A Man Huffed Paint Thinner For 7 Hours And This Happened

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All references below. Inhalant misuse is well-documented to cause permanent damage to the body. The neurological damage can be acute, and continued misuse will progress to multi-organ damage. Sudden cardiac death is also known to happen with this misuse, along with a variety of additional problems.
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Toluene Toxic Leukoencephalopathy Image case courtesy of Dr Chee Kok Yoon, Radiopaedia.org, rID: 17082
These cases are patients who I, or my colleagues have seen. They are de-identified and many instances have been presented in more depth in an academic setting. These videos are not individual medical advice and are for general educational purposes only. I do not give medical advice over the internet.
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  • @chubbyemu
    @chubbyemu Жыл бұрын

    take care of yourself and be well! 🙏

  • @thevoicesaregettinglouder.

    @thevoicesaregettinglouder.

    Жыл бұрын

    Oki :D

  • @regdogg

    @regdogg

    Жыл бұрын

    Just be sure you don't fall asleep in a factory

  • @christineye2392

    @christineye2392

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much

  • @zcbstudios7611

    @zcbstudios7611

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @JustAnAverageWoman69

    @JustAnAverageWoman69

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, you too! ✋️

  • @pterodactylpilot2129
    @pterodactylpilot2129 Жыл бұрын

    Liver: I filter waste for you! Heart: I pump blood for you! Lungs: I breathe air for you! Brain: Let's huff paint thinner

  • @soulless.specter

    @soulless.specter

    Жыл бұрын

    Brain: I KILL YOU, PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY

  • @ghastyfox5049

    @ghastyfox5049

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @katarinatibai8396

    @katarinatibai8396

    11 ай бұрын

    😂🤣😅🥶😭 - fact.

  • @tristantheoofer2

    @tristantheoofer2

    11 ай бұрын

    also your brain: nah lets not

  • @samus598

    @samus598

    11 ай бұрын

    Brain: I like that, gimme more.

  • @pulsarpilot7501
    @pulsarpilot7501 Жыл бұрын

    A friend of mine tried to get me to huff paint. I kind of distanced myself from him. A few months later I found he was living in a state hospital with no hope of recovery. He was 14 years old.

  • @ParallelSyntax

    @ParallelSyntax

    Жыл бұрын

    Did he die? Permanent brain damage?

  • @perf7

    @perf7

    Жыл бұрын

    That is really saddening.

  • @pulsarpilot7501

    @pulsarpilot7501

    Жыл бұрын

    @@perf7This happened in the 1980s. I'm almost 60 now and desite encouraging him not to do it, I still feel guilty. So, I pass on his story. Who know who may read it.

  • @theepicranger671

    @theepicranger671

    Жыл бұрын

    Shame to hear about that. One of my childhood friends became a drug addict, and I just pray every day that he moves on from it...

  • @e.t.2914

    @e.t.2914

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Legogazer In the 80s at 14? gtfo.

  • @joeb2
    @joeb2 Жыл бұрын

    My father owned a metal plating shop that I worked in and we used trichloroethylene as a degreaser. It worked amazing in that regard, but my dad had a guy that was unbeknownst to him, taking cups of it home and huffing it. He did this for about 2 weeks and one day he didn’t show up to work. They did a wellness check on him and found him dead in his apartment. Apparently, the trichlor literally dried up his lungs and killed him. Don’t huff anything but air, seriously.

  • @cannotcompute7809

    @cannotcompute7809

    10 ай бұрын

    *lights dab* 👀 damn

  • @adam-mh5ou

    @adam-mh5ou

    10 ай бұрын

    @@jjk2one that's not how that works

  • @jjk2one

    @jjk2one

    10 ай бұрын

    @@adam-mh5ou AND YOU WOULD KNOW! Lipid production by Cryptococcus curvatus growing on commercial xylose and subsequent valorization of fermentation waste-waters for the production of edible and medicinal mushrooms

  • @Minibull037

    @Minibull037

    10 ай бұрын

    Trich is insane, in the tank we had there was a cloud of vapour above the surface, I'd heard if you moved your bare hand through it, it would come out white from defattening the skin. Also absolutely terrible for the surrounding environment As always, the best products are always the most awful ones haha

  • @1978garfield

    @1978garfield

    9 ай бұрын

    Trichloroethylene is great. Glad I live in a state where you can still get it. Yes, I am careful with it. BTW if you heat it to 600 degrees it turns to phosgene. I think Phosgene poisoning would be one of the worst ways to go. I heard about a guy at a DuPont plant in West Virginia who got sprayed with phosgene. Even though he sought medical treatment immediately and felt fine he knew he was dead. After much suffering he died the next day There just isn't much treatment for phosgene poisoning.

  • @johnl5350
    @johnl5350 Жыл бұрын

    I had a friend who sprayed xylene at a car part factory. One day he told a story about being at work spraying, and according to other people, he turned to them and asked "can you hear that?" "Hear what?" "It sounds like chimes, like angels singing." They ended up having to drag him out of the booth into fresh air. I think he quit that job not long after that.

  • @deadplaya

    @deadplaya

    10 ай бұрын

    Lack of sleep and some amphetamines with some nitrous oxide does the same exact thing

  • @honkhonk5181

    @honkhonk5181

    8 ай бұрын

    @@deadplayanitrous oxide is barely dangerous at all unless you do thousands of canisters of it

  • @honkhonk5181

    @honkhonk5181

    8 ай бұрын

    Anyone notice how dr Bernard spent the first part of the video saying how terribly dangerous any inhalant is? If that’s true we should lock up dentists that give it to little kids in huge quantities, not just a balloon full. It’s almost like it’s actually safe or something despite what he said at the beginning.

  • @themuffinlord6442

    @themuffinlord6442

    8 ай бұрын

    @@honkhonk5181keep telling yourself that lol

  • @eragonawesome

    @eragonawesome

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@honkhonk5181this very channel has a video about it, it does more damage than you think when abused

  • @Itsssss_eli
    @Itsssss_eli Жыл бұрын

    “EA, is a 15 year old boy, presenting to the emergency room☝️ with happiness. He had just consumed 10 chubby emu videos in just one week”

  • @Eibarwoman

    @Eibarwoman

    Жыл бұрын

    EA, it's in the game!

  • @tialious

    @tialious

    Жыл бұрын

    ...due to his overdose of happiness he has tachycardia which is highly fatal.

  • @onegoodfurboj

    @onegoodfurboj

    Жыл бұрын

    You got to pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers

  • @agar322

    @agar322

    Жыл бұрын

    "This is what happened to his brain"

  • @mrkitty777

    @mrkitty777

    Жыл бұрын

    "This is what happened to his cat",..... Meow, purrr purrr, purrr, meow.... 😂

  • @rangerismine
    @rangerismine Жыл бұрын

    I worked in a military industrial paint shop briefly. The head painter had been there for almost 40yrs. He could hardly breathe, barely made sense when he spoke, had no teeth, and had the mentality of a child. He also never wore PPE when spraying or handling chemicals. He was my motivation for finishing school and getting a better job away from chemicals.

  • @warpigs9069

    @warpigs9069

    Жыл бұрын

    I feel both sorry for him and frustrated. So many workers laugh at OSHA regs and brag about flaunting their rules. It's still sad, but not auprising when they get hurt.

  • @rangerismine

    @rangerismine

    Жыл бұрын

    @@warpigs9069 I felt bad for him also, as well as for his family. He did live to see retirement, but I haven’t kept up with him much since I quit.

  • @TheEDFLegacy

    @TheEDFLegacy

    Жыл бұрын

    @Backwater Native I do too, but I'm more frustrated then anything because I'm sure that at least 20 years ago he would have had access to the knowledge that he should have been wearing. Worth noting that there are plenty of options for PPE to protect you while painting. It's not a case of aborting a job because of the dangers, but a case of not being properly prepared for said job.

  • @quailypoes

    @quailypoes

    Жыл бұрын

    It's often the same with the guys who do the bottom painting on vessels in shipyards. That stuff is so toxic, they just seem not entirely there

  • @BoatLoadsofDope

    @BoatLoadsofDope

    Жыл бұрын

    An air respirator with activated carbon filter is well worth the investment. Helps against micro dust particles and fumes a like.

  • @MrKnight19971
    @MrKnight19971 Жыл бұрын

    I've smelled paint thinner. it's insane to think someone didn't hate the smell enough to not use it a drug.

  • @naphthaflame

    @naphthaflame

    Жыл бұрын

    Benzene was once used in the late 1800s- early 1900s as aftershave, due to its "pleasant" odor

  • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

    @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@naphthaflame Considering how much they SMOKED, amazing they didn't burn up.

  • @Mutantcy1992

    @Mutantcy1992

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823oh they did

  • @termitreter6545

    @termitreter6545

    Ай бұрын

    Tbh when I use permanent markers, the smell has almost something aluring to it, its interesting. Ive never actually huffed anything or abused drugs though, thankfully I had the right environment to keep me from going there.

  • @BriansRainbowOverIreland

    @BriansRainbowOverIreland

    Ай бұрын

    My ex used to love the smell of turpentine when I was painting

  • @maddiejoy6619
    @maddiejoy66198 ай бұрын

    I needed to hear this. I'm pregnant and my weirdest pregnancy symptom is an INTENSE craving for the scent of things like gasoline, rubber cement, spray paint (which has paint thinner in it), car exhaust, and certain markers. It's so hard not to give in to the craving, but the knowledge of just how dangerous it would be for my baby and me makes it a little easier. I'm going to give birth in 3 weeks and this craving going away is one of the biggest things I'm looking forward to. It went away after my first pregnancy, so I'm guessing it will this time too.

  • @alexia3552

    @alexia3552

    7 ай бұрын

    Dude that is so interesting! I wonder what particular nutrient could possibly be related to those chemicals..? Now I'm curious if anyone's studied the roots of pregnancy cravings

  • @maddiejoy6619

    @maddiejoy6619

    7 ай бұрын

    @@alexia3552 it's things with benzene, xylene, and/or toluene. It's so bizarre. I've seen other women who are pregnant or have been before talk about the cravings online, but I've never known someone in person who craved it. So weird.

  • @diablominero

    @diablominero

    7 ай бұрын

    Could you have a vitamin or mineral deficiency? I've heard of pregnant women craving rocks or clay because of mineral deficiencies. Check with your doctor first, but a multivitamin and some OTC iron and zinc supplements probably wouldn't kill you.

  • @sallyostling

    @sallyostling

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@maddiejoy6619I have always craved those smells. My whole life. It's like pica but smells. I love pumping gas or putting gas in the lawnmower. I love using goof off to remove permanent marker. I love running the car in the garage a few minutes before leaving to get a whiff of the exhaust. I don't know why. Most people can't stand those smells, burn their eyes and throats, not me...for as long as I can remember.

  • @maddiejoy6619

    @maddiejoy6619

    7 ай бұрын

    @@diablominero my doctor actually tested me for deficiencies during both my pregnancies and I didn't have a deficiency that showed up either time 🙃. I guess I'm just weird.

