But the sooner a person seeks treatment, the less likely they are to experience life-long problems related to meth use. Methamphetamine addiction is deadly and can cause long-term, adverse health effects on the recovered addict. Open, infected skin sores can cause other adverse health consequences, such as staph infections and more severe cases, MERSA or septicemia. Users will not seek treatment for these sores, and many active meth users will present with numerous scabs and open wounds on their faces, arms, and legs. Often, the picking and scratching lead to open sores, which become infected. Also, long-term meth users report experiencing tactile sensations, or the feeling of ‘bugs crawling beneath the skin.’ With these sensations, coupled with paranoia and faulty thinking, users will compulsively pick and scratch at their skin.ĭrug addiction causes the user to stop taking care of themselves. Chronic meth use causes the user to experience extreme paranoia and in some cases, hallucinations.
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