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 manifested by pronounced symptoms from all internal organs. Such changes can scare anyone. The first days without nicotine are especially difficult, when an abstinence syndrome develops in response to the absence of the usual doping.

A smoking diary can help patients cope with the situation, in which the addict himself describes in detail everything that happens to him in dynamics, understanding cause and effect.

Advantages and disadvantages of quitting smoking

Nature is so wise that it gave man the possibility of compensatory recovery after illness, injury, stress. The regenerative potential of each of them is very high. Therefore, quitting smoking must be sure that, independently or with the help of a specialist, one can get rid of the bad habit, regardless of the duration of the dependence on tobacco smoke and the severity of the damage to the internal organs. The most important thing is that you want to do it.

Positive points

Complete rejection of tobacco significantly reduces the risk of numerous diseases: bronchitis, tracheitis, laryngitis, pneumonia, asthma, pneumonia, destructive pathologies of the bronchi. Varicose veins, thrombophlebitis, obliterating endarteritis, diabetic foot will recede. The cholesterol level is normalized, and the development of atherosclerosis of the large arteries that feed the brain and heart, kidneys and liver will also be slowed down.

This will help prevent heart attacks and strokes.

Tobacco smoke is a powerful intoxicant. Cleansing the organs and tissues of its metabolites will allow the body to initiate a self-healing process. Clean blood flow will fill the cells with nutrients and oxygen, which will relieve headaches, fatigue, irritability and balance blood pressure. Since there are about 90 carcinogens in cigarettes, blocking and removing them will become cancer prevention.

Surprisingly, such changes will begin already in the first hours without nicotine. His trace reaction will still be present for some time, but for some in a week, for some in a month, it will disappear without a trace. They tend to have a psychic attachment to the pleasure of nightshade poison.

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

It's so nice to know that by giving up buying tobacco products, you've "earned" a trip or a trip to the theater. Saving money can be very helpful.

Unpleasant details

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

• Pyridine poison increases the emotional background, which in turn helps concentration in difficult situations.
• The joy hormone produced in response to nicotine intake relieves stress, helps to survive sadness.
• The nightshade alkaloid creates the illusion of peace, gives self-confidence, and causes moral satisfaction.

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

Acetylcholine receptors, which are used to the poison of tobacco, require its presence. As a sign of protest, they cause withdrawal syndrome. If at the beginning of smoking the pleasure from a cigarette lasted for several hours, then over time such an emotional uplift lasts for half an hour. So you have to increase the amount of doping.

Otherwise, the feeling of discomfort will significantly surpass the euphoria in strength and sharpness.

A sharp parting with a cigarette makes the discomfort unbearable. This is a real break. It is necessary to somehow compensate for the lack of nicotinic acid, a metabolite of tobacco poison, otherwise it is impossible to deal with irritability that turns into aggression.

In addition, there is:

• Loss of attention.
• Craving for tobacco products.
• Intense feeling of hunger.
• Inability to sleep.
• Hyperhidrosis.

Only a specialist can help stop withdrawal syndrome.

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

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

If we are talking about a chronic consumer of nightshade alkaloids, then parting with nicotine will not be successful quickly, it will be a slow and painful process. A novice tobacco lover has the opportunity to simply stop communicating with cigarettes, his self-healing system will cope.

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

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

• Strong craving for tobacco.
• Unreasonable nervousness.
• States close to fainting.
• Depression.
• Loss of power.
• Minor mood.
• Anxiety with the development of phobias.
• Bradycardia.
• Skin rash.
• Aphthous lesions of the oral mucosa.
• Constant discomfort in the upper respiratory tract: difficulty breathing, coughing, sweating, rhinorrhea, lacrimation.
• Disturbance of the digestive system up to colic.

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

Sometimes there is no abstinence.

Cleaning stages

The process of release from nicotine metabolites is complex, but it starts from the first minutes of giving up cigarettes, passing through a series of stages.