  • @Linda-jl5lx
    @Linda-jl5lx Жыл бұрын

    I used to be a painter. I actually had to argue with other coworkers why I needed safety gear while working with certain types of paint. People can be quite ignorant when it comes to safety

  • @UNSCPILOT

    @UNSCPILOT

    Жыл бұрын

    Lots of people assume themselves to be basically invincible to anything short of a gun, right up until they're half awake and in pain while the ambulance team loads them up to rush for the hospital. Any safety rule you have ever seen or will ever see is written in the blood of those too foolish to respect the risk, don't join them as a statistic if you can avoid it, and if your boss asks you to do something obviously stupid and dangerous you have the right to refuse, and report them, especially if you are inexperienced at the task at hand

  • @raven4k998

    @raven4k998

    Жыл бұрын

    this is why masks to filter the air you breath are important to your health safety when your exposed to paint thinner's in your work place as long term exposure build's up over time to have this kind of effect on people he should have read the msds on that paint thinner

  • @5h4d0w5l1f3

    @5h4d0w5l1f3

    Жыл бұрын

    Sometimes, I'm not even sure that it's ignorance so much as some kind of paranoid distrust. When I worked in research, one of our studies required us to wear a full face respirator and vacuum suit anytime we entered the room. As I exited this room one day, with danger and inhalant and potential for chemical burn signs plastered all over it, a couple of my own coworkers stopped to harass me for "being paranoid" and "believing that gear will do anything to help." Like, yes guys, we are actively the ones who do that testing. I do believe in the science we're performing (most of us, maybe not that particular team).

  • @raven4k998

    @raven4k998

    Жыл бұрын

    @@5h4d0w5l1f3 well if they do not want to wear the protection they can be the gynae pigs aka test subject to see what happens without the protections lol

  • @TheEDFLegacy

    @TheEDFLegacy

    Жыл бұрын

    @Quiet Wanderer Indeed. It is true that all rules are created in blood, whether literally or metaphorically. In the case of literal, death, or serious injury are reasons why we make new rules. Metaphorically, things like the banking crisis, the crypto crisis, white collar crime laws, and the like, our reasons why we make rules for those.

  • @FaerieDust
    @FaerieDust Жыл бұрын

    You know, I knew it was important to keep the fume hoods going properly in organic chem lab, but I never looked into why it was important for each lab we did. Toluene was one of the most common solvents we used. Very glad I've never been sloppy with lab safety 😅

  • @joshinthesauce4636

    @joshinthesauce4636

    Жыл бұрын

    I’ve worked with fragrant chemicals like ethanol and DCM before. Fume hoods are really important for safety

  • @traviswhitcherpodcast

    @traviswhitcherpodcast

    Жыл бұрын

    They are deadly vital in level-5 biological viruses cure labs

  • @MannyBrum

    @MannyBrum

    Жыл бұрын

    If you had been, you'd have been sloppy with muscle tone as well.

  • @gyrgrls

    @gyrgrls

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MannyBrum that's because the aromatics in your circulatory system interfere with pumping iron...

  • @Psychx_

    @Psychx_

    Жыл бұрын

    A bit of toluene exposure is nothing to worry about. It's many times less harmful than the benzene it replaces. Chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, carbon disulfide, methanol, hexane, aniline, indole, other halogenated hydrocarbons, ketenes or acetonitrile are examples of solvents I'd worry about. Things like diethyl ether, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol or acetone are quite tame though.

  • @mykal2803
    @mykal2803 Жыл бұрын

    Anecdotal, but I'll never forget this young guy from my home town, when we were about 14-15 he had gotten into inhaling gasoline to get high. One weekend his parents went out of town, and from his account he did nothing but huff gas for about 48-72 hours with only sleep in between. Even since then he was.. Different, like clearly something happened to his brain. He started having almost schizophrenic tendencies and semi-violent outbursts, and it only got worse. The worst part is it took years for the parents to find out he was huffing gas, and wasn't just mental health issues like they were lead to believe.

  • @nosupes929

    @nosupes929

    Жыл бұрын

    How is he now?

  • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

    @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm always EXTREMELY hesitant of how FAST drug cos/Dr's are to push DIFFERENT DRUGS to people trying to get sober.

  • @mingiisbabie7054

    @mingiisbabie7054

    10 ай бұрын

    I heard a similar story like this from Reddit except it was a week instead of a weekend. This teen and his friend were home alone for the week and all they did was sit over a gas tank and huff. The guy was really messed up after, for like a month and suffered permanent damage. His friend continued and ended up as a vegetable.

  • @ameliarose47

    @ameliarose47

    8 ай бұрын

    Well he definitely has mental health issues now. Just with a very clear physical cause.

  • @es0x

    @es0x

    8 ай бұрын

    @@mingiisbabie7054yeah I read that. It was a dude and his cousin. He said it made him suicidal for a year, just from the misery of the headaches

  • @joshuaday3980
    @joshuaday3980 Жыл бұрын

    As a teenager, some of my friends would buy cans of Scotchgard, the stuff used to waterproof fabric and such. They would put it in a bag and inhale it and just be gone to some other dimension for short periods. Well the natural curiosity and wanting to see what all the Hubbub was about, I tried it a couple times. I found it to be pretty horrific, the buzz wasn't worth the side effects to me. The final straw was watching one friend inhale nothing but these fumes untill he passed out, starting having seizures, put his head through the drywall on the way to the floor. Just as I picked up the phone to call 911, he started to come out of it. I helped him sit up and he couldn't speak English,imagine the worst drunk you've ever talked to eith a massive head injury! Nothing was coherent, one massive vowel movement, almost like he was vomiting his own words. Even in this condition, he was desperately pawing at the bag and trying to get more.i obviously didn't allow it and he was filled with this animalistic rage! I didn't do it ever again. We had another friend who would sit in his shed for hours huffing gasoline. He would be in absolute cartoon land when he came out talking what we could understand about living as a cartoon character. It really really affected him. Not to be, harsh, but he was already a bit slow. This ruined him,he couldn't get past 8th grade, tried 3 times. He became a horrible horrible Alcoholic. While on work release from jail, he gets so drunk while driving back to the jail, he loses control of his car and died. Leaving 3 beautiful little girls without a father, a devasted family, and his daughters mother had never gotten over it almost 20 years later.

  • @kigurumii

    @kigurumii

    7 ай бұрын

    horrifying stuff

  • @aya_scratch2853

    @aya_scratch2853

    4 ай бұрын

    absolutely horrifying..

  • @SOSPainting
    @SOSPainting Жыл бұрын

    I was a painter for 17 years. I sprayed often and never wore protective equipment. I began to feel weak after working out. Then I noticed I could only work 4 hours before I just couldnt work anymore. Eventually, I ended up sick and often bed-ridden for months! I couldnt shower or cook or exert my body without it completely shutting down afterwards. Even mental strain resulted in my being unable to get up. I totally prepared to die. I am not entirely sure what happened because the doctors could not find the issue but I believe the consistent inhalation of paint fumes (including industrial coatings) damaged my liver. I cleansed the crap out of my body and i seem to have recovered. I dont feel 100% but I am currently able to work again. Putting anything into the lungs that wasnt meant to be there is dangerous.

  • @howard5992

    @howard5992

    Жыл бұрын

    Many organs are impacted ... liver and lings and kidneys and nervous system. Even the heart. Do some good daily walking ... including longer hikes of 90 minutes to half a day. Start slowly but build up your endurance gradually.

  • @SOSPainting

    @SOSPainting

    Жыл бұрын

    @@howard5992 thank you so much! That is kind of what I did. At first, i could only walk a few hundred meters. Almost didnt make it home a couple of times! It was scary.

  • @TheSimba86

    @TheSimba86

    Жыл бұрын

    same thing happens a lot to people that build boats in their basement and things like that, the epoxy resin fumes silently and slowly kill them

  • @SOSPainting

    @SOSPainting

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TheSimba86 I had no idea!

  • @alisaishere

    @alisaishere

    Жыл бұрын

    If your liver was damaged, it would have showed up in blood work right away. Thankfully, there are tons of blood tests that can indicate liver function, and then further testing can be done to discover the full extent of the problem. I'm glad you're doing better now! Work on your breathing to get bigger inhales of oxygen and let out more carbon dioxide. Your body loves oxygen.

  • @joedressler5303
    @joedressler5303 Жыл бұрын

    I really like this guy. I have been a ER doc for over 30 years and I am also a Forensic Pathologist (not currently practicing Pathology). There are no You Tubers that deliver Medical scenarios in such a comprehensive and rapid manner. I learn something new I can actually use in my practice each time I watch an episode. Bernard, keep up the good work.

  • @Natalia-09

    @Natalia-09

    Жыл бұрын

    Do you have any tips for getting into pathology? I’m in undergrad right now and forensic pathology is my number one choice right now.

  • @kasa9884

    @kasa9884

    Жыл бұрын

    Natalia Focus on your pre- med studies first, so you can get into medical school. If pathology interests you, contact practicing pathologists and ask if you may shadow them. You'll need to be concerned about pathology residency much later once you get into medical school. Look into pathology related opportunities when you're in medical school.

  • @SuperLordHawHaw

    @SuperLordHawHaw

    Жыл бұрын

    I wish he'd skip the endless word definitions though. They interrupt the flow too much and are unnecessary. He could just say what they mean instead of constantly explaining what "hypo" and "emia" mean.

  • @feralbluee

    @feralbluee

    Жыл бұрын

    i really don’t know how medical people keep up with all new things we are learning and even old problems which you don’t see very often. you’re amazing!! it’s truthfully great that he is informing us non-medical guys, but even doctors, nurses. . . way to go!!! :) be safe and take care and many thanks :) 🌷🌱

  • @serraramayfield9230

    @serraramayfield9230

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SuperLordHawHaw That's done for people new to his channel/unfamiliar with medical jargon.

  • @kostyac6411
    @kostyac64118 ай бұрын

    I used to abuse inhalants in my youth. The low pitched slow motion laughter brought chills down my spine, it’s literally what it feels like when butane starts kicking in.

  • @greendeane1
    @greendeane1 Жыл бұрын

    In the early 80s as a journalist on a daily newspaper I had to cover the death of a young man who die from intentionally breathing paint thinner (with toluene.) When I contacted his sister, during the conversation I said usually such deaths (in that day and age) was from heroine. Her first comment was "oh yeah, that's the good stuff."

  • @ajr993
    @ajr993 Жыл бұрын

    This is actually a pretty good warning about VOCs in general (Volatile Organic Chenicals). Everything from the new car smell, to paint chemicals, to household cleaners, to cooking at high temperatures, and even furniture can cause significant long term damage over time. It's not as acute as this case but you can easily imagine how 30 years of inhaling low doses of chemicals like this can cause organ damage and cancer. I strongly encourage everyone to get a VOC monitor and implement VOC mitigation to avoid these substantial health hazards that people carelessly underestimate.

