What happens if you stop smoking and how does the body react?

The decision to quit smoking is stressful for a person. Everything that happens to the body after quitting smoking is shown by severe symptoms of all internal organs. Such changes can scare anyone. The first days without nicotine are very difficult, when abstinence syndrome develops in response to the absence of the usual doping drugs.

A smoker's diary can help patients cope with situations, where the addict himself describes in detail everything that happened to him dynamically, understanding cause and effect.

Pros and cons of quitting smoking

Nature is so wise that it gives a person the possibility of compensatory recovery after illness, injury, stress. The regenerative potential of each is very high. Therefore, quitting smoking must ensure that, on their own or with the help of experts, they can get rid of bad habits, regardless of the duration of their addiction to tobacco smoke and the severity of damage to internal organs. The important thing is to do it.

Positive points

Complete rejection of tobacco significantly reduces the risk of various diseases: bronchitis, tracheitis, laryngitis, pneumonia, asthma, pneumonia, pathologies that damage the bronchi. Varicose veins, thrombophlebitis, obliterating endarteritis, diabetic foot will recede. Cholesterol levels are normalized, along with that, the development of atherosclerosis of the large arteries that feed the brain and heart, kidneys and liver will slow down.

This will help prevent heart attacks and strokes.

Tobacco smoke is intoxicating. Cleansing organs and tissues of their metabolites will allow the body to begin the self-healing process. Clean blood flow will fill cells with nutrients and oxygen, which will relieve headaches, fatigue, irritability, and balance blood pressure. Since there are about 90 carcinogens in cigarettes, restricting and eliminating them will be cancer prevention.

Surprisingly, such changes will begin in the first hour without nicotine. The trace reaction will still be there for some time, but for someone in a week, for someone in a month it will disappear without a trace. It is more difficult with the psychological attachment to the pleasure of nightshade poison.

Stress must be dealt with consistently and wisely. You can not ignore anti-tobacco drugs, you need to organize rest, interesting free time. Sometimes it's good to put your feelings on paper.

It's nice to know that you "earned" a trip or a trip to the theater by stopping buying tobacco products. Savings can be very helpful.

Unpleasant details

It should be understood that it is very difficult to part with nightshade alkaloids because of the following:

• Pyridine poison increases the emotional background, which in turn helps to concentrate in difficult situations.
• The hormone of happiness produced in response to nicotine intake relieves stress, helping to survive sadness.
• Nightshade alkaloids create an illusion of peace, give self-confidence, cause moral satisfaction.

Such positive effects are hard to forget, and even harder to part with.

Acetylcholine receptors, which are accustomed to tobacco poison, require its presence. In protest, they trigger withdrawal syndrome. If at the beginning of smoking the pleasure from cigarettes lasts for several hours, then over time such an emotional increase lasts for half an hour. So, you need to increase the amount of doping.

Otherwise, the discomfort will significantly outweigh the euphoria in strength and sharpness.

A sharp break with cigarettes makes the discomfort unbearable. This is a real break. It is necessary to compensate for the lack of nicotinic acid, a metabolite of tobacco poison, otherwise it is impossible to overcome irritation, which turns into aggression.

In addition, there are:

• Lost attention.
• Craving tobacco products.
• Very hungry.
• Inability to sleep.
• Hyperhidrosis.

Only a specialist can help in stopping the withdrawal syndrome.

The body's reaction to the gradual and sudden cessation of tobacco products

Everyone is different, and so is their decision to quit smoking. Some prefer immediately, others need time. The body reacts differently to the method chosen to quit smoking.

If we are talking about chronic users of nightshade alkaloids, then saying goodbye to nicotine will not work quickly, it will be a slow and painful process. A novice tobacco lover has the opportunity to stop communicating with cigarettes, his own healing system will cope with it.

However, often the reaction to the absence of normal doping is manifested by a withdrawal or withdrawal syndrome.

In fact, this is a restructuring of the entire organism, accompanied by:

• A strong desire for tobacco.
• Unreasonable anxiety.
• The situation is almost fainting.
• Depression.
• Loss of strength.
• Small mood.
• Anxiety with the development of phobias.
• Bradycardia.
• Skin rash.
• Aphthous lesions of the oral mucosa.
• Persistent discomfort of the upper respiratory tract: shortness of breath, cough, sweating, rhinorrhea, lacrimation.
• Disorders of the digestive system up to colic.

Each of these symptoms may appear individually or as part of several disorders at once. The severity of symptoms varies from person to person.

Sometimes there is no taboo.

Cleaning stage

The process of release from nicotine metabolites is complex, but starts from the first minute of quitting smoking, through a series of stages.