Time to fail	Changes in the body
Half an hour	Tachycardia passes, blood pressure begins to normalize, kidneys work more intensively, preparing to remove toxins.
A couple of hours	The kidneys remove pyridine poison metabolites from the blood.
half a day	The blood is saturated with oxygen, carbon monoxide is removed from the lungs. The kidneys continue to remove nicotine and withdrawal symptoms develop.
Day	The nightshade alkaloid is completely removed, there is no substitute for it, and abstinence occurs.
In a few days	The lungs begin to clear the tar and toxins from the cigarette. A cough appears - a natural reaction to accumulated soot.
On the third day	Lung cleansing continues. There is a strong feeling of hunger, because the poison of tobacco has stopped blocking the center of satiety in the brain and it is renewed, causing appetite. In addition, the blood pressure has returned to normal, which causes, due to the saturation of neurons with oxygen and blood flow to the brain, tinnitus.
The fourth day	Circulation returns to normal. The mucous membrane of the digestive tract is renewed, the pancreas begins to work normally. Sticky sputum comes out.
The fifth day	Intense wet cough continues with rusty sputum from soot, taste returns.
Sixth day	A nagging cough and irritation due to lack of nicotine. There is a desire to return to cigarettes.
Week	Metabolites and toxins are removed. Organs and tissues have partially recovered or are beginning to do so. The liver synthesizes endogenous nicotine again, the physiological need for it is satisfied. The debilitating cough persists.
the eighth day	Taste and smell receptors are also restored, food acquires meaning and becomes tasty. A man eats a lot and gets better. Vessels are not yet stable, spikes in blood pressure are disturbing. The nervousness gradually disappears.
The ninth day	The stomach has resumed secretion. The intestines are in the process, there is pain in the lower abdomen, problems with stool. At this moment, aphthous stomatitis, herpes, acute respiratory infections can develop.
Ten days	The cough continues. Immunity begins to recover. The emotional state is difficult. Help and support from loved ones is needed.
11-14 days	Vascular tone returns, blood flow is normal, due to active oxygen saturation, dizziness and hand tremors occur. The lungs are cleaned. There are problems with sleeping.
The second half of the month	The mucous membrane of the bronchi is renewed, the cough subsides, the immune system works at full capacity, the skin acquires a normal shade, the pressure is normal, there is no dyspepsia. Many people decide that it's all over and you can try a cigarette. If that happens, it's all back to the first days of withdrawal.
the next three months	Starting from the second month, the work of the body becomes even. Systems work in harmony. Toxins are eliminated in all natural ways. Hair, skin, nails become much better. The lungs continue to recover. Metabolism and blood pressure normalize, weight stabilizes. But the abstinence is still felt.
half a year	The hematopoietic system is completely restored. The cough stops. Sleep is normal. The liver is regenerated. In order to accelerate the cleansing of the lungs, physical exercises are connected.
ten months	This is a turning point when a malfunction is possible due to the fact that: smokers begin to dream of cigarettes, in the morning there is a strong desire to sip a tobacco product, sleep is disturbed. Thus, there is a restructuring of brain activity without nicotine. Here the ligaments are restored, the voice acquires its usual timbre. Teeth whiten, bad breath disappears.
Year	Almost all organs and tissues are updated. The lungs may still be recovering. Potency excellent, reproductive function normal. There is almost no desire to smoke. "Tobacco diseases" disappear.
Two years	The lungs recovered. The brain eats well. The body is so clean that an accidentally smoked cigarette will be experienced as smoked for the first time. You can plan a pregnancy.
Five years	The risk of stroke is compared to non-smokers.
A decade	The probability of developing lung cancer is the same as for those who have never taken a cigarette in their mouth.
Fifteen years	The risk of heart attack is compared to non-smokers.

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

This includes:

• Destruction of lung alveoli, unable to get rid of resins and carcinogens.
• A long-term non-regenerating burn of the oral mucosa, capable of transforming into lip hyperplasia and cancer.
• Toxic damage to the oropharynx resulting in cancer of the larynx and throat.

Warning: what not to do?

It is not recommended in the first three months of breaking up a bad habit:

• Take medicines without vital need.
• Quit smoking during your period - 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 a proper diary of your feelings, emotions, and thoughts.

The structure of these records consists of several sections:

• The first is dedicated to the changes that occur in the body every day. It details the disappearing symptoms of tobacco poisoning related to each system: nervous, cardiovascular, digestive, pulmonary, endocrine, reproductive, genitourinary. In addition, the appearance of new symptoms, negative and positive in dynamics, is noticed.
• The second is for emotions, thoughts. Here, everything that happens to the patient is analyzed on a sensory level, self-hypnosis, self-control is used.
• The third part is physiology. What attracts the patient, what do you want to eat, where does it hurt, what kind of sleep, how does the skin look, degree of shortness of breath and strength of cough. Everything that worries at the level of physiological transformation.
• The fourth part is the doctor's recommendations and how they are implemented.
• Fifth - recipes of traditional medicine and their use.
• The sixth is physical exercises, what works, what doesn't, the result.
• The seventh part is the help of loved ones. Their advice, pleas to them. Planning strategy and behavioral tactics for the future.

Many who have parted with a harmful addiction 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 poisoning:

• Sport. Movement is life, so smokers are shown moderate physical activity from the first day of quitting the bad habit. Running, for example, will increase the contractions of the diaphragm, stimulate the flow of lymph, that is, it will help expel toxins from the body. Cardio load will also affect the blood. Breathing exercises will saturate the lungs with oxygen and help them to be cleansed of resins, carcinogens and toxins. I feel much better.
• Cleansing drugs. 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 stimulants of hematopoiesis and lung blood supply in the process of their recovery.

Here are a lot of helpers that can ease the difficult process of saying goodbye to nicotine, regain health and prolong life.