocaine user lose their appetites and can experience significant weight loss and
malnourishment.   Research has relevance a potentially dangerous
interaction between cocaine and alcohol. Taken in combination, the two drugs are
converted by the body to cocaethylene.

Cocaethylene has a longer duration of
action in the brain and is more toxin than either drug alone. While more
research needs to be done, it is noteworthy that the mixture of cocaine and
alcohol is the most common two-drug combination  that result in drug-related death.

Original post by Frisna