we all know that smoking will hurt your body, but we still have a weak awareness of this, because many people always ignore their health. They usually have no maintenance measures for their body and don’t take good care of their health. How much harm will smoking do to your body? What harm will it do to human organs? In order to understand these hazards vividly, let’s take a look at the hazards of smoking to all parts of the body.
Tobacco dependence is a chronic and highly recurrent disease. Only a few smokers completely quit smoking for the first time. Most smokers have the experience of relapse after quitting smoking and need many attempts to finally quit smoking. The medical standard is that smoking cessation can only be diagnosed as successful if it does not relapse after quitting smoking for 1 year. But experts believe that the real disappearance of psychological desire is two years later.
oral cavity and throat will stimulate oral mucosa and gums, cause mucosal damage, lead to periodontitis, halitosis, oral leukoplakia, oral cancer (people who smoke paper cigarettes are prone to tongue cancer, and smokers are prone to lip cancer), damage throat mucosa and chronic pharyngitis.
trachea and bronchus. If you smoke for a long time, tar will stick to the surface of this cilia and affect the swing. After the cilia swing is not smooth, the function of eliminating harmful substances and foreign bodies will be weakened, increasing the incidence of chronic bronchitis and COPD.
when harmful substances such as lung, carbon monoxide and nicotine reach the lung, they are similar to gas poisoning. When carbon monoxide enters the blood, it quickly & ldquo; Plunder & rdquo& ldquo; Rely on & rdquo; It is several times stronger than oxygen, squeezing out oxygen, & ldquo; Force & rdquo; Combined with hemoglobin, it causes insufficient oxygen supply of systemic blood circulation.
blood is filtered through the kidney and then excreted from the urine through the bladder. In the bladder, they can destroy cells, thereby increasing the risk of cancer.
brain, harmful substances can reach the brain in 7 ~ 10 seconds, causing brain excitement.
heart, the heart has to work hard. Nicotine and carbon monoxide in tobacco can cause damage to the intima of coronary artery, resulting in coronary heart disease; It will also cause abnormal intravascular environment, increase platelet aggregation, increase blood viscosity and easy to form thrombosis. In addition, nicotine can also lead to abnormalities in the heart conduction system.
At the same time, it will also destroy the normal activities of gastrointestinal tract, leading to the occurrence of gastric disease.
the secretion of kidney and brain can promote platelet aggregation, which is also the reason for the increase of blood viscosity. The increase of blood viscosity slows the blood flow, in which red blood cells and platelets are easy to gather into blocks to block the blood flow, resulting in ischemic cerebrovascular disease.
skin, smoke can also cause elastin and elastic fibers to thicken or break. The reduction of oxygen supply will also affect the formation of collagen, the main component of the skin, and lead to dry skin, thus aggravating the appearance of wrinkles.
How to quit smoking effectively?
1. Quit smoking from now on, the method of completely quitting smoking or gradually reducing the number of smoking can usually be successful in 3 ~ 4 months.
2. Drink water, eat fruit or take a walk after dinner to get rid of the idea of a cigarette after dinner. Research shows that drinking more fruit juice in the early stage of quitting smoking can help get rid of nicotine addiction.
3. When smoking comes, you should immediately take a deep breath, or chew sugar free gum, and avoid using snacks instead of cigarettes, otherwise it will increase blood sugar and make your body too fat.
4. Throw away smoking utensils, such as lighters, ashtrays and cigarettes to reduce your conditioned reflex.
5 Firmly refuse the temptation of cigarettes, and often remind yourself that another cigarette is enough to ruin the previous efforts of quitting smoking. Avoid participating in places or activities where you are used to smoking.
6. Tell others that you have quit smoking. Don’t give you cigarettes or smoke in front of you.
7. Arrange some sports activities, such as swimming, running, fishing, etc. On the one hand, it can relieve mental tension and pressure, on the other hand, it can avoid spending more time on smoking. It’s too late for many people to realize that smoking is harmful to their health, but it’s too late for them to stop smoking. The above introduces many ways to quit smoking. I hope everyone can quit smoking as soon as possible.