{"id":945194,"date":"2026-05-08T03:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T03:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/945194\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T03:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T03:23:17","slug":"signs-of-ketamine-nose-that-can-occur-after-taking-drug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/945194\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of &#8216;ketamine nose&#8217; that can occur after taking drug"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Despite the anaesthetic Class B drug ketamine being closely associated with horses, there are plenty of two-legged folk out there who dabble with the white stuff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/lifestyle\/cocaine-nose-damage-symptoms-explained-snorting-warning-508212-20260506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just like cocaine users<\/a>, those who choose to spruce up their nights out (or curtains-closed nights in) with little bags of <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/drugs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ketamine<\/a> are playing with fire &#8211; fire that will show itself via one&#8217;s nose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Drugs are bad for you, everybody knows it, but some people only begin to truly realise the magnitude of it when their physical appearance deteriorates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Ketamine is one of them that gets at you from the inside, specifically within your precious sniffer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.priorygroup.com\/blog\/long-term-effects-of-ketamine\">Per<\/a> the Priory Group, the long-term effects of the substance is described as &#8216;severe&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;When someone regularly abuses or is addicted to the drug, they&#8217;re likely to see their physical and <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/mental-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mental health<\/a> deteriorate and their quality of life diminish as they focus their time and energy on getting, taking and recovering from ketamine,&#8221; one article states.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Doctors warn long-term ketamine use can cause severe and irreversible bladder damage (Johnrob\/Getty Images)\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"article-image_image__XvzgU\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0Y2Q3NGFjYzFkMGE5OWYzYS9ibHQzYjMwMDE1.webp\"\/>Doctors warn long-term ketamine use can cause severe and irreversible bladder damage (Johnrob\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">So what of the &#8216;ketamine nose&#8217; phenomenon?<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Snorting ketamine can cause damage to the nasal passageways, according to experts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The manifestation of this is often sinus inflammation or infection, as well as septum perforation and damage to the structure of the snout itself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">What&#8217;s equally distressing is the fact that it impairs the sense of smell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">So the next time you spot somebody with a slightly compromised nose, there&#8217;s a chance they&#8217;re big users of Special K.<\/p>\n<p>How else does ketamine affect the body?<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list_list__njBdr\">\n<li>Physical and psychological dissociation \u2013 numbing thoughts and feelings<\/li>\n<li>Stress on internal organs \u2013 sometimes known as &#8216;K-cramps&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Increased heart rate, high blood pressure, seizures and respiratory issues<\/li>\n<li>Urinary tract and bladder problems<\/li>\n<li>Ketamine-associated cystitis \u2013 a condition of frequent and urgent urinating, pelvic pain, and a burning sensation when passing liquid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Meanwhile, a physically impaired ex-ketamine addict called Amber Currah <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/news\/health\/ketamine-addict-longlasting-impact-addiction-adult-nappies-pain-847870-20260311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously opened up about her own dark journey with the drug<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">During an episode of <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=45EO7nUY5Lw\">Minutes With<\/a>, the mum from Morecambe exclusively told LADbible that after using it recreationally, she later became so reliant on the drug that she needed to &#8216;sniff a line before doing the food shop&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">A year after she sampled it for the first time, she began experiencing terrible symptoms similar to a UTI (Urinary Tract Infection).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;I didn&#8217;t have a clue about what ketamine could do,&#8221; she said. &#8220;A female bladder should hold 500ml and a male is 600ml. And mine, at its worst, was holding 20ml.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;I would literally live and breathe ketamine. No matter where I was. It just ruled my life at this point. I was just thinking about it wherever I was.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The physical impact her addiction had wreaked on her body at the time had &#8216;become really bad&#8217; &#8211; it even left her <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ladbible.com\/news\/health\/woman-ketamine-addiction-weeing-200-times-day-impact-621065-20260126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">running to the toilet hundreds of times<\/a> each day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;I got to the point where I was now having to wear nappies all the time. I&#8217;d say at my worst, I was weeing 200 times a day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She was stuck &#8216;in her bathroom&#8217; constantly as a result of needing to urinate so much and said she spent the rest of the time in bed or the bath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;Sometimes the pain could be that bad, I wouldn&#8217;t be able to move for eight hours,&#8221; Currah continued. &#8220;And that&#8217;s not an exaggeration. You will do anything just to stop the pain, even for a second.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;It&#8217;s relentless. It will go on and on and on. The physical effects made me want to take more ketamine, because I just thought, &#8216;I&#8217;m in this horrible place, I can&#8217;t get out of it&#8217;. Without it, I&#8217;d be dragging myself around.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;I couldn&#8217;t even walk a hundred metres down the street. I couldn&#8217;t even walk to the bottom of my driveway or out my door, down the stairs, just because of the physical pain and how bad it was.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite the anaesthetic Class B drug ketamine being closely associated with horses, there are plenty of two-legged folk&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":945195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4315],"tags":[535,105,4326,218,70,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-945194","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-drugs","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-medication","11":"tag-mental-health","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116536816944537279","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/945195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}