Columbus, who discovered America, had no idea that he would become an unconscious accomplice in spreading the bad habit of smoking around the world, because the fashion for smoking has its origins in it. Now a cigarette in hand and a thoughtful squint at the same time become a sign of some vulgarity, not an indicator of passion for fashion trends. A healthy lifestyle, proper diet and giving up bad habits are the new foundations of today. But how to quit smoking?
Doctors equate smoking with drug addiction, because nicotine, like any drug, is involved in metabolic processes in the body. This makes it quite difficult to part with a cigarette, it requires a strong encouragement and a serious attitude. In order to properly adjust to making a decision, it is necessary to gain complete information about what changes will occur in the body, what may be the consequences of smoking cessation, what happens to a person on an emotional level when he decides to quit. smoked and began to realize his plans.
It must be borne in mind that the longer the smoking and the older the smoker, the more active the body's reaction to smoking cessation. With positivity and pride in one’s own act, a person can experience painful symptoms even without a cigarette.
Unpleasant nuances
Immediately after giving up cigarettes, the process of cleansing the body of smoking begins, which certainly wants to recover. This is followed by a restructuring of the processes responsible for exchanging materials, followed by not very pleasant symptoms.
- Immune system. When a person stops smoking for the first time, the immunity is significantly reduced. As a rule, smoking cessation has consequences in the form of colds, skin rashes, stomatitis, the appearance of ulcerative foci in the oral cavity.
- Psyche. The negative consequences of smoking cessation are reflected in the emotional state in the first 2 months. Irritation occurs, aggression occurs, the person feels depressed, depression can occur. Insomnia, nightmares are the result of throwing.
- Physical diseases. Not everyone knows what happens after you quit smoking. The withdrawal period is often accompanied by dizziness, sharp headaches, constipation and cough.
The negative consequences of smoking cessation are reflected in the emotional state in the first 2 months.
Weight gain and hunger are especially worrying for women. When you stop smoking, the body experiences stress, so it wants to regain a sense of satisfaction. The person begins to "catch" negative experiences, replacing the cigarette with something delicious, and quickly gains pounds. It is important to note here that someone who reacts in this way should not take care of their body. These are temporary changes in the body, and after a year, and in some cases even after 8 months, the weight will return to normal.
Positive moments
Undoubtedly, as the smoking cessation came, the cleansing of the organism begins. He is starting to recover gradually, so quitting smoking has the best results. Let's say a person stops smoking, what happens:
- Slag and harmful substances are gradually released.
- The level of oxygen in the blood increases.
- Blood circulation improves, unpleasant symptoms gradually disappear.
- The natural volume of the lungs has been restored, it will take a year.
- The risk of serious diseases is reduced: hypertension, cardiovascular failure, oncological changes.
Complete cleansing and renewal of the body will occur only after 10 years, with the complete rejection of tobacco products. But already on the first day, when you stop smoking, the positive consequences for the body begin, it must be taken into account. Psychologists recommend keeping a diary in which the consequences of smoking and feelings after smoking cessation will be recorded.
Initial changes in the body
Every smoker, before quitting cigarettes, has probably asked the question several times: what changes occur in the body after smoking cessation? 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 rapidly excreted from the body, even if the smoker has 10 years or more experience. The effects of smoking disappear literally hour by hour, as the highest dose of nicotine poison leaves the body in the first two hours. It can then be divided into stages, after smoking cessation the following occurs:
Despite the fact that nicotine quickly becomes addictive, it is eliminated from the body just as quickly.
- After 8-12 hours, breathing stabilizes, cramps in the bronchi stop.
- The first day allows the blood to be cleansed of carbon dioxide, it is filled with oxygen.
- On the second day, the epithelium in the intestines begins to react to the absence of toxins, and less mucus is created in the lungs.
- On the third and fourth day, the body begins to cleanse itself more actively. People who have stopped smoking know what happens to their bodies when they stop smoking. This is the hardest time - the first four days. Still, if you say firmly, "I quit smoking and I won’t go back to this habit, " then you may notice the disappearance of bad breath and skin odor.
- For the first three weeks, when you stop smoking, your body is 99% free 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 cigarettes is a big and difficult victory over yourself. Your feelings on the eighth day, which ends the initial phase without cigarettes, will change significantly. It will become emotionally easier, nervousness and irritation will partly disappear, you will find it easier to turn away from obsessive thoughts about cigarettes, and you can say, by videotaping your smoking cessation diary: "I don't smoke in a week. "
Further restructuring of the body
The consequences of smoking will not only let the smoker go, but after 14 days there will be more pronounced signs of recovery, because on the fourteenth day they will get rid of the lion's share of nicotine. After a month, the immune system will be strengthened, because the level of white blood cells will return to normal. At this point you can be completely proud of yourself: "I don't smoke for a month", then write: "I don't smoke exactly 1", and when you can say in the video diary: "I don't smoke for 2 months", the skin will start to get a natural color, the surface will become elastic, because all blood cells are renewed.
After 3 months, the tissues in the bronchi and lungs will begin to regenerate. This is a long process, and it all depends on the smoking experience: some will need 8 months, and others a year. However, if you say in your diary: "I haven't smoked for 3 months", then the hardest time has passed.
Imagine: 4 months have passed. Shortness of breath and palpitations, which were the main signs of the rejection, disappear.
It’s been 5 months, you say, "I haven’t smoked in 5 months. " Sleep normalizes, appetite gradually calms down, body cheerfully responds to cigarette rejection. After 6-8 months, the regeneration process will affect the liver and gastric mucosa. It happens that a person stops smoking and stops drinking. In this case, achilles gastritis, which develops due to the negative effects of nicotine, passes much faster, recurrence is very rare.
After 8-10 months, even among passionate cigarette lovers, yellowing on the teeth disappears, nails look beautiful, the plates themselves change structure, and lung volume increases by 10%, and after 8 months (for those who smoked a pack of cigarettes and more- after one year) the previously probable risk of heart attack or stroke is reduced by half, the risk of oncology is reduced by three.
Specifics of male and female body
After giving up cigarettes, the body, regardless of gender, actively recovers. But even in this case, gender specifics appear. For example, one year after the rejection, the woman will be able to bear and give birth to a healthy baby. The recovery rate of a woman's body is much higher, because her blood regenerates faster.
The male body, especially after the age of 40, finds it harder to adapt to new conditions as a result of a bad habit, because it reacts differently to what is happening. Only in the tenth or eleventh month after the throw, a representative of the strong half of humanity will be able to seriously engage in sports (running, exercise equipment, weightlifting) without unpleasant symptoms. After 40 years, the male body goes through changes in hormonal levels, previously smoked nicotine poison negatively affects sexual performance.
Consider a situation in which a man stops smoking, what happens in a man's body. The reproductive system of the stronger sex suffers more from the harmful effects of nicotine. Each cigarette kills a certain amount of sperm, reducing the possibility of conception, and at the same time destroys the testosterone stores that a man needs to achieve his natural destiny.
Conclusion
A long period of smoking cannot pass without a trace of the human body. But more and more people are thinking about their health and decide to get rid of cigarettes once and for all. No matter how many days have passed since the rejection, even if you have just taken the first step, the main thing is to show patience and help the body to live in a new way.