  • @firelizard2

    @firelizard2

    Жыл бұрын

    Related: the PPE shown while he's talking about industrial workers etc. is an example of *inadequate* PPE for VOCs. For anyone out there working with substances that emit VOCs- a procedural mask or dust mask, or even dust filters on a respirator are all inadequate. A proper VOC-specific respirator is necessary.

  • @luc8254

    @luc8254

    Жыл бұрын

    Dude... I cook a lot, could you elaborate on the cooking stuff? Got me a little scared right now ngl 😅

  • @bagelbagelton5559

    @bagelbagelton5559

    Жыл бұрын

    @@luc8254 some gas stoves can release VOCS over time, if you cook in a well ventilated area or with a stove hood that has a fan it can mitigate the risk

  • @vaughnhaney7020

    @vaughnhaney7020

    Жыл бұрын

    This is part of why I'm furious with my mom for exposing me to various smokes throughout my life, particularly cigarette smoke, but nowadays it's marijuana smoke (I still live with her). She says it's fine, that I'm making up feeling ill from it, just because I'm not the one smoking it. I'm still inhaling the byproducts! It's just nausea, headache, dizziness, and mild confusion for now, but I could end up with a serious condition because of her and she just doesn't care...

  • @hoppytoad79

    @hoppytoad79

    Жыл бұрын

    It enrages me how corporations, knowing the danger and toxicity of VOCs, choose to put profits over consumer well-being and continue to expose us to dangerous chemicals.

  • @josephpacchetti5997
    @josephpacchetti5997 Жыл бұрын

    Years ago I was a painter for an industrial company and the United States Government, On a weapons system {Anti-Tank Missiles} This was all spray paint and some of it was quite toxic, however, I demanded that they supply me with the proper respirator and filters for the type of paint I was applying, the filter cartridges, two per respirator, were $9.00 each, and the life of each, when exposed to air was 20 hours, regardless of whether you were breathing through them or they were hanging on the wall, which is what the previous painter did, but when I took mine off for lunch or breaks and before going home, I keep them in an airtight bag, they didn't like having to spend that much every 20 hours, but I told them to buy them or find another painter, they continued to buy them, Thank You Dr, Bernard.

  • @Cheepchipsable

    @Cheepchipsable

    Жыл бұрын

    We had a case where guys were using some solvent to clean out fuel tanks on military aircraft. Turned out to be extremely carcinogenic.

  • @alienvomitsex

    @alienvomitsex

    Жыл бұрын

    Under capitalism, workers are expendable.

  • @MrJest2

    @MrJest2

    Жыл бұрын

    @@alienvomitsex Sheesh. I have worked for several DOD contractors, and they all went to fairly extreme lengths to insure the workplace was as safe as possible. Mostly because you simply would cease to exist as a company if you didn't. But we had techs in a lab working with a fairly basic epoxy worry about the fumes... extensive (and expensive) testing showed there was no real danger from them, and life went on. We *never* had any issues with workplace safety, or even the remotest of "pushback" from management for bringing up issues. We basically had a good management team, who all had "come up through the ranks" and had worked at the same place for decades, starting off pushing brooms and, well, pumping epoxy. I would simply have instantly quit any company I felt was compromising my personal safety. There are ALWAYS other jobs. No mere work is worth your life, and when they discover they can't retain skilled workers they will either change their tune... or go out of business. Either way, it's a win.

  • @kartyl1wielki

    @kartyl1wielki

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MrJest2 Only in developed world, unfortunately. There are still many places when you can either work in unhealthy environment or starve.

  • @spvillano

    @spvillano

    Жыл бұрын

    They can go with $9 every day or enjoy OSHA shutdowns, fines and being prohibited all federal contracts. I suspect they'll go with the $9. Retired Army and cleared DoD contractor here. I'm very diplomatic about safety, "do you want me to shove that missile up your ass sideways, the fire the high energy igniter?", they universally go with safety. Probably because the missile is longer than they are wide...

  • @JuliaBrockHartsell
    @JuliaBrockHartsell Жыл бұрын

    Whoa. I’m a nursing student and I believed it was bc it starved the brain of oxygen. This was extremely informative. Also much more terrifying. I remember working with toluene in orgo and biochem labs. Glad there was never a spill or anything.

  • @drbobsnightmare2521

    @drbobsnightmare2521

    11 ай бұрын

    Education ain't what it used to be. Nurses like this are why I don't go to the hospital unless I'm dieing.

  • @HaggisMuncher-69-420

    @HaggisMuncher-69-420

    10 ай бұрын

    @@drbobsnightmare2521 Yeah for real. And you pay for the privilege. I'm not paying to be some class flunking nurse's guineapig while she figures it out.

  • @baronzeegmot3801

    @baronzeegmot3801

    10 ай бұрын

    @@drbobsnightmare2521 There is a reason why she's a nursing student. She won't be in the hospital making diagnosis's and making the top decisions in regards to treatment plans. She'll mostly be doing what the doctor tells her, except for split second decisions which they are trained for.

  • @honkhonk5181

    @honkhonk5181

    8 ай бұрын

    Anyone notice how dr Bernard spent the first part of the video saying how terribly dangerous any inhalant is? If that’s true we should lock up dentists that give it to little kids in huge quantities, not just a balloon full. It’s almost like it’s actually safe or something despite what he said at the beginning.

  • @Mutantcy1992

    @Mutantcy1992

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@baronzeegmot3801unless she becomes an NP

  • @moncorp1
    @moncorp1 Жыл бұрын

    Used to live in a small town with a huffer. Kid came from a good family. Kind of town where everyone knew everyone. You'd see him walking with a gas can when he had to go buy a new gallon of gas. Always looking sheepish and walking fast trying to get back home. Cops knew him and couldn't do anything because there's no law against buying gasoline. His folks knew and would send him off to rehab from time to time. He'd just get out and start up again. I went off to college and my folks moved out of that town to a different city. I've always wondered what happened to him. I remember this going on for years. I know it didn't end well.

  • @jeffb321

    @jeffb321

    8 ай бұрын

    He probably ended up like my cousin who died at 16 from inhaling gasoline back in 1998.

  • @affliction2k02

    @affliction2k02

    7 ай бұрын

    It thins your organ walls, he’s probably dead by now

  • @MannyBrum
    @MannyBrum Жыл бұрын

    It doesn't surprise me how much damage things like this do to the body, but what is surprising is how much the body can take and still survive. In these videos people do stuff many orders of magnitude worse than what you'd think the lethal amount would be and many of them survive.

  • @brianbanks3044

    @brianbanks3044

    Жыл бұрын

    that's what I thought when I watched a documentary on the survivors of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima ....unbelievable

  • @nasonguy

    @nasonguy

    Жыл бұрын

    The human body is weird man. 7 hours of paint thinner? We’ll make it, chief. Trip on a crack in the sidewalk and hit your head? Nah dog, we dead.

  • @cybermonkmusic

    @cybermonkmusic

    Жыл бұрын

    @@brianbanks3044 where can i find this documentary? it sounds interesting

  • @ashley_smith

    @ashley_smith

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised they survive as well. There are many people that make it out of something they "shouldn't" but the lack of ability to do what they once could, the various therapies , the cost, ugh. They should not criminalize not being around anymore and just let people go. A life not worth it is just existing, like being a rock and having a stream flow past you.

  • @YungSteambuns

    @YungSteambuns

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@ashley_smith you have to realize those people are money sources for the hospitals, they're a cash crop and only kept alive to make money from you, the government assistance and insurance

  • @midnightmosesuk
    @midnightmosesuk Жыл бұрын

    When I was in my late teens a friend of mine used to sniff glue regularly. My friends and I would tell him it'd kill him one day, we'd hear about all sorts of stories about glue heads dying on the stuff, but he didn't listen. I suppose he couldn't stop. He was found dead behind a supermarket just off of Peckham High Street, he'd choked on his own vomit. I suppose he'd fallen unconcious, vomited and breathed it in somehow. He was a lovely bloke, but a demon for the glue. A pitifully sad way to die. It absolutely destroyed his mum.

  • @angrypooper9733

    @angrypooper9733

    Жыл бұрын

    I know so many people who succumbed to paint thinner addiction in the last couple of years. Most of them are good people and I'm afraid I''ll start hearing bad news about them soon

  • @spvillano

    @spvillano

    Жыл бұрын

    I watched a friend go into respiratory arrest from huffing nitrous oxide. Got him breathing again and during the mess decided, NOPE!

  • @chadmarino2741

    @chadmarino2741

    Жыл бұрын

    I found out where to get the good acetone if anyone’s interested

  • @spvillano

    @spvillano

    Жыл бұрын

    @@chadmarino2741 I always got mine from body shop suppliers. Used it to clean video heads.

  • @Candyrock15

    @Candyrock15

    Жыл бұрын

    It's so surreal seeing Peckham being mentioned in a KZread comment section, let alone under a chubby emu video.

  • @LinkiePup
    @LinkiePup Жыл бұрын

    I’m gonna be honest. I used to huff compressed air, those duster cans. And it never got so bad I got hospitalized, but I started reading the effects, and after getting help from my family, I worked through it. I’m lucky I had people in my life to help through a serious problem. Hope CJ gets better, and finds help.

  • @surkey5055

    @surkey5055

    11 ай бұрын

    As a former inhalant user my self, wubwubwubwubwubwubwubwub

  • @akillerhippo_337

    @akillerhippo_337

    9 ай бұрын

    >inhales brain damaging fumes as an adolescent >becomes a furry I wonder if there's a connection?

  • @surkey5055

    @surkey5055

    9 ай бұрын

    @@akillerhippo_337 bruh

  • @just.8797

    @just.8797

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@akillerhippo_337probably

  • @droningandgoing9286

    @droningandgoing9286

    9 ай бұрын

    @@akillerhippo_337Crazy how that works lmfao

  • @skatardrummer1
    @skatardrummer1 Жыл бұрын

    Can we appreciate how amazing the human body is? The body work so hard to save us or delay consequence from our own bad decisions sometimes. We definitely shouldn't take advantage of that, but when you break it all down, it's just amazing what the body does to work and correct when things are wrong. This is super sad what happened with this man, but his body worked hard to try and save him til he could get to the hospital, and worked to try and protect him from prior misuse

  • @raven4k998

    @raven4k998

    7 ай бұрын

    this story goes to show what happens if you breath in paint thinner for to long what it can do to you once it gets into your body

  • @garylewellen4241
    @garylewellen4241 Жыл бұрын

    I've been battling drug addiction for 30 years. Now nearing 3 years sober. I have learned so much from your videos. Great work!

  • @lonkus1290

    @lonkus1290

    Жыл бұрын

    Congrats my man!

  • @shoutingfactory3694

    @shoutingfactory3694

    Жыл бұрын

    That's fantastic! Well done!

  • @brock4372

    @brock4372

    Жыл бұрын

    Congratulations internet stranger!!!

