2023-06-08 04:15:00
In terms of smoking cessation, willpower alone is not always enough. Medical follow-up is often necessary. The advice of a doctor, for example, will help to stay motivated. And better than long speeches, a few figures will convince you:
The immediate benefits
In the 20 minutes After the last cigarette, blood pressure and heart rate are already beginning to normalize.
Eight hours later, the quantity of carbon monoxide present in the blood is reduced by half, and the level of oxygenation of the cells returns to normal.
A daytime following putting out your last cigarette, the risk of myocardial infarction already decreases and the lungs begin to eliminate phlegm and tobacco-related residue.
In fact, some people start coughing more following quitting smoking. This is a sign that your body is starting to recover. It is the bronchial cilia, which line the bronchi and generally help keep them clear, that are involved. The smoke slows down their normal movement. When you stop smoking, they become active once more. And as they recover, the mucus is cleared from your lungs.
The short and medium term benefits
After 48 hours taste and smell improve, and the nerve endings in the taste buds begin to rehabilitate.
A three daysbreathing becomes easier.
After 2 weeks, cough and fatigue decrease. The former smoker gradually recovers his breath. According to the profile of each, the bronchial eyelashes grow back between one and nine months later.
The long-term benefits
Un an Weaning will be necessary for the risk of myocardial infarction to be halved, and for that of a stroke to become identical to that of a non-smoker.
After 5 ans the risk of lung cancer is halved.
Finally, it is necessary 10 to 15 years following the last cigarette, so that life expectancy becomes similar to that of non-smokers.
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