Prevalence of glue‐sniffing among street children

Shah, Sanjay Kumar; Neupane, Nira; Thaiba, Anupama Pradhan; Shah, Sabita; Sharma, Asha

doi:10.1002/nop2.380

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“…Hydrocarbons in glue, cleaners, or paints were smelled by teenagers who turned on in twentieth-century America, giving birth to the “sniffing syndrome” ( 21 ). Glue-sniffing is still widespread in the young population of many countries where any kind of solvent abuse by inhalation is considered an immediate and affordable recreation ( 22 ). The ad libitum abuse of these ethers is likely to have caused nose irritation ( 23 ), contrary to the current halogenated ethers for medical purposes that are known to have a high safety profile and nimbler titratability.…”

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confidence: 99%

Perioperative Anesthesia and Acute Smell Alterations in Spine Surgery: A “Sniffing Impairment” Influencing Refeeding?

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Medications for general anesthesia can cause smell alterations after surgery, with inhalation anesthetics being the most acknowledged drugs. However, spine patients have been poorly studied in past investigations and whether these alterations could influence the refeeding remains unclear. This research aims to observe detectable dysosmias after spine surgery, to explore any amplified affection of halogenates (DESflurane and SEVoflurane) against total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA), and to spot potential repercussions on the refeeding. Fifty patients between 50 and 85 years old were recruited before elective spine procedure and tested for odor acuity and discrimination using the Sniffin' Sticks test. The odor abilities were re-assessed within the first 15 h after surgery together with the monitoring of food intakes. The threshold reduced from 4.92 ± 1.61 to 4.81 ± 1.64 (p = 0.237) and the discrimination ability reduced from 10.50 ± 1.83 to 9.52 ± 1.98 (p = 0.0005). Anesthetic-specific analysis showed a significant reduction of both threshold (p = 0.004) and discrimination (p = 0.004) in the SEV group, and a significant reduction of discrimination abilities (p = 0.016) in the DES group. No dysosmias were observed in TIVA patients after surgery. Food intakes were lower in the TIVA group compared to both DES (p = 0.026) and SEV (p = 0.017). The food consumed was not associated with the sniffing impairment but appeared to be inversely associated with the surgical time. These results confirmed the evidence on inhalation anesthetics to cause smell alterations in spine patients. Furthermore, the poor early oral intake after complex procedures suggests that spinal deformity surgery could be a practical challenge to early oral nutrition.

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Perioperative Anesthesia and Acute Smell Alterations in Spine Surgery: A “Sniffing Impairment” Influencing Refeeding?

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“…Most of these children picked rags, begged, or worked on the streets for their livelihood which is similar in context to Butwal Municipality, where 67.3% of the street children picked rags, 51.9% worked and 26.92% begged on the streets for more than a year as their livelihood. 19 In this study 87 (98.9%) children knew about glue sniffing from their friends while 13 (14.8%) children sniffed glue because they felt a sense of belonging and felt secure while sniffing glue with them. The CWIN report on glue sniffing among street children in Kathmandu valley noted that 47 (77.0%) of the street children in Kathmandu sniffed dendrite due to peer influence while nine (14.6%) children sniffed glue due to peer pressure.…”

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confidence: 70%

“…18 This finding is also in line with another study conducted in Butwal Municipality of Nepal, where out of total glue-sniffing children, 40.4% were of age nine to 12 years and 92.3% were males. 19 The children who participated in this study also expressed that they sniff glue because it is cheap and easily available. Majority of the children notified that they sniffed glue for the feeling of pleasure, to cope with hunger, and due to peer influence, or to protect their sense of belonging to the group.…”

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Glue Sniffing Among the Street Children Residing at Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Acharya

Shrestha

Paudel

2022

J. Nepal Paedtr. Soc.

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Introduction: Glue sniffing usually refers to volatile substance abuse (VSA) for psychoactive effects. Street children are the children who live, work, and earn their livelihood through the streets of urban settlements. Street children are mostly attracted to substance abuse and more particularly towards volatile substances as they are cheap, easy to access and have psychoactive effects as alcohol intoxication. This study aimed to assess the general characteristics of street children of Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal who are addicted to glue sniffing. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among street children who were addicted to glue sniffing through the snowball sampling method in Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal. Results: All 88 children who were addicted to glue sniffing were males. Of the total children, 59 (67%) children started glue-sniffing at the age of five to ten years of age while nine (10.2%) children started sniffing even before they were five years old. Addiction to glue (n = 33, 37.5%), pleasure (n = 18, 20.5%)), coping with hunger (n = 14, 15.9%), and being a part of street children group (n = 13, 14.8%) were the major reasons to sniff glue for these children. Conclusions: It has been observed that the majority of street children are at increased risk of getting involved in glue sniffing. It has resulted in different ill outcomes such as self-destruction and problematic behavior, fights and police arrest. There is a need to focus on the issue of glue sniffing among the street children to save and ensure the quality of life of these vulnerable children.

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“…Most institutions and individuals approach the issue from a liberal perspective, highlighting delinquency, violence, abuse and victimization of street children. Their vulnerability to depraved and harmful impacts like criminal acts and drug addiction or glue-sniffing, besides their deprivation of rights to education and health facilities, are primary concerns as street children are often associated with social disturbances (Bajari and Kuswar, 2020; Sah et al, 2020).…”

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Children’s right to the city: The case of street children

Aytac

2021

International Sociology

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Children are important actors in the urban areas of Turkey since they make up the largest demographic group. Therefore, the reasons behind their being regarded as ‘passive’ should be re-examined, in view of the fact that they live and work in, and create and recreate the city. The purpose of this study is to elaborate the children’s right to the city concept from two different points of view using liberal and radical approaches within the theoretical framework provided by Marcuse in the right to the city discourse. The reason for choosing Marcuse is that at some points, his arguments meet with both a liberal and radical understanding of the right to the city. Therefore, these two approaches will be compared regarding children’s right to the city in Turkey in light of related literature. In the last part of the study, children’s right to the city will be discussed from these two perspectives with the particular case of street children derived from findings in the literature. It is revealed that while there are significant developments in Turkey at local and international level in terms of children’s right to the city and street children, there is still a need for a strengths-based perspective which positions children as active agents making decisions about their own lives and formation of urban space.

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Prevalence of glue‐sniffing among street children

Cited by 18 publications

References 7 publications

Perioperative Anesthesia and Acute Smell Alterations in Spine Surgery: A “Sniffing Impairment” Influencing Refeeding?

Perioperative Anesthesia and Acute Smell Alterations in Spine Surgery: A “Sniffing Impairment” Influencing Refeeding?

Glue Sniffing Among the Street Children Residing at Pokhara Metropolitan, Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Children’s right to the city: The case of street children

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