  • @Zawmbbeh

    @Zawmbbeh

    Жыл бұрын

    you love to hear it, hope you’re going well :>

  • @Kitty-mb4hy

    @Kitty-mb4hy

    Жыл бұрын

    Congratulations on your sobriety!

  • @flegg_industries
    @flegg_industries Жыл бұрын

    Clicked on this faster than those paint fumes could travel into that man's lungs.

  • @alaskanwhiskey

    @alaskanwhiskey

    Жыл бұрын

    🤣😂 made me laugh too hard

  • @ShokyoLeaf

    @ShokyoLeaf

    Жыл бұрын

    NOOOO!!! This is tooo good

  • @xtremenortherner
    @xtremenortherner Жыл бұрын

    Very good presentation, Doctor! I'm a retired chemist, who had routinely used every solvent you mentioned; as they are heavily used in the plastics industry. Of course I worked inside a fume hood,or wore an appropriate respirator for the types I was using..., mostly acetone, methyl-ethyl ketone(MEK) toluene, and xylenes. When I was employed, it seemed most people wore protection very infrequently, with other chemists being the worst offenders! (saying,"My professor in college never wore a respirator/used a fume hood",etc) I wonder how they are doing in old age after all the years of heavy solvent exposure...,

  • @Lovicide
    @Lovicide Жыл бұрын

    Man inhales paint thinner❌ man _intentionally_ inhales paint thinner ✔️

  • @misterb3577
    @misterb3577 Жыл бұрын

    Dude, nothing gets the taste of suspicious gas station sushi out of my mouth quite like huffing paint thinner. It burns my taste buds away like nobody's business.

  • @ShokyoLeaf

    @ShokyoLeaf

    Жыл бұрын

    damn, hopefully you stop your suspicious gas station sushi raids!

  • @daveshif2514

    @daveshif2514

    Жыл бұрын

    nothing two bottles of cold medicine cant fix

  • @triv4555

    @triv4555

    Жыл бұрын

    @@daveshif2514 don't forget to wash it down with a whole jar of pickle juice 😉

  • @dark7element

    @dark7element

    10 ай бұрын

    @@triv4555 Silica gel packets are a good dessert

  • @JeveGreen
    @JeveGreen Жыл бұрын

    This makes me think back to the episode of Rescue 911 where a 15-year old inhaled a whole can of butane. After a car ride with his buddies, he collapsed right in front of them. He was basically given help from the moment he hit the ground, including from an off-duty nurse who happened to be nearby, yet his prognosis was grim. He stopped breathing on his own, and later in the hospital, he was pulled off of life-sustaining efforts after his parents said their final goodbyes. It was a very unusual episode of that particular series, since it didn't have a happy, or even bittersweet ending; the teen just died... and we got to see how it impacted everyone around him. I might be fairly liberal when it comes to drug policies. But really, there are some things you should never put in your body...

  • @RobinTheBot

    @RobinTheBot

    Жыл бұрын

    The truth is good education, safe places to use, and legalization prevent this. People don't use Paint thinner and Butane if you can get weed and shrooms. Those won't kill you like this. Maybe once in a while, but criminalization killed that teen as much as Butane did.

  • @JeveGreen

    @JeveGreen

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RobinTheBot All of that is true... Still, I think we should avoid giving drug access to people who're still developing. Being 18 before you can legally purchase dangerous stuff just seems like the bare minimum to me. And yes I know, some people mature quicker, or slower, than others, but it's about setting a standard. That way we don't end up in a world where nicotine addiction before puberty is normalized.

  • @aviation_nut

    @aviation_nut

    Жыл бұрын

    I remember that episode. I was around 7 at the time and the ending just... shocked me. Stupid 7 year old me thought every time you called 911 you will live because all the other episodes had happy endings.

  • @silverhawke

    @silverhawke

    Жыл бұрын

    @@RobinTheBot pretty much this. legalize safe recreational drugs. criminalizing it won't stop people from doing it, they'll just do it secretly using unsafe alternatives.

  • @badbunnyky

    @badbunnyky

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JeveGreen emotional maturity and intelligence just dont have anything to do with it. your brain isnt done developing until 25, especially the prefrontal cortex which is in charge of fun stuff like impulse control...

  • @leoniousmumblescraper1311
    @leoniousmumblescraper13118 ай бұрын

    I worked at a large commercial aviation repair station in the 1990’s (Tramco/BF Goodrich Aerospace) and witnessed several occasions in which my fellow mechanics “huffed” at work. One individual would take small pieces of the shop rags, soak them in MEK, insert them into his respirator, and then fit it onto his face. Needless to say when he was caught doing this on several occasions he was fired. Drug and alcohol testing was conducted regularly at this facility due to it being subject to FAA regulations. People found creative ways to get high at work.

  • @AlasBabylonxx
    @AlasBabylonxx Жыл бұрын

    I honestly wish you would show more images of the neurological deficits that people live with after abusing something like this. It might be the wake up call substance abusers need- to know they could be destroy themselves to the point of having the cognitive function of a toddler in an adult body.

  • @honkhonk5181

    @honkhonk5181

    8 ай бұрын

    Anyone notice how dr Bernard spent the first part of the video saying how terribly dangerous any inhalant is? If that’s true we should lock up dentists that give it to little kids in huge quantities, not just a balloon full. It’s almost like it’s actually safe or something despite what he said at the beginning.

  • @alexia3552

    @alexia3552

    7 ай бұрын

    Honestly the "you could die" can be far less off-putting than "You could live with this and this and this brutally inconvenient damage for the rest of your life. Every single day. You'll never be the same again." Like when I was a young 20s, I realized I didn't care much about driving fast because "you could die"--well I haven't died yet, what are the odds really? "You could get in a horrible accident and lose all your limbs"--feels unlikely. But, "You could come across a downed tree while driving fast on a backroad in the middle of the night, swerve into a field to miss it, destroy your car you love so much and invested thousands of dollars in, and tweak your neck from some whiplash triggering a chronic pain issue that will drastically alter the next six months of your life"--yeah, THAT changed my driving habits. Still not wisdom I responded to, but an adverse life experience I learned from after it was too late, so some of us are just too dumb to listen I guess. It doesn't take losing both legs or dying to find out that it sucks quite enough to throw away thousands of dollars of an investment that you can't afford to replace, and deal with chronic severe headaches for months upon months. Sometimes being "severely inconvenienced" is a much more effective deterrent. I wonder if I had been exposed to extremely specific, in-depth real life stories about what can happen if I would have behaved differently. "You could die" or "disaster" are too non-specific and easily prompt the line of thinking "well it hasn't happened to me, so out of what I've experienced the percentage of the time that death or disaster has happened is zero."

  • @darrenstone1828
    @darrenstone1828 Жыл бұрын

    A recovering solvent abuser here. Its hard to believe that just 6 months ago I was doing the very same thing. I was regularly inhaling thinner 5-10 times a day. I was left with visual problems in both my eyes. I just want everyone to know that this isn't jut some teen fad but is a serious addiction just like all other addictions. For whoever is struggling with addiction please know that you can get through this just like so many of us did. Stay clean guys❤

  • @lythyboo

    @lythyboo

    Жыл бұрын

  • @samirdoncic6395

    @samirdoncic6395

    Жыл бұрын

    Why did u use it, what kind of effects it has on body after use?

  • @batarasiagian9635

    @batarasiagian9635

    Жыл бұрын

    I am glad you are recovering. I hope all goes well.

  • @kimberlylewis9246

    @kimberlylewis9246

    Жыл бұрын

    You got this! Congratulations on getting clean!

  • @the-answer-is-42

    @the-answer-is-42

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you're recovering!

  • @ReiKoko
    @ReiKoko Жыл бұрын

    When I was a teenager, a boy in my year died from inhaling lighter fluid. I never really knew him, only by name and face, as we were in different formrooms and classes and had different friend groups. Instead of educating us about the dangers of misusing dangerous chemicals, the school kept quiet about how he actually died and instead just built a memorial bench on school grounds.

  • @oddvegan9797

    @oddvegan9797

    Жыл бұрын

    Well it is not the school's job to educate you about that. The should, but it's not their job. Also, if they want the teachers to do anything extra, they should pay them extra. They should be better payed anyway.

  • @Max77Prime

    @Max77Prime

    Жыл бұрын

    Natural selection

  • @BbgGYATT69420

    @BbgGYATT69420

    Жыл бұрын

    @@oddvegan9797 it should be their job for CHEMISTRY

  • @oddvegan9797

    @oddvegan9797

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BbgGYATT69420 Oh yes, I totally agree some of the drug stuff is part of chemistry, and science. However, the social and mental stuff that comes with it, isn't. (How to act about peer pressure & bullying, for example.) In Ireland, they have "CSPE", which is "Civiics and Social Political Education" and "SPHE", which is "Social Personal Health Education", where you learn exactly that kind of stuff. However, in a lot of countries unfortunately they do not offer that vital, maybe life saving subject. So I'm sorry my first comment was innacurate. I should have typed "in a lot of schools they're not required to teach", not "It is not the school's job...".

  • @ineedhoez

    @ineedhoez

    Жыл бұрын

    Damn... d.a.r.e is gone?

  • @sammakesmusic1
    @sammakesmusic1 Жыл бұрын

    I knew this guy who worked in an industrial paint factory for 10 years. He never wore any kind of protection to stop the fumes from getting in and the damage was clear. He often spoke incoherently and stumbled around because his muscles were weak. Don't put anything in your lungs that shouldn't be there.

  • @Lazerbeam00
    @Lazerbeam00 Жыл бұрын

    I sniffed rubber cement about 5 times when I was a kid. Each trip was worse then the last. I would hear echoing words and a trippy music. It sounded like high and low pitched bass and tones similar to when you get a hearing test as a kid. But the music was the same each time. Also, I would have uncontrollable body movements that weren't my own. It scared the shit out of me. To this day, I can't even smell glue or I feel like I'm gonna have a flash back.

  • @zootopiaondvd8081
    @zootopiaondvd8081 Жыл бұрын

    I'm a tire tech at an auto shop. We use a lot of real nasty chemicals to breathe (carb cleaner, brake cleaner, acetone, etc). I heard a story of a worker at another location of ours who didnt come back from his lunch break. Over an hour had passed by the time someone walked by a car in the lot and found him unconscious. He had open bottles of brake cleaner in his car. I guess they called 911, and nobody i know seems to know what happened to the guy. Yet people still make fun of me when someone uses a lot of cleaner when all the doors are closed and i wait outside until it clears.

  • @royrogers3133

    @royrogers3133

    Жыл бұрын

    When I was in high school I took a wood shop. I wore a mask but everyone else just breathed in the sawdust. Some people just don’t care.

  • @SuperLordHawHaw

    @SuperLordHawHaw

    Жыл бұрын

    We had a guy at a lab I worked at steal a nitrous oxide cylinder then suffocated while huffing it with a bag over his head to trap the gas. He forgot you need to mix it with oxygen.