Failure time	Changes in the body
Half an hour	Tachycardia passes, blood pressure begins to normalize, the kidneys work more intensively, preparing to remove toxins.
A few hours	The kidneys remove pyridine poison metabolites from the blood.
half day	Blood is saturated with oxygen, carbon monoxide is removed from the lungs. The kidneys continue to excrete nicotine, and withdrawal symptoms arise.
Day	Nightshade alkaloids are completely removed, there is no substitution for them, and abstinence occurs.
In a few days	The lungs begin to clear tar and toxins from cigarettes. A cough appears - a natural reaction to accumulated soot.
On the third day	Lung clearance continues. A strong feeling of hunger develops, because the poison of tobacco has stopped blocking the satiety center of the brain, and it is restored, causing a person's appetite. In addition, blood pressure returns to normal, which causes, due to the saturation of neurons with oxygen and blood flow to the brain, tinnitus.
forth day	Blood circulation returns to normal. The mucous membrane of the digestive tract regenerates, the pancreas begins to function normally. Sticky sputum comes out.
fifth day	Strong wet cough with rusty sputum from soot persists, sense restored.
sixth day	Painful cough and irritation due to lack of nicotine. There is a desire to return to cigarettes.
A week	Metabolites and toxins are removed. Organs and tissues have partially recovered or are beginning to do so. The liver again synthesizes endogenous nicotine, the physiological need for it is met. A constant exhausting cough.
eighth day	Taste and smell receptors are also restored, food acquires meaning, becomes tasty. One eats a lot and gets better. The vessel has not stabilized, the jump in blood pressure is disturbing. The nervousness gradually disappeared.
The ninth day	Stomach restores secretions. The intestine is in this process, pain appears in the lower abdomen, problems with stool. At this time, aphthous stomatitis, herpes, acute respiratory infections may develop.
Ten days	Coughing continuously. Immunity begins to recover. The emotional state is difficult. Need help and support from loved ones.
11-14 days	Vascular tone is restored, blood flow is normal, due to active oxygen saturation, dizziness and hand tremors occur. The lungs are being cleaned. Have trouble sleeping.
Second half of the month	The mucous membrane of the bronchi is regenerated, the cough subsides, the immune system works at full capacity, the skin acquires a normal shade, pressure is normal, there is no dyspepsia. Many people decide that it's all over and you can try cigarettes. If this happens, it all goes back to day one of production.
the next three months	Starting from the second month, body work is leveled. The system works harmoniously. Toxins are eliminated by all natural means. Hair, skin, nails get better. The lungs continue to recover. Metabolism and blood pressure become normal, weight becomes stable. But abstinence is still felt.
half a year	The hematopoietic system was completely restored. Cough stopped. Sleep is normal. The heart has been regenerated. To speed up the cleansing of the lungs, physical exercises are connected.
ten months	This is an important event when damage may be caused by the fact that: the smoker begins to dream about cigarettes, in the morning there is a strong desire to inhale tobacco products, sleep is disturbed. So there is a restructuring of brain activity without nicotine. Here, the ligaments are restored, the voice acquires a normal timbre. White teeth, bad breath.
year	Almost all organs and tissues are updated. The lungs may still be recovering. Potential is excellent, reproductive function is normal. Almost no desire to smoke. The "tobacco disease" is gone.
Two years	The lungs have recovered. The brain is eating well. His body is so pure that accidentally smoking a cigarette would be considered smoking for the first time. You can plan a pregnancy.
Five years	Stroke risk compared to non-smokers.
Decade	The chances of getting lung cancer are the same as those who have never put a cigarette in their mouth.
Fifteen years	Risk of heart attack compared to non-smokers.

Many changes in the body are not subject to recovery, and over time become triggers for cell malignancy.

This includes:

• Destruction of lung alveoli, unable to get rid of resin and carcinogens.
• Long-term burns that do not regenerate the oral mucosa, can turn into lip hyperplasia and cancer.
• Toxic damage to the oropharynx with results in cancer of the larynx, throat.

Warning: what not to do?

It is not recommended in the first three months of breaking up with bad habits:

• Take medicine without essentials.
• Stop smoking during menstruation - real weight gain is guaranteed.
• Leave the diet unchanged. The body needs vitamins and minerals.

Quit smoking calendar

To help everyone who decides to get rid of nicotine addiction, psychologists recommend keeping an appropriate diary of their feelings, emotions, thoughts.

The structure of this record consists of several parts:

• The first is devoted to the changes that occur in the body every day. It describes in detail the disappearing symptoms of tobacco poisoning related to each system: nervous, cardiovascular, digestive, pulmonary, endocrine, reproductive, genitourinary. In addition, the emergence of new symptoms, both negative and positive in dynamics, is observed.
• The second is for emotions, thoughts. Here, the analysis is carried out at the sensory level of everything that happens to the patient, self-hypnosis, self-control is used.
• The third part is physiology. What the patient is interested in, what you want to eat, where it hurts, what kind of sleep, the appearance of the skin, the degree of shortness of breath and the severity of the cough. Everything that worries at the level of physiological transformation.
• The fourth part is the doctor's recommendations and how they are implemented.
• Fifth - traditional medicine recipes and their use.
• The sixth is physical training, what works, what doesn't, the results.
• The seventh part is the help of loved ones. Their advice, requests to them. Planning behavioral strategies and tactics for the future.

Many who have parted with dangerous addictions emphasize the usefulness and necessity of such a diary.

How to speed up cleaning?

Although the body is a self-regulating system, there are ways to speed up the recovery process from nicotine addiction:

• Sports. Movement is life, so metered physical activity is shown to smokers from the first day of breaking up with a bad habit. Running, for example, will strengthen the contraction of the diaphragm, stimulate the flow of lymph, that is, it will help remove toxins from the body. Cardio load will also affect the blood. Breathing exercises will fill the lungs with oxygen and help them cleanse themselves of resins, carcinogens and toxins. Feel better.
• Cleanser. Ascorbic acid, B vitamins, folic acid compensate for the lack of trace elements and biologically active substances necessary for normal metabolic processes. Help them in this: chromium, zinc, nickel, selenium, manganese. Amino acids will support the synthesis of immunoglobulins. Vitamin A will act as an immunostimulant.
• Food products. Cranberries, ginger, spinach are natural stimulators of hematopoiesis and blood supply to the lungs in their recovery process.

Here are many helpers that can facilitate the difficult process of saying goodbye to nicotine, restore health, and prolong life.