Often, heavy smokers face a deterioration in health: they notice the appearance of a cough with phlegm, shortness of breath, disturbances in the work of the heart. In addition, smoking has a negative effect on appearance: teeth turn yellow, skin becomes dull, and skin becomes dry. Therefore, almost every smoker at least once tries to give up bad habits.
However, instead of feeling better right away, many people find that they really hurt everything after smoking their last cigarette. As a result, a person returns to smoking, choosing, as he or she thinks, less and less evil.
Let’s see why certain unpleasant symptoms can appear with a sharp cigarette rejection? What to do if someone quits smoking but has health problems?
Processes in the body after quitting smoking
Every smoker who decides to quit smoking should understand that his or her dependence on tobacco is not only psychological in nature, but also physiological in nature. Nicotine in the literal sense of the word is included in the body's metabolism. Therefore, the reason for feeling unwell when quitting smoking is a situation similar to drug withdrawal. The fact that a person, having been bound by addiction, begins to fall ill, indicates that the body is rebuilding itself to work without the participation of nicotine.
In addition, it should be understood that these health problems are temporary in nature and will cease to bother once the adjustment period has passed. In other words, a person who is determined to quit smoking should be patient and only go through this time where he or she will experience unpleasant symptoms.
Important!In fairness, it should be noted that not all smokers yesterday faced real problems. One person has a very strong withdrawal syndrome, while another easily and easily quits smoking.
Gastrointestinal tract
Gastrointestinal tract disorders are observed by every second person who quits smoking. Often, in this case, people notice that they have a stomach ache, because against the background of cigarette rejection, a decrease in intestinal tone may appear. As a result, increased gas production and constipation began to worry.
This situation is no less common when a person stops smoking and gets sick. Heartburn often appears after quitting smoking. The reason for such symptoms is the action of tobacco smoke, which, entering the stomach, irritates its walls and provokes the appearance of gastritis.
However, while a person continues to smoke, nicotine to some extent has an antispasmodic effect and reduces pain. When the intake of alkaloids into the body stops, gastric juice with increased levels of acidity irritates the mucous membranes, causing heartburn, nausea, and pain.
In addition, if a person stops smoking and realizes his stomach is starting to ache, the reason may be a stomach ulcer or duodenum that forms during addiction. This is a serious disease that requires the supervision of a gastroenterologist. Therefore, if a patient stops smoking and realizes that he is experiencing heartburn, nausea and belching, constipation and abdominal pain, he should seek help from a specialist as soon as possible.
Skin problem
Many smokers yesterday noticed acne on their face and back after quitting smoking. There may be several reasons that explain this phenomenon:
- Changes in vascular tone. During the active effects of nicotine on the body, the smoker’s skin becomes dry, and the small ducts that consume it are in a spasmodic state. When quitting smoking, the opposite process can be observed - an increase in oily skin. High levels of sebum production, in turn, are an excellent background for the formation of acne;
- If a person stops smoking and has acne, this may indicate a hormonal imbalance, which can also occur in the body against the background of quitting nicotine. It should be remembered that quitting smoking is stressful for the body, which can affect all its organs and systems;
- Acne after smoking can form due to worsening acne for the same reasons: a stressful state in which the body finds itself while rearranging a new mode of operation;
- Finally, the appearance of skin problems can be explained by the fact that, abandoning bad habits, a person is so tired of the struggle with the desire to smoke that he does not have the strength to treat the skin. As a result, acne on the face is formed due to violations of superficial hygiene rules, especially if the skin is initially prone to the appearance of such problems.
Throat and mouth cavity
A common complaint for those who decide to quit smoking is also a sore throat and "scratching" in the throat. For example, consider a situation: a woman stops smoking and states that her throat is starting to hurt. If before that he was able to get rid of such symptoms with a cigarette, then with a high probability the smoker will return to cigarettes. Meanwhile, it should be understood that sore throat is also a temporary phenomenon, caused by the process of clearing the airways or exacerbation of chronic infections with a background of nicotine rejection.
Another problem of yesterday's smokers was bleeding gums. Sometimes the process is so noticeable that after pushing a cigarette, the teeth ache and become less durable.
The main reason why a person who decides to quit smoking has bleeding gums, stomatitis or loose teeth is a decrease in immunity against the background of nicotine rejection. It becomes difficult for the weak body to withstand gingivitis and tooth decay, which have formed during addiction to tobacco.
Joint and back pain, varicose veins
Often, smokers yesterday have a feeling of cramps in the back and joint pain. There seems to be no connection between quitting smoking and the fact that, for example, back pain. However, the appearance of such symptoms can provide several explanations at once.
If a person stops smoking and his legs are sore, this may indicate a manifestation of drug withdrawal. It is no secret that nicotine has a weak drug effect, therefore, when it stops entering the body, it is very likely that ghost pain appears all over the body.
Attention!Another explanation for the fact that a smoker suffers from joint pain after he stops from bad habits is the increase of chronic diseases (arthritis, arthrosis) in a stressful state for the body. Accordingly, if the legs feel sore after smoking heavily and the joint pain does not go away in a few days, you should seek medical help.
Other side effects after quitting smoking
The symptoms listed are not a complete list of problems a person may face when deciding to get rid of a bad habit. Almost all ex-smokers in the first days of quitting smoking noted weaknesses, weaknesses, general abnormalities.
Without cigarettes, addicts become restless and irritable. Not surprisingly, many of them could not stand such a test and immediately broke down, lighting another cigarette.
Normalization period
However, those who were able to endure a difficult first period after quitting smoking soon noticed an improvement in their well -being. The phenomenon called withdrawal usually disappears by the end of the first week. Within a month, the work of the gastrointestinal tract and blood vessels is restored. The skin stops becoming dry and bad breath disappears.
Complete normalization of the condition of most ex-smokers usually occurs no later than six months after complete smoking cessation.
In conclusion
While it is very difficult to give up bad habits, usually none of the people who quit smoking regret the decision they made. Smoking really causes a lot of damage to the body, so when you stop taking nicotine, people actually become healthier, feel better and look better.