  • @renato7184

    @renato7184

    Жыл бұрын

    Dont mind about them, take care of your own health.

  • @theenclave7391

    @theenclave7391

    Жыл бұрын

    Who asked.

  • @abdalhadifitouri131

    @abdalhadifitouri131

    Жыл бұрын

    The people making fun of you have been huffing too much of that stuff and aren't the brightest any more

  • @matt566
    @matt566 Жыл бұрын

    This guy’s content is so great lmao A full recovery 😄 A recovery 😕 At autopsy 😭

  • @Canleaf08

    @Canleaf08

    9 ай бұрын

    "The body was returned to the relatives"

  • @Fishy_17

    @Fishy_17

    8 ай бұрын

    Well he’d already mentioned permanent damage several times, so hearing a recovery was somewhat of a relief.

  • @amytan6923

    @amytan6923

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Fishy_17I thought he’d absolutely be dead until I heard “A recovery”. After all that damage any kind of recovery seems like a miracle in this case 😂

  • @johnferguson5481

    @johnferguson5481

    4 ай бұрын

    @Canle "He was returned to his family for processions": Not alive anymore

  • @user-yb9yn7ny5n

    @user-yb9yn7ny5n

    3 ай бұрын

    @@Fishy_17 he was mentally dead at the point he decided to smell thinner. So his further life was predicted and made no sense for the society. Just a natural selection.

  • @claytonchoquet5177
    @claytonchoquet51779 ай бұрын

    God, TWO videos in and I am BLOWN AWAY by your ability to breakdown and explain complicated medical situations, in a way that can be understood by someone like me with little to no experience in the subject! Can’t wait to watch more, and bravo sir, bravo! 👏

  • @jeffp.8718
    @jeffp.87189 ай бұрын

    I made the mistake once of spraying a chemical called " break free" on some siezed/rusted bolts on the exhaust components of a hot recently driven car I was working on. The terrible smelling fumes quickly overtook me in such a way that I could barely speak and became so weak that I couldn't even hold my head up. All I could do was lay there and call out to a nearby friend standing just feet away. He had to drag me out to fresh air and thought I was joking. Upon reading the label afterward it specifically warned not to use it on hot surfaces. I thought it was just another off brand form of WD-40. I read labels now.

  • @danibissonnette1601
    @danibissonnette1601 Жыл бұрын

    I love the chemistry lessons you do with these. They make the chemical reaction process make so much more sense when there is a tangible, relatable issue to tether the theoretical math to.

  • @nono-fb8tr

    @nono-fb8tr

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, he is a toxicologist. He has dedicated his life to the chemistry of the human body.

  • @CaptainObvious0000

    @CaptainObvious0000

    Жыл бұрын

    be aware that some explanations are simplified, like halogenated and aromatic.

  • @MadScientistsLair
    @MadScientistsLair Жыл бұрын

    My father was an artist working with oil paints and thus lots of solvents. I remember as a child going into his studio and nearly becoming overcome by the fumes on more than one occasion. He died of cancer, the only one in our family known to have done so, and I wonder if the decades of working in a poorly vented studio are at least partially to blame. In any case, I minimize my hydrocarbon solvent use in my electronics work and do so outside whenever possible when the need for a solvent other than water or IPA becomes necessary.

  • @sirgregsalot

    @sirgregsalot

    Жыл бұрын

    RIP. Do you have a link to any of his artwork?

  • @Waccoon

    @Waccoon

    Жыл бұрын

    My grandfather was a house painter by trade and also painted ships. He suffered mental decline and died from what was identified as Alzheimer's, but it happened in a span of 2 years. Many of us in the family aren't sure it was Alzheimer's, and it was probably something else caused by years of paint chemical exposure. I never work with cleaners, paint, or electronic solder without active ventilation.

  • @MadScientistsLair

    @MadScientistsLair

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sirgregsalot It's not online but if you search my last name, you might find a gallery or two that has a painting. The Nimitz Museum in Fredericksburg, TX has one of his pieces. Most are in private hands however.

  • @YarbroK

    @YarbroK

    Жыл бұрын

    The sad thing is that you don’t need to use solvents for oil paints. It is just much much easier to use.

  • @MadScientistsLair

    @MadScientistsLair

    Жыл бұрын

    @@YarbroK He did a lot of restoration work which is quite solvent heavy.

  • @xib9083
    @xib908311 ай бұрын

    Hi Dr. Bernard. Really love your videos , the way you cover medical cases is unique. Please consider covering Hemochromatosis in one of your videos if possible. As usual, I think your approach to the topic and the way you explain it would be the best ones we could ever find in the lands of KZread. Best regards and thank you again for the quality of your content.

  • @amicaaranearum
    @amicaaranearum Жыл бұрын

    I know it’s not your usual style, but I’d watch a series that talks about how different recreational drugs work. You’re good at explaining pharmacology.

  • @MnemonicHeadTrip

    @MnemonicHeadTrip

    Жыл бұрын

    Check out the drug classroom they have really informative videos

  • @filipmazic5486

    @filipmazic5486

    Жыл бұрын

    A drug series would be incredible, where the focus is moreso on the theme of the effects of the drug rather then individual cases

  • @caitreed01

    @caitreed01

    Жыл бұрын

    I second both of these comments. I want to know what is actually happening because nobody really explains it

  • @caitreed01

    @caitreed01

    Жыл бұрын

    Growing up I have watched a lot of my friends and family destroy their lives with various drugs and alcohol. It would help make things make sense. Bring some sort of closure in a way I guess

  • @martinaustin6230

    @martinaustin6230

    Жыл бұрын

    There really needs to be more education and exposure of common drugs. Not only to help educate recreational users, but also so loved ones can see what to look for if it becomes a problem. Just know what opioid overdose looks like, and how narcan can be used for that will save a ton of lives.

  • @maelentrewela2395
    @maelentrewela2395 Жыл бұрын

    I am a registered nurse, and I have these old medical textbooks and home health (for the lay person) manuals from the 1930s back to 1844. They recommended using turpentine for almost everything. Breathing in the fumes, placing it on your skin as a poultice. Mercury was used in wound care until the 1930s. The directions of care of common diseases horrifies me but fascinates me as well. I will read those books and start talking to whoever is nearby in the house. "Do you know what they did for x? Slathered on some mercury! Ugh! Now look! This is awful! How did anyone live?!"

  • @BlisaBLisa

    @BlisaBLisa

    Жыл бұрын

    there was a lot of stuff that made some sense and served a medicinal purpose but was misused or there turned out to be better alternatives (like cocaine was used as an anesthetic and is still sometimes used as a topical anesthetic) but yeah idk where the idea of using mercury came from, theres no positive effect it can have on you i have to imagine this was just some alchemy belief lol

  • @maelentrewela2395

    @maelentrewela2395

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BlisaBLisa mercury did seem to have a slight antibacterial affect, but the cost sure wasn't worth it. Or, maybe it was back then. A little madness over death might be preferable. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ I know it was widely used as an STD "cure". There were specially made chocolates so that the infected could more easily take his (or her) treatment without others knowing. But yes, there are medications and therapies in these old books that are still used today. Aspirin, of course, being another; digitalis, not so commonly used now, also showed up. I sometimes would remember another medication with its botanical history as I flipped through the books and saw the more raw form being used.

  • @PinacoladaMatthew

    @PinacoladaMatthew

    Жыл бұрын

    different zeitgeist, different time

  • @DreamQuillRose

    @DreamQuillRose

    Жыл бұрын

    That's why so many people chose to treat themeselves at home. They were right not to trust the doctors, who were being taught all the wrong things.

  • @warpigs9069

    @warpigs9069

    Жыл бұрын

    And to think, medical science still has a long way to go, and still has its detractors like homeopaths.

  • @helloSanders
    @helloSanders8 ай бұрын

    this explanation was amazing

  • @theexchipmunk
    @theexchipmunk Жыл бұрын

    To note is that high enough concentrations can do damage much faster. A college of mine won a trip to the ICU for a few days because he went digging through the paint disposal container, which is normally locked and has a gasket to stop vapors from escaping. That way he got a load of highly contaminated air and was out in a few seconds flat.

  • @mateodee7239
    @mateodee7239 Жыл бұрын

    I Use to work for PPG PAINTS. And let me just say, some of those smelling senses were addicting. BUT I KNEW BETTER 😂 Some of their products were really strong. Plz read the labels and know what you're doing when handling toxic products. Love the breakdown btw !

  • @minkorrh

    @minkorrh

    Жыл бұрын

    I go into autobody shops all day long. Big change these days. Most booths in larger shops are marked with isocyanate warnings. I know what you mean about the smells though. I'm pretty sure it's the clear coat that has that sweet, candy smell, but most of the paints these days are all waterborne to minimize the use of solvent carriers, as you would probably well know.

  • @mateodee7239

    @mateodee7239

    Жыл бұрын

    @@minkorrh Facts dude 👍

  • @arbresnow401

    @arbresnow401

    Жыл бұрын

    Kem Bond from sherwin smells insanely good which is honestly scary. It contains a shit ton of amyl acetate derivatives which ALL smell like banana flavoring but is a super-strong solvent-based primer.

  • @gmkbass
    @gmkbass Жыл бұрын

    I'm a painter, and my wife used to always ask me why I paint with all the windows open even in the smack dab middle of winter. She no longer questions because she understands the possible harms that come from prolonged exposure. I guess I'll forward this to her to justify the heating bill lol

  • @CaptainDCap

    @CaptainDCap

    Жыл бұрын

    Perhaps an industrial grade ventilation unit would be a good idea for your studio? Should pay for itself in only a couple years, considering your heating bill.

  • @gmkbass

    @gmkbass

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CaptainDCap I'm actually working on it myself. I have a ventilation port on the wall in one of the rooms, so it really shouldn't be too difficult.

  • @CaptainDCap

    @CaptainDCap

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gmkbass Sick. I'm interested in how it turns out :)

  • @karasu543

    @karasu543

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@gmkbass I recommend to check on it too, theses can be filthy and not filter properly.

  • @aprendizeremita

    @aprendizeremita

    10 ай бұрын

    Just answered this in another comment chain: search for D-Limonene. Works wonders for oils and its very safe. Take care!

  • @robert4231
    @robert4231 Жыл бұрын

    Bernard, very informative website. I met you at Loren and Sarah's house. i will be going through your videos. Fyi, i have been painting with oil based and lacquers for years. i used to not worry about masks but now i always have a organic vapor respirator. i cant believe how many times i sprayed either oil based or lacquer based without any protection. i got sick one time after spraying a complete kitchen and from that day on. i have used masks. nice meeting you and i hope you all enjoyed your concert. thanks Bobby

  • @s0urp0wer5
    @s0urp0wer57 ай бұрын

    Discovered this channel through your informative survey posts. First time watching a video. Phenomenal content. Definitely subscribed and got some more in the qeueue for the night.

