SMOKING INJURIOUS TO HEALTH?
S-ALI.RAZA 2014/02/17 23:40
S-ALI.RAZA 2014/02/17 23:40
If you're talking about cigarette, I'd say both bad for your health but also thrilling. If you're talking about marijuana, it's not so injurious to your physical health but damages your mental health and isn't thrilling at all.
S-ALI.RAZA 2014/02/17 23:41
Causes lung cancer. So yes it is injurious also heart problems and 2nd hand smoke causes problems in others around you so basically a lose lose situation
Causes lung cancer. So yes it is injurious also heart problems and 2nd hand smoke causes problems in others around you so basically a lose lose situation
S-ALI.RAZA 2014/02/17 23:41
Smoking can put a hole in ur throat.it could turn ur lungs black it can give you mouth cancer. Once you start it's hard to stop because of the nicotine.most importantly it can kill you
Smoking can put a hole in ur throat.it could turn ur lungs black it can give you mouth cancer. Once you start it's hard to stop because of the nicotine.most importantly it can kill you
S-ALI.RAZA 2014/02/17 23:48
After a spinal cord injury, your body is doing all it can to heal. If you smoke, youre not giving yourself every possible opportunity for optimal recovery. Surgeons have documented that smoking interferes with your bodys healing efforts. Smoking produces carbon monoxide, which diminishes the amount of oxygen in the bloodstream used to nourish tissues and power muscles. This decreased concentration of oxygen in the blood is the greatest threat to healing.
Depending on the level of your spinal cord injury, your respiratory system may be gravely compromised. Muscle function that helps with breathing and coughing is sometimes impaired, or it might be absent altogether. Individuals with spinal cord injury, and especially those with higher-level injuries, are at greater risk for increased congestion and respiratory infections. If you add smoking to that risk, spinal cord injury survivors significantly increase their odds of acquiring a serious upper respiratory infection.
After a spinal cord injury, your body is doing all it can to heal. If you smoke, youre not giving yourself every possible opportunity for optimal recovery. Surgeons have documented that smoking interferes with your bodys healing efforts. Smoking produces carbon monoxide, which diminishes the amount of oxygen in the bloodstream used to nourish tissues and power muscles. This decreased concentration of oxygen in the blood is the greatest threat to healing.
Depending on the level of your spinal cord injury, your respiratory system may be gravely compromised. Muscle function that helps with breathing and coughing is sometimes impaired, or it might be absent altogether. Individuals with spinal cord injury, and especially those with higher-level injuries, are at greater risk for increased congestion and respiratory infections. If you add smoking to that risk, spinal cord injury survivors significantly increase their odds of acquiring a serious upper respiratory infection.
S-ALI.RAZA 2014/02/17 23:50
Research that links smoking and various health problems grows stronger by the day. People with spinal cord injury have many factors working against them as it is. Immobility and inactivity associated with spinal cord injury contributes to loss of muscle mass due to atrophy below the level of spinal cord injury, increased fat to muscle ratio, weight gain, poor circulation, and difficulty maintaining cardiovascular, or aerobic fitness. Smoking, and all the health problems resulting from it, puts the health of individuals with spinal cord injury in greater jeopardy.
Specifically, studies show those with spinal cord injury who are less fit on cardiovascular tests are more likely to be insulin resistant. The condition affects the bodys ability to use blood sugar normally, and can lead to metabolic and blood pressure abnormalities. Smoking further constricts blood vessels, making it harder for blood, oxygen, and nutrients to flow to the bodys organs and tissues, causing infections and diseases and increasing the likelihood of developing pressure sores.
Additionally, the risk for bladder cancer is higher among spinal cord injury survivors who use indwelling catheters. This risk also increases with smoking because cancer-causing agents may be carried in the urine
Research that links smoking and various health problems grows stronger by the day. People with spinal cord injury have many factors working against them as it is. Immobility and inactivity associated with spinal cord injury contributes to loss of muscle mass due to atrophy below the level of spinal cord injury, increased fat to muscle ratio, weight gain, poor circulation, and difficulty maintaining cardiovascular, or aerobic fitness. Smoking, and all the health problems resulting from it, puts the health of individuals with spinal cord injury in greater jeopardy.
Specifically, studies show those with spinal cord injury who are less fit on cardiovascular tests are more likely to be insulin resistant. The condition affects the bodys ability to use blood sugar normally, and can lead to metabolic and blood pressure abnormalities. Smoking further constricts blood vessels, making it harder for blood, oxygen, and nutrients to flow to the bodys organs and tissues, causing infections and diseases and increasing the likelihood of developing pressure sores.
Additionally, the risk for bladder cancer is higher among spinal cord injury survivors who use indwelling catheters. This risk also increases with smoking because cancer-causing agents may be carried in the urine
S-ALI.RAZA 2014/02/17 23:51
As we age, we all lose elasticity in our lungs and in the muscles of the chest wall. These changes decrease both breathing capacity and lung volume, making it harder for the body to fight off infections. With spinal cord injury there are other potential concerns:
*.Increased weight, which usually makes breathing more difficult
*.General decrease in exercise leading to decreased breathing capacity
*.Smaller lung capacity due to posture problems, such as rounded shoulders or slouching
*.A change in the type, or severity of spasticity that affects the chest or breathing muscles
*.Increased number and severity of respiratory infections due to diminished ability to cough
All these changes place spinal cord injury survivors at a higher risk for respiratory problems as they age. Smoking not only multiplies the problems, but also increases the risks.
As we age, we all lose elasticity in our lungs and in the muscles of the chest wall. These changes decrease both breathing capacity and lung volume, making it harder for the body to fight off infections. With spinal cord injury there are other potential concerns:
*.Increased weight, which usually makes breathing more difficult
*.General decrease in exercise leading to decreased breathing capacity
*.Smaller lung capacity due to posture problems, such as rounded shoulders or slouching
*.A change in the type, or severity of spasticity that affects the chest or breathing muscles
*.Increased number and severity of respiratory infections due to diminished ability to cough
All these changes place spinal cord injury survivors at a higher risk for respiratory problems as they age. Smoking not only multiplies the problems, but also increases the risks.
S-ALI.RAZA 2014/02/17 23:53
With spinal cord injury, and especially those with spinal cord injury who smoke, getting air out of the lungs can sometimes be even more important than getting air in. A build up of mucus, and various secretions in the lungs can lead to problems. Smoking increases the production of mucus, and contributes to congestion. Normally, these secretions are coughed out. However, the muscles responsible for coughing are affected by cervical injuries and, to a varying degree, by thoracic injuries.
An impaired ability to cough frequently leads to atelectasis, a collapse of the honeycomb-like air sacs that often causes secretions to become trapped in the lungs. These secretions build up and may lead to pneumonia, one the most common causes of both sickness and death in those with spinal cord injury.
With spinal cord injury, and especially those with spinal cord injury who smoke, getting air out of the lungs can sometimes be even more important than getting air in. A build up of mucus, and various secretions in the lungs can lead to problems. Smoking increases the production of mucus, and contributes to congestion. Normally, these secretions are coughed out. However, the muscles responsible for coughing are affected by cervical injuries and, to a varying degree, by thoracic injuries.
An impaired ability to cough frequently leads to atelectasis, a collapse of the honeycomb-like air sacs that often causes secretions to become trapped in the lungs. These secretions build up and may lead to pneumonia, one the most common causes of both sickness and death in those with spinal cord injury.
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