Dangers and Long-Term Effects of Cocaine Abuse. Risk of overdose, damage to the nose and nasal passages, what are the long term effects of use? Cocaine addicts can develop a chronic runny nose and find that their ability to smell is impaired, and their ability to taste also decreased.
Delayed cerebral ischaemia. Delayed cerebral ischaemia, or vasospasm, is another serious and common complication of a subarachnoid haemorrhage. This is when the supply of blood to the brain becomes dangerously low, disrupting the normal functions of the brain and causing brain damage. It's most common a few days after the first haemorrhage.
Nasopharyngeal cancer is a cancer that starts in the nasopharynx, the upper part of the throat behind the nose and near the base of skull. To understand nasopharyngeal cancer, it helps to know about the structure and function of the nasopharynx.