  • @basedokadaizo
    @basedokadaizo Жыл бұрын

    oh hey dr. bernard! thanks for posting this! i'm actually 1 year clean of huffing as of today, this was grim but reassuring of my decision! EDIT: everyone replying has been so kind. thank you all for reaffirming my decision for a better life. :)

  • @basedokadaizo

    @basedokadaizo

    Жыл бұрын

    @Don't Read My Profile Photo cool thanks i won't!

  • @elbowjuiced

    @elbowjuiced

    Жыл бұрын

    jesus

  • @lerigolo1661

    @lerigolo1661

    Жыл бұрын

    Congrats bro ! this shit is horrible

  • @basedokadaizo

    @basedokadaizo

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lerigolo1661 it really is. i'm glad i managed to stop, i didn't have much damage but i know it could have gotten way worse if i kept going-- i'm lucky to have people around me who called me on my shit so i could recognize how bad it really was and could've been. support matters most, glad to have yours 💕

  • @ryanjp77

    @ryanjp77

    Жыл бұрын

    1 year is a big achievement, nice job bro. Proud of you

  • @reizak8966
    @reizak8966 Жыл бұрын

    This is also why it's important to paint in well-ventilated areas. I spent all day working on an oil painting in my room and made myself sick.

  • @ConsciousCloud

    @ConsciousCloud

    Жыл бұрын

    Definitely. I'm an artist and back in my college days I exclusively painted in oils while using paint thinner/turpentine to clear away the paint from my brushes every so often. I was in my room with no windows open or anything. Eventually I started feeling sick and my eyes would burn too. It took me longer than it should have for me to start painting in more well ventilated areas and thankfully I didn't do any permanent damage that I know of.

  • @thenonsequitur

    @thenonsequitur

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ConsciousCloud Glad you use good ventilation now. I recently learned that Bob Ross died of cancer that was most likely caused by long-term regular exposure to the turpentine paint thinner he used. He painted in a windowless room and usually had an open can of turpentine in front of him as he painted for hours with no ventilation.

  • @tomewifecollector9608

    @tomewifecollector9608

    Жыл бұрын

    Yup, I'm an art student currently and this type of stuff scares me. Whenever I spray anything (whether for charcoal, painting, etc), I always do it outside

  • @ConsciousCloud

    @ConsciousCloud

    Жыл бұрын

    @@thenonsequitur Oh wow I actually had no idea his cancer was related to that.. You would think the studio and film crew would have made more ventilation in that room for him but maybe back then people weren't as aware of the dangers of paint and turpentine fumes. Really sad.

  • @syzygy4365
    @syzygy4365 Жыл бұрын

    This is such a sad story, thanks for sharing your research Chubbs!

  • @Sk8Betty.
    @Sk8Betty.9 ай бұрын

    You’ve done a great job with your channel- I love these lessons. Ty

  • @cursedgamer2778
    @cursedgamer2778 Жыл бұрын

    i knew a kid who did inhalants. from everyone i talked to, before he ever did them, he was a genius. He couldnt see out of his left eye, stuttered constantly, needed help with certain words, and was incredibly emotionally stunted. it horrifies me. every single time i remember him, i thank god that i never did anything worse than xanax.

  • @cdes1776

    @cdes1776

    Жыл бұрын

    Ooph... that hit me in the gut. What despair is in the mind to think that huffing for a short high is a solution to overwhelmiing circumstances. It's a death sentence.

  • @cursedgamer2778

    @cursedgamer2778

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cdes1776 he had a good life before that. There wasn't stress he couldn't cope with or anything like that The horrifying part is that he just did it.

  • @cdes1776

    @cdes1776

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cursedgamer2778 I can't comprehend what led him to do it. So extreme.

  • @jandl1jph766

    @jandl1jph766

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@cursedgamer2778 You might be right from an outside perspective, but the simple fact of the matter is that addiction doesn't usually happen if a user doesn't feel like their substance of choice helps them cope with something they otherwise couldn't. This may be due to outside influence (which some people can be *very* good at hiding) or some form of mental illness, the result is the same and unless you know the person extremely well you may never know for sure. The strange thing is that with some combinations of drugs and users, the drug actually does help - the trick is to figure out which works well enough with minimal side effects. Unfortunately, getting through that process isn't easy and getting help near impossible in a lot of places.

  • @ComedyPlastic

    @ComedyPlastic

    Жыл бұрын

    That's really sad. I hope he is living his best life now and has a great aupport system.

  • @hanoihero8168
    @hanoihero8168 Жыл бұрын

    That air duster in a can has never looked so scary

  • @Yourname942

    @Yourname942

    Жыл бұрын

    I recommend getting an electric duster (its around $100, but much safer)

  • @crowdemon_archives

    @crowdemon_archives

    Жыл бұрын

    Those are pretty harmless aside from asphyxiation risks.

  • @reid3031

    @reid3031

    Жыл бұрын

    In Jr. High, they actually sent in a cop to our class to tell us about how his son had died of cardiac arrest while breathing air duster, so I managed to avoid that entirely. Still feel a bit on edge whenever I use it.

  • @guachingman

    @guachingman

    Жыл бұрын

    @@reid3031 they should play a couple of chubby vids in class

  • @griff559

    @griff559

    Жыл бұрын

    I have ADHD and so I chew/fidget on a lot of things. Once I put an air duster nossle in my mouth (I can't remember why) and accidently sprayed a tiny amount, I instantly spat it out knowing nothing good was going to be in the can. The brain effects didn't take long , noticable headache, slight cognitive issues. I felt weird body wise. This video by chubbyemu explains alot, but I did my research at the time and honestly it was incredibly hard to find good information about the effects of air duster. - They say solvent misuse can kill, but they don't say why. There needs to be health and safety classes in schools, that effectively explain WHY solvents are dangerous. There are many people who do dangerous things, nothing happens to them, so they do it again and again believing they are different and/or the warning isn't as bad as they make it out to be. For example someone who knows how and why speeding is dangerous is much less likely to speed than someone who has just been told speeding is dangerous.

  • @Thecoolbonnie
    @Thecoolbonnie Жыл бұрын

    This is so interesting!!! The way you explain it and the animated diagrams are so engaging!!! Love it

  • @simonfox_8559
    @simonfox_855911 ай бұрын

    Def gonna wear my well fitting respirator with appropriate catriges when working with these types of chemicals. Id love to see you analyze common working hazards like excessive sawdust, small metal particles, and common fumes from various metals.

  • @auggiedoggiesmommy1734
    @auggiedoggiesmommy1734 Жыл бұрын

    It’s amazing what a blood test tells us. Fascinating.

  • @SuperLordHawHaw

    @SuperLordHawHaw

    Жыл бұрын

    It can only give you a snapshot in time though. Plus you don't test for everything and you can miss something if you don't look for it.

  • @dad691

    @dad691

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SuperLordHawHawwhat else can u do then to check ur body?

  • @Josh-vg8zm

    @Josh-vg8zm

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dad691 liver function tests, thyroid function test u+e's

  • @bibitch
    @bibitch Жыл бұрын

    My first job was at a petrochemical lab. I was in charge of the disposal of the chemicals (along with records and storage). Some days I would stand over a vat containing a chemical cocktail for hours, breathing in all those fumes. I was given **no protective equipment** aside from rubber gloves. It got to the point where I would get home from work and puke my guts out at least once a week. I was still covered by my mother's insurance at the time, and she apparently didn't think it was that big a deal so no doctor for me. I quit after four months because I was sure that job would kill me eventually.

  • @wilkaii

    @wilkaii

    10 ай бұрын

    Jesus christ, at the very LEAST you would think they'd supply a respirator?!

  • @honkhonk5181

    @honkhonk5181

    8 ай бұрын

    Anyone notice how dr Bernard spent the first part of the video saying how terribly dangerous any inhalant is? If that’s true we should lock up dentists that give it to little kids in huge quantities, not just a balloon full. It’s almost like it’s actually safe or something despite what he said at the beginning.

  • @Liynkx

    @Liynkx

    8 ай бұрын

    Ill never understand why people would take a job that blatantly kills you, and they usually pay like crap too.

  • @DeaconBlues97

    @DeaconBlues97

    8 ай бұрын

    Man, sometimes life is so rough :(

  • @DeaconBlues97

    @DeaconBlues97

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@Liynkxnecessity, something very common down here in a third world country :\

  • @sleeplessdev7204
    @sleeplessdev7204Ай бұрын

    I met a guy in rehab for huffing keyboard duster. He had a masters degree in electrical engineering, so must have been a smart guy at one time. But he lost so much brain matter from chronic abuse of air duster that he was severely mentally impaired. He was very child-like and needed help with many things. It was pretty tragic.

  • @Neo7_
    @Neo7_11 ай бұрын

    I was confused when the store cashier questioned if I was going to abuse canned air for cleaning dust off of computer components. It took me awhile to learn people abuse those like paint thinners.

  • @quasimondo1933
    @quasimondo1933 Жыл бұрын

    My first reaction when I saw the title was to think that the patient was a factory worker or a painter who had no kind of PPE. To think that CJ huffed for 7 hours straight is mind bogglingly insane.

  • @honkhonk5181

    @honkhonk5181

    8 ай бұрын

    Anyone notice how dr Bernard spent the first part of the video saying how terribly dangerous any inhalant is? If that’s true we should lock up dentists that give it to little kids in huge quantities, not just a balloon full. It’s almost like it’s actually safe or something despite what he said at the beginning.

  • @jimcoppa6946
    @jimcoppa69464 ай бұрын

    You have a great informative and educational Channel please keep your stories coming I really appreciate them thank you very much

  • @beverlyhigh620
    @beverlyhigh6208 ай бұрын

    Another plain, detailed explanation. The ER/ED I worked in during the early 80s was stabilize and send huffing patients to resus, I'm glad this young man survived.

  • @amyosgood6044
    @amyosgood6044 Жыл бұрын

    Worked in a factory years ago in the circuit board area. They decided to paint the work room floor with "special" paint that would keep us grounded so static electricity wouldn't blow the boards. Instead of shutting down the room to paint, the idiots painted with us in it. The maintenance man would bring the drum of paint in, poor into a plain bucket and run out with the actual paint bucket with the name on it so we wouldn't see what it said. We all became very sick. Heart palpitations, turning bright red, I threw up. To this day I have no clue what was used on that floor. Worst environment I've ever had to work in.

  • @quiCksilvieZzz

    @quiCksilvieZzz

    Жыл бұрын

    I hope you guys pursued a class action lawsuit.

  • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

    @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823

    11 ай бұрын

    I would have puked ON the floor and made them have to close it up.

  • @alecbaker13

    @alecbaker13

    10 ай бұрын

    Hope you all sued

  • @stigrabbid589

    @stigrabbid589

    10 ай бұрын

    There are many types of paints with fumes that can make you sick, like polyurethane paints, it is hard to narrow it down unless someone caught a glimpse of the actual paint bucket, and that is the scary part.

