

One or both eyes may quickly move up and down or from side to side. People with nystagmus generate small eye movements that they can’t control. Sinus infections become common when the nose is damaged and can’t properly clean the air that is breathed in. Sometimes the bone in the sinus around the eyes can deteriorate. This decreases blood and oxygen supply to the nose tissue and surrounding areas and it can become permanently damaged. Snorting or smoking cocaine can cause the vessels in and around the nose to shrink. Whatever the method of ingestion, it is highly addictive, and people tend to repeat cocaine use obsessively, despite evidence of self-harm such as nosebleeds, ulcers, sore eyes and heart palpitations. It can also be rubbed on the gums or taken orally (although this is not common because doing so will lessen the effect).

How Is Cocaine Used?Ĭocaine is a versatile and deadly drug that is usually snorted, smoked or injected. Here we examine what to do about Cocaine affecting your eyes. Heavy cocaine use produces a special look, commonly known as ‘cocaine eyes’, and severe and lasting tissue damage can result – to your eyes and other parts of your body as well. Prolonged substance abuse is always likely to show in your facial appearance and cocaine addiction is no exception. What Other Effects Does Cocaine Have on the Body?.
