The Midwest saw the biggest spike of heart infections cases linked to drug abuse.
The team looked at data on 954,709 patients admitted to hospital withdatabase in the country.
All U.S. sates were found to be affected, but the Midwest saw the biggest spike in patients who struggled with drug abuseThe condition usually affects patients who are around the age of 70. But the drug abuse patients in the study were relatively young men, aged 38 on average, white, and poor. They here were also more likely to have HIV, hepatitis C, and abuse alcohol.
The idea to conduct this research came to him after working with heart patients, he said."It is hard not to notice that the number of young drug addicts admitted withHarb said health measures to tackle the problem must be rolled out nationwide, and targeted in areas where patients are most at risk. This would see multidisciplinary teams, including heart and addiction specialists, as well as social workers, collaborating.
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