  • @crystalmckinney3151
    @crystalmckinney3151 Жыл бұрын

    Dr. Bernard, would you do a video about whippits? I have a lawyer friend who inhales nitrous from a metal whip dispenser. I was absolutely appalled watching this man with a 4.0 from William and Mary and respected lawyer to damage himself this way. He keeps complaining of massive long term headaches and has amnesia about any conversion via verbal or text. It breaks my heart.

  • @ronjones-6977

    @ronjones-6977

    Жыл бұрын

    Never mind the people that are relying on your friend for legal help. Maybe a quick call to the bar would help convince him to quit. Would you rather see him find a new line of work or would you rather see him dead? The ball is in YOUR court. Don't screw around, Crystal. Make a decision.

  • @gyrgrls

    @gyrgrls

    Жыл бұрын

    The gas in these whippets is no laughing matter.

  • @talvarado2834

    @talvarado2834

    Жыл бұрын

    I second this. I would love to see him go over whipits. People seem to be more 'laxed when talking about them in my experience, but they can do alot of damage. I hope you're friend finds help and realizes what hes actually doing. Take care

  • @powerstation0872

    @powerstation0872

    Жыл бұрын

    The main issue with whippets (nitrous oxide) is improper use (not getting adequate oxygen between doses), and long-term use. Oxygen deprivation causes brain damage. That's pretty simple. But nitrous doesn't inherently do that if used properly. However, I can tell you from experience that long-term use can cause nerve damage. Nitrous temporarily inactivates vitamin b12 in the body and disables the body from being able to use it. With a dose of 700g of nitrous (about seven doses), this will only last 24-48 hours. However with repeated dosing and high doses it can last as long as 72 hours. And if you're doing it daily, or even every couple days, you can cause a long-term inactivation of b12 within the body. Which, over time, can cause b12 deficiency, eventually causing subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord. This is what happened to the kid who only ate potato chips in an earlier video he did, the kid who eventually went blind because of it. But it can also cause impaired motor function, difficulty with fine motor coordination, proprioception, among other things. It's similar to alcoholic/diabetic neuropathy, only it affects the spinal cord directly, not the individual nerves. I'm a couple years clean off nitrous and have mostly fully recovered, but I still experience some symptoms periodically. If you're going to use nitrous, limit your use to once a month or less. Edit: 70g* of nitrous, not 700 lol

  • @sadboyclub2502

    @sadboyclub2502

    Жыл бұрын

    Nitrous oxide is harmless compared to paint thinner, theres a reason it has many medical uses, do some research.

  • @JohnG6
    @JohnG67 ай бұрын

    I've never intentionally used inhalants in any kind of recreational way. BUT I do really love the smell of some of them. The first one is a solvent commonly used in the printing business (I don't know the name). I think that one is nostalgic. My dad worked in a printing shop, and I went to work with him on Saturdays when they were busy. Sometimes I could make a few bucks doing jobs the other guys didn't want to do, like gluing and cutting pads or just simple sweeping, cleaning the break room, etc. It very rarely happens anymore but once in a while I'll walk into a place that uses that solvent. I get this nostalgic rush. Like in Raratouille when Ego tasted the dish Remy made. There are a couple of others. Brake parts cleaner, another solvent that I think uses xylene. Never caught a buzz or had any kind of rush or high. I just really enjoy the smell. Maybe my brain equates it with a job done well. Parts clean and reassembled, ready to go. There are one or two household cleaners I like a lot, but again I think my mind just equates that smell with "clean".

  • @dhajabnabz

    @dhajabnabz

    7 ай бұрын

    I took a printmaking class and about everything we dealt with was toxic. The worst was asphaltum, really pungent even with a mask and ceiling vent on and my professor warned about paying attention to your health when working with it so you could sit down and take a break instead of passing out. Our studio used citric acid when making copper plates for printing but many studios use nitric acid. I started breaking out into hives that semester and on occasion nowadays when Im really stressed, but I wonder if the chemicals kicked my immune system into doing that. The print industry is crazy dangerous chemical wise.

  • @dontaskiwasbored2008
    @dontaskiwasbored2008 Жыл бұрын

    A recovery. We hate to hear it. Keep up the good work.

  • @MayaPosch
    @MayaPosch Жыл бұрын

    For anyone who works with paint thinner and similar chemicals, make sure you wear proper PPE, even if it's just a 3M 6000 series elastomeric mask with A1P2 (active carbon, with particulate filter) filters. These are relatively cheap and keep you from having to breathe in things that absolutely will harm your body and life in the long run. Remember: you can only get that bad news from the doctor once, but prevention is a continuous thing.

  • @UNSCPILOT

    @UNSCPILOT

    Жыл бұрын

    Even just sweeping in the warehouse where I work I'm making a habit of wearing at least a dust mask, don't need to find out what any of those types of dust can do firsthand

  • @MayaPosch

    @MayaPosch

    Жыл бұрын

    @@UNSCPILOT Indeed, never know when you're breathing in random asbestos fibers or bacteria that will fascinate scientists after your inevitable autopsy :)

  • @CaptainDCap

    @CaptainDCap

    Жыл бұрын

    Too bad most of those masks actually make it terribly hard to breathe and cause overheating. I lost 30% of my lungs due to chronic bronchitis that went undiagnosed for four or five years, and I get lightheaded to the point of seeing static when I wear them. It took several meetings to get my employer to buy me a respirator mask.

  • @soyburglar1878
    @soyburglar1878 Жыл бұрын

    The human body is simply fascinating to me. I don’t personally have any experience with inhalants, but this did remind me of a chemical we used in the aviation/aerospace industry to clean all exposed surfaces upon final inspection. We called it “trich” (pronounced ‘trike’) and it’s fumes were so powerful, it could cause you to pass out. Worse than that, however, was the fact that if you were caught using it without wearing gloves, you’d be fired on the spot. The reason being that so many workers had been hospitalized with permanent damage to their liver and kidneys as a result of the chemical being absorbed through the skin on their hands.

  • @SY-ok2dq

    @SY-ok2dq

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh I had a moment of panic recently, after accidentally spilling some liquid cement (used in model making) on a small area of only one hand. I immediately thought of the Chubby Emu video where a chemist spilled some mercury I think, on her hand, and the brief period of contact was all it took to be absorbed into her body and cause her later death. Anyway, I wiped it off, but it took a few more minutes before I could get back indoors (I was outdoors, so that the vapors could dissipate out in the open air - label warned you to not use in an enclosed space) and wash my hand. Anyway, I was fine, and although I worried for a while about the longterm effects of the exposure, I rationalized that it wasn't liquid mercury, and the exposure area and exposure time was quite small, and that it would be okay. I believe the chemicals might be teratogenic, but I'm past the age of having children so that's not a concern. I really should've been more sensible and worn gloves, but I'm not usually clumsy like that, and I figured I could get it done quickly without incident. I remember as a child, how I'd always try to hold my breath whenever my father pulled into a gas station and filled up the car tank. The smell was so awful, even inside the car (some of the smell would float in when my father opened the car door). I can't imagine having to work at them. BTW what is trich short for? I'm guessing it must be tri-chloro -something. I did organic chemistry in high school a long time ago, and I can still remember a bit of it.

  • @soyburglar1878

    @soyburglar1878

    Жыл бұрын

    @S Y I’m only about 95% sure, but trichloroethylene seems to be what I’m referring to.

  • @SY-ok2dq

    @SY-ok2dq

    Жыл бұрын

    @@soyburglar1878 It could also be 1,1,1-trichloroethane. Both compounds were used industrially as solvents, and both are colorless and sweet-smelling (1,1,1-trich is also known as methyl chloroform, so you can see where the sweet smell comes from). And both can cause people who are exposed to them, to become dizzy and unconscious. 1,1,1-trich is possibly more likely to be the one, as it is regulated by the Montreal Protocol and its use is being rapidly phased out, and its use in correction fluid/whiteout was discontinued due to being declared hazardous and toxic.

  • @joeb2

    @joeb2

    Жыл бұрын

    My father’s metal plating shop used trichloroethylene as a degreaser and it was NASTY stuff. He eventually moved away from it to something less toxic and safer to use.

  • @SY-ok2dq

    @SY-ok2dq

    Жыл бұрын

    @@joeb2 What was the safer alternative?

  • @metamorphicorder
    @metamorphicorder Жыл бұрын

    I had a roommate for a period of time that huffed various things, but he eventually discovered butane. Ive been on or or around people on all sorts of drugs, booze, thc, opiates, wet, shrooms, antidepressents, etc, and please believe me when i say that ive never experienced anything similar to watching someone huffing butane. I know specifically this is toluene, and it has its own effects but butane and even the markers (probably a toluene or similat solvent), were fuqin wild and frightening to watch. Im a fairly grounded person but it was hard not to think he was leaving this plane of reality and visiting another . Dont do it.

  • @petrakelley9152
    @petrakelley9152 Жыл бұрын

    You’re my favorite KZread channel and the only one I check to see if you posted anything new :,(

  • @christinegarrett7257
    @christinegarrett7257 Жыл бұрын

    Chubbyemu's videos are more informative and interesting than the don't do (fill in the blank) videos we watched as teens. While I wasn't tempted to ever inhale such things, I think that more kids would've at least watched the videos if they had been made like these - easy to understand but not dumbed down or preachy.

  • @BlisaBLisa

    @BlisaBLisa

    Жыл бұрын

    such a difference in how we were taught about illegal drugs vs how we were taught about legal ones like tobacco and alcohol... they knew we were all familiar w tobacco and alcohol and its just a normal thing in our society so they didnt try to use scare tactics they just explained the physical/medical effects of it. the way they taught abt illegal drugs was way more emotion-driven and used scare tactics. its so dumb.

  • @spvillano

    @spvillano

    Жыл бұрын

    Toxicology is good to know. I just looked over at my pantry closet and saw a bag full of poison- dried kidney beans. Raw or undercooked, they are toxic with letting. Properly prepared, tasty. Wild cassava is toxic as well. A popular famine food, common, lousy with cyanide compounds if not properly prepared. Peanuts, soybeans and even potatoes carry toxins that can kill.

  • @IbrahemAlbanawi
    @IbrahemAlbanawi Жыл бұрын

    Inhaling paint thinner fumes for 7 hours non stop should be a world record

  • @padebro2683

    @padebro2683

    Жыл бұрын

    NO it should not! Declare anything a world record and some fool will work to out do it. THINK before you speak or type.

  • @oceanfur__0415

    @oceanfur__0415

    Жыл бұрын

    @@padebro2683 This is why darwin awards exist, but i do agree with you on the fact that the way they phrased it could encourage others to “attempt to beat the record”.

  • @IbrahemAlbanawi

    @IbrahemAlbanawi

    Жыл бұрын

    @@padebro2683 It's a joke

  • @cosmoreverb3943

    @cosmoreverb3943

    Жыл бұрын

    Can you imagine that? The official Guinness timekeepers sitting nearby by with their stopwatches and all of a sudden you hear "7 hours, 1 minute, and 12 seconds! Let's goooo!"

