Columbus, who discovered America, did not suspect that he would be an unwitting accomplice in the spread of bad smoking habits around the world, because the fashion for smoking originated there. Now a cigarette in hand and a pensive squint at the same time become a sign of rudeness rather than an indicator of passion for fashion trends. A healthy lifestyle, proper nutrition and abandoning bad habits are the new foundations today. But how to quit smoking?
Doctors equate tobacco smoking with drug addiction, because nicotine, like any drug, is included in the body’s metabolic processes. For this reason, it is quite difficult to break up with cigarettes, it requires strong incentives and a serious attitude. To properly adapt to make a decision, it is necessary to obtain complete information about the impending changes in the body, what are the consequences of quitting smoking, what happens to a person on an emotional level when he decides to quit smoking and start implementing his plan.
Keep in mind that the longer the smoking experience and the older the smoker, the more active the body’s response to smoking cessation. By being positive and proud of one’s own actions, a person can experience painful symptoms without smoking.
Unpleasant nuances
Immediately after quitting a cigarette, the process of cleansing the body from smoking begins, which will definitely want to recover. Restructuring of the process responsible for the exchange of substances will follow, it will be accompanied by less unpleasant symptoms.
- The immune system. The first time a person stops smoking, immunity is greatly reduced. As a rule, smoking cessation has consequences in the form of colds, skin rashes, stomatitis, the occurrence of ulcerative foci in the oral cavity.
- Soul. The negative consequences of quitting smoking are reflected in the emotional state for the first 2 months. Irritation appears, an outbreak of aggression occurs, a person feels depressed, depression may occur. Insomnia, nightmares at night are the result of being discarded.
- Physical illness. Not everyone knows what happens after you quit smoking. The withdrawal period is always accompanied by dizziness, sharp pain in the head, constipation occurs, and a torturous cough.
The negative consequences of quitting smoking are reflected in the emotional state for the first 2 months.
Weight gain and hunger are very worrying for women. When you quit smoking, the body experiences stress, and accordingly, it wants to restore a sense of pleasure. One begins to "snatch" negative experiences, replace cigarettes with something delicious, and quickly gain weight. It is important to note here that someone who reacts in this way does not have to worry about their body. This is a temporary change in the body, and after a year, and in some cases after 8 months, the weight will return to normal.
Positive moments
Undoubtedly, as there is smoking cessation, body cleansing begins. He began to gradually recover, so quitting smoking had the best results. Let's say someone quits smoking, what happens:
- Slag and hazardous substances are removed gradually.
- Oxygen levels in the blood increase.
- Blood circulation improves, unpleasant symptoms gradually disappear.
- The natural volume of the lungs is restored, this will take a year.
- The risk of getting serious diseases is reduced: hypertension, cardiovascular failure, oncological changes.
Complete cleansing and recovery of the body will occur only after 10 years, subject to the absolute rejection of tobacco products. But even on the first day, when quitting smoking, the positive consequences for the body begin, this must be taken into account. Psychologists recommend keeping a diary in which the consequences of smoking and feelings after quitting tobacco products will be recorded.
Early changes in the body
Every smoker, before quitting smoking, may ask more than once: what changes take place in the body after quitting smoking? The harmful effects of smoking begin to disappear immediately after the cigarette is extinguished. Despite the fact that nicotine is quickly addictive, it is also quickly removed from the body, even if the smoker has 10 years or more experience. The consequences of smoking disappear literally by the hour, as the largest dose of nicotine leaves the body in the first two hours. Then it can be divided into several stages, the following occur after quitting smoking:
Despite the fact that nicotine is quickly addictive, it is eliminated from the body quickly.
- After 8-12 hours, breathing becomes stable, spasms stop in the bronchi.
- The first day makes it possible to clean the blood of carbon dioxide, it is filled with oxygen.
- On the second day, the epithelium in the intestine begins to respond to the absence of toxins, and less mucus is formed in the lungs.
- On the third and fourth day, the body begins to cleanse itself more actively. People who have quit smoking know what happens to their bodies when they quit smoking. This is the hardest time - the first four days. However, if you emphatically say: "I quit smoking and will never return to this habit, " then you can see the disappearance of bad breath and skin odor.
- The first three weeks, when you quit smoking, the body is 99% cleared of nicotine tar.
It should be noted that the consequences of smoking in the form of physical dependence disappear quickly, and negative attitudes at the level of consciousness are more difficult to eliminate. The first week without a cigarette was a big and tough win over yourself. Your mood on the eighth day, which completes the initial phase without smoking, will change significantly. It will be easier emotionally, nervousness and irritation will partially disappear, easier to be distracted from obsessive thoughts about smoking, and you can say, by recording on your diary video quitting smoking: "I haven’t smoked for a week".
Further body restructuring
The consequences of smoking not only release the smoker, but after 14 days the signs of recovery of the body will become more pronounced, as he will get rid of the largest portion of nicotine on the fourteenth day. After 1 month, the immune system will become stronger, as white blood cell levels will return to normal. At this point, you can be completely proud of yourself: "I haven’t smoked for a month", then make a note: "I haven’t smoked 1 really", and when you can say on a video diary: "I haven’t smoked for 2 months, "the skin will begin to acquire a natural color, the surface will become elastic, as all blood cells are renewed.
After 3 months, the tissues in the bronchi and lungs will begin to regenerate. This is a long -term process, and it all depends on the smoking experience: some require 8 months, while others require a year. However, if in your diary you say: "I haven’t smoked for 3 months, " then the hardest time is over.
Imagine: 4 months have passed. Shortness of breath and palpitations, which are the main signs of rejection, disappear.
5 months have passed, you say: "I have not smoked for 5 months. " Sleep becomes normal, appetite gradually calms down, the body cheerfully responds to the rejection of cigarettes. After 6-8 months, the regeneration process will affect the liver and gastric mucous membranes. Coincidentally the person quit smoking and stopped drinking. In this case, achilic gastritis, which develops as a result of the negative effects of nicotine, passes more quickly, relapse is very rare.
After 8-10 months, even among avid cigarette lovers, the yellowing on the teeth disappears, the nails look beautiful, the plate itself changes its structure, and the volume of the lungs increases by 10%, and after 8 months (for those who smoke a pack of cigarettesand more - after a year) the risk of heart attack or stroke that may have previously been reduced by half, the risk of oncology is reduced by three.
Specific features of male and female bodies
After quitting smoking, the body, regardless of gender, actively recovers. But gender -specific features emerge in this case as well. For example, a year after rejection, a woman will be able to conceive and give birth to a healthy baby. The recovery rate of a woman’s body is much higher, because her blood is renewed faster.
The male body, especially after 40 years, is more difficult to adapt to new circumstances than as a result of bad habits, because it reacts to what happens differently. Only in the tenth or eleventh month after throwing a strong half -human representative will be able to seriously engage in sports (running, exercise equipment, weightlifting) without experiencing unpleasant symptoms. After 40, the male body experiences changes in hormone levels, nicotine poisons previously smoked have a negative impact on sexual performance.
Consider a situation where a man stops smoking, what happens in a man’s body. The stronger sex reproductive system suffers more from the harmful effects of nicotine. Each cigarette kills a certain amount of sperm, reducing the potential for fertilization, while destroying the supply of testosterone a man needs to realize his natural destiny.
Conclusion
Long periods of smoking cannot pass without effect for the human body. But more and more often people think about their health and decide to break up with cigarettes once and for all. No matter how many days have passed since the rejection, even if you took the first step just now, the main thing is to show patience and help the body to live in a new way.