  • @T-puma

    @T-puma

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@padebro2683bro chill out, if someone actually took what Op said as a challenge in a youtube comment section then the parents failed on they're part and Nautral selection will do its thing. Besides this thing called Tik Tok been doing the very thing your complaining about for awhile

  • @jeroldcrawford3431
    @jeroldcrawford34319 ай бұрын

    You are absolutely awesome! Thanks

  • @matthewexline6589
    @matthewexline65897 ай бұрын

    A video very similar to this should be *required* to be watched before graduating high school. I was shown how to huff a refrigerant once while in my 20s and had no idea what the dangers were.

  • @pablocesaracevedohernandez4716
    @pablocesaracevedohernandez4716 Жыл бұрын

    I love how this has come from a gaming, fitness channel, to a medical knowledge cornucopia...

  • @brock4372
    @brock4372 Жыл бұрын

    I used to work at a paint shop and we had one guy who worked there for decades and never wore a mask. The smell of paint thinner in that place was crazy and this guy was going about his 12 hour shift with no mask. I'm honestly surprised he never ended up in the hospital. He'll probably die too soon from his lack of care

  • @ThePortuguesePlayer

    @ThePortuguesePlayer

    Жыл бұрын

    Exact same situation, but said guy died of lung cancer at 60 years old. He never got to retirement.

  • @jdraven0890

    @jdraven0890

    Жыл бұрын

    If you go by the typical nail salon at a mall, the smell of solvent is overpowering. And the workers have on useless paper masks. I worry about their health too.

  • @xXDESTINYMBXx

    @xXDESTINYMBXx

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jdraven0890 oh yeah I know this one too well, one day it smelled likethey threw over a bottle of acetone.

  • @SOSPainting

    @SOSPainting

    Жыл бұрын

    He probably had good genetics in the liver and lung department. Genetics loads the gun but lifestyle pulls the trigger. His gun probably wasnt loaded lol

  • @spvillano

    @spvillano

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@SOSPainting nah. He's got the same loaded gun. He just lucked out by having a worn out firing pin.

  • @user-zy3jw3oh9b
    @user-zy3jw3oh9b9 ай бұрын

    Solid! Top KEK! Peace be with you.

  • @faustlove
    @faustlove9 ай бұрын

    This was the first medical channel that I subscribed to on YT. No fluff....just facts!! Dr Bernard and Dr Mike need to colab!! I think it would be awesome if they switched places and did a dual impersonation!😂 Thanks for another informative and entertaining video sir. 😊

  • @murdermurder2812
    @murdermurder2812 Жыл бұрын

    "A man inhaled OG Kush for 7hrs straight, this is what happened to his refrigerator"

  • @SarafinaSummers

    @SarafinaSummers

    Жыл бұрын

    Hahahaha, that's me and blue widow. I don't think I've tried OG Kush. Not a fan of the diesel flavors. I prefer the fruity tooty kinda flavors. Blue widow tastes like blueberry on the inhale and banana crem pie on the exhale.

  • @winterborn82
    @winterborn82 Жыл бұрын

    We use thinner to clean spray glue off of cabinet surfaces, always in areas with plenty of air movement. About 7 years ago we had a guy working with us who had a bit of a drug problem. ( we didn't know ) I had set him to cleaning a kitchen area and left to install more cabinets. I came back about 40 minutes later, I could smell the thinner all the way down the hallway and just assumed he had knocked over the bottle of thinner. I got to the kitchen and the fumes were burning my eyes, but he was no where around. Just as i was turning to leave and get a fan I heard a noise from one of the larger base cabinets. I opened the door on it to find him leaning against the wall of the cabinet wiping the saturated rag on the wall so that it evaporate quickly and just breathing it in. He didn't even notice that I was there until I started dragging him out of the room. He didn't work for us much longer after that.

  • @tristanbackup2536

    @tristanbackup2536

    8 ай бұрын

    As an apprentice cabinetmaker yeah. Thinners to clean the extra glue off the edge tape. I always wear a simple mask for that, cleaning all panels, doors, draws & carcasses, drilling & cutting as well for as I found out I'm allergic to something in MDF boards. I ain't taking my chances despite even my boss had objections for me wearing mine.

  • @winterborn82

    @winterborn82

    8 ай бұрын

    @@tristanbackup2536 Something to keep in mind with that mask, a lot of the fumes from thinner and other solvents have a tendency to linger in the air, your mask may give them something to absorb into. A fan is the best thing to have when dealing with fumes, even if on a very slow setting it will keep a stream moving and clear the air. If your allergy is a skin allergy, constant exposure can make it worse, a lot of the old timers wore long sleeve shirts all year just to keep the dust off their skin.

  • @storytellaz5503
    @storytellaz5503 Жыл бұрын

    Nice job playing CJ and doing narration. Man of many talents ❤

  • @Yukinebi
    @Yukinebi Жыл бұрын

    Ah man I loved this episode in particular! I forgot how awesome chemistry was, I used to love it more than anything on earth. Thank you for reminding me of that.

  • @justinpopelka1148
    @justinpopelka1148 Жыл бұрын

    You're so good at description

  • @BertNielson
    @BertNielson Жыл бұрын

    I've seen this twice. Once with a young man that went to school with my little brother. The other was a homeless young man in Mexico. The cognitive damage to both was the saddest thing, yet they kept with their habit. A true tragedy.

  • @judilynn9569
    @judilynn9569 Жыл бұрын

    Many years ago, while working for a small print shop, the print operator and I witnessed a client come out into the production area, ask where the paint thinner was, then proceed to put it to his nose and inhale. The operator and I looked at each other in shock! I wonder if he’s still alive.

  • @raven4k998

    @raven4k998

    8 ай бұрын

    you ever wondered what would happen if you huffed paint thinner for 7 hours well this video shows you what would happen cause someone has already tried it so you don't have to

  • @MrBflatt
    @MrBflatt11 ай бұрын

    Honestly, i didnt relaize how dangerous some things were until I started watching Dr. Bernard. Thank you Dr! I now follow the directions on all over the counter meds. I'm way more cautious now.

  • @keiradiabo1729
    @keiradiabo1729 Жыл бұрын

    The animations and clips in this are 10/10

  • @drascia
    @drascia Жыл бұрын

    As someone who's recovered from addiction, I'm infinitely grateful to have never reached this point. I hope CJ was able to make - if not a full recovery - at least a substantial one. Both from his addiction and from the physical effects of it.

  • @TippyHippy

    @TippyHippy

    Жыл бұрын

    I put my hamster in a sock and slammed it against the furniture.

  • @drascia

    @drascia

    Жыл бұрын

    @@TippyHippy why

  • @_Clipper_

    @_Clipper_

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@drascia eh, don't engage with him. He wants attention from others that his mama didn't give.

  • @ellispiper6313

    @ellispiper6313

    Жыл бұрын

    Most recreational drugs won't do this too the body, more so they change the brain, but not in ways that will normally kill (unless you cold-turkey from gabanerics). Inhalants, however, are extremely detrimental to the brain and body, and can cause irreversible damage.

  • @treali

    @treali

    Жыл бұрын

    It is time to face reality. It's people thinking they are invincible that leads to these things happening. The truth is that CJ did make A recovery. He will not age gracefully unfortunately and he probably lost a few decades of life due to the organ damage. The liver is the only organ that can somewhat fix itself, organ damage is permanent. Be careful young people out there.

  • @FIDEL_CASHFLOW_
    @FIDEL_CASHFLOW_ Жыл бұрын

    I used to work at a prison. This didn't happen while I was there but another officer told me that a while before I started somebody sprayed a piece of paper with wasp killer spray and then mailed the piece of paper to and inmate. That inmate rolled that piece of paper up and smoked it like a joint. He thought he was going to get super high off of it but ended up destroying his esophagus and lung tissue. Just know that there is always somebody out there who is stupid enough to try anything just to get high or trip

  • @NAJALU

    @NAJALU

    10 ай бұрын

    Formaldehyde is abused sometimes this way. Perhaps someone told him that wasp killer had formaldehyde in it?

  • @pushytub

    @pushytub

    9 ай бұрын

    "Formaldehyde" is SLANG for PCP, not an actual drug.

  • @TjallieBrrr

    @TjallieBrrr

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@pushytubyou would be surprised how many people actually smoked formaldehyde because they thought thats what people meant with embalming fluid/formaldehyde

  • @bensears7499
    @bensears749910 ай бұрын

    You make this entertaining so we learn. Thanks. Can you do some on pregnant women? Can you do some on tort reform and medical malpractice as well?

  • @billtorres-kf8cu
    @billtorres-kf8cu Жыл бұрын

    My grandpa was a painter for 40 years he got stage 4 lung cancer and died 2022 😢😢

  • @grifterdie1852
    @grifterdie1852 Жыл бұрын

    I drank paint thinner when I was four and the first hospital I got taken to said that “I’d pass it” and be fine. A handful of hours later my bloated fumey self was taken to another hospital where they were amazed I was alive. 25 years later and I’m still waiting for that to come back and bite me

  • @narrator89

    @narrator89

    Жыл бұрын

    no kidney damage?

  • @prispalos

    @prispalos

    Жыл бұрын

    You were young, all your cells have been replaced many times over since then. You're safe.

  • @StofStuiver

    @StofStuiver

    11 ай бұрын

    drinking is different than breathing it. When you breath it, the gasses quickly get into the blood stream and are technically inside your body. When you digest something, that is technically not inside your body. It will have to pass through the intestinal lining into blood vessels first. Since your digestive tract consist of differing chemical environments and has other digesting contents in it, chances are that not that not much will get into your blood stream. These paint thinners are all lipophilic and there will be fats in your digestive tract. It probably rather wants to stay there than get into less fatty blood. Dont think that after 25 years you still have anything to worry about wrt that. ofc at that moment there was risk, depending on how much you drank and so. But thats long gone.

  • @colonelcorn9500

    @colonelcorn9500

    11 ай бұрын

    I made funny number likes

  • @Artofficial1986

    @Artofficial1986

    10 ай бұрын

    You are not long for this world.

  • @ParallelSyntax
    @ParallelSyntax Жыл бұрын

    For those wondering: @ 0:26 the flashing is a screen cap of GTA: San Andreas with Carl from the beginning of the game with the words _“Ah s*** here we go again.”_

  • @howard5992

    @howard5992

    Жыл бұрын

    TY... I hate those fraction of a second inserts ... a big distraction

  • @burntupretardporn

    @burntupretardporn

    Жыл бұрын

    Subliminal like Tyler Durden

  • @solarfishysticks4496

    @solarfishysticks4496

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@cracked229 brother I'm on a phone

  • @zenyatta5064
    @zenyatta506410 ай бұрын

    As an accountant a lot of concepts go over my head but your way of presenting is captivating

  • @MultiSciGeek
    @MultiSciGeek Жыл бұрын

    It's interesting that "inhalants" get you high by literally killing your brain (and body) as opposed to just mimicking the neurotransmitters that are naturally present in our body.

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