Cigarettes contain more than 4000 elements, and at least 200 of them declared a health hazard. The main toxins in cigarettes are tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide. Tar is the substance of the hydrocarbons that are sticky and stick to the lungs. Nicotine is the addictive substance that affects the nerves and blood circulation. This substance is a carcinogen, and can lead to lung cancer is deadly.
Carbon monoxide is a substance that binds hemoglobin in the blood, making blood is not able to bind oxygen.
Here are some of the effects of smoking (except cancer) against the body that are not known to many people, from head to toe.
1. Shed hair
Smoking lowered immune system so that smokers are more susceptible to diseases such as lupus erimatosis that can cause hair loss, ulcerations / sores or canker sores in the mouth, and rash (rash) on face, head and hands.
2. Cataract
Smokers have 40 percent higher risk of cataracts - buramnya eye lens that block the entry of light, and even cause blindness. Shot of poisonous chemicals from cigarette smoke irritate the eyes or impede the flow of oxygen in the blood to the brain.
3. Wrinkled
Cigarette smoke burns damage the proteins and vitamin A that maintains skin elasticity, and decreased smooth flow of blood .Skin's smokers, especially around the lips and eyes, become dry, rough and striped.
4. Damaging Hearing
Cigarettes cause plaque (plaque) on the blood vessels that disrupt the flow of oxygen in the blood leading to the inner ear. Smokers may lose their hearing earlier than the smokers as well as more susceptible to middle ear infection that followed complications such as meningitis and paralysis of facial muscles.
5. Damage teeth (like me)
Toxic chemicals of cigarette smoke cause plaques that actively contribute to damage the teeth. Smokers are one and a half times more tooth loss.
6. Emphysema
The outbreak of respiratory bag that reduces lung capacity of inhaling oxygen and remove carbon dioxide. In extreme conditions, people with emphysema need trakheostomi operation - installation of an open pipe in the trachea to assist the entry of air into the lungs - to be able to breathe.
7. Osteoporosis
Carbon monoxide - the main chemicals that come out of motor vehicle exhaust and cigarette smoke - have a greater holding capacity of red blood cells than oxygen, reducing the blood oxygen carrying capacity of smokers of 15 percent. As a result, the bone density of smokers had decreased so easy to crack and require 80 percent longer to heal. Smokers are also more likely to suffer from spinal pain.
8. Heart disease
One in three deaths in the world associated with the risk of heart disease and blood vessel - the biggest risk factor is cigarette smoke. Every year, more than 1 million people in developing countries and 600 thousand people in developed countries died because of heart disease. Various studies have shown smoking speed up heart rate and raise blood pressure (thereby increasing the risk of hypertension) and eventually clog the blood vessels that cause heart attacks and strokes.
9. Peptic Ulcer
Smoking lowered the body's defense against bacteria that causes peptic ulcers - as well as impair the ability to neutralize stomach acid after eating. Peptic smokers were more difficult to treat and more easily relapse again.
10. Cervical cancer and miscarriage
Smoking increases the risk of liver cancer karim (cervix) and cervical cancer, and damage to a woman's fertility and cause pregnancy complications. Smoking during pregnancy heightens the risk of low weight babies, which causes little susceptible variety of health problems. Miscarriage was found two to three times more often in smokers
11. Sperm Abnormalities
Various toxic smoke can damage DNA and change the shape of sperm, which then lead to miscarriage or birth defects. Smoking also reduces male fertility and reduce blood flow to the penis - causing impotence
12. Burger Disease
Also called thromboangitis obliterans - an inflammation of arteries and veins, and nerves in the feet and an overall decrease blood lairan. If not treated, the disease can lead to gangrene burgers (decay) of tissue, which can only be stopped spreading with the amputation.
Judging from the dangers of passive smoking are especially good for active smoking, attempts to do it slowly to stop smoking is needed. No one can forces us to quit smoking. The decision to stop smoking there is in ourselves. Keep spirit and intent, we will surely succeed.
Choose a way to stop
There are several ways to quit:
a. Stop at all, we continue to smoke as usual until one day before the date stopped. On that date ceased altogether.
b. Stop bit by bit. Reduce the number of cigarettes smoked per day until no more
smoked on date to stop smoking. Never more than one week for this approach, because
likelihood of success becomes smaller when a long time.
Make a date to quit smoking to be a historic day
a. On that day throw all the ashtrays, lighters and cigarette remnants.
b. Fill up our fridge with water, beans are not salty, fruits and vegetables
c. Have fun with new clothes or something that had long you want.
Way through the day's first smoke-free
a. Mentally prepare us to deal with the symptoms of addiction that will be lost for 1-2 weeks. Symptoms can include: a strong desire to smoke again, trembling, dizziness, anxiety, poor concentration, and feeling heavy on the hands and feet. These symptoms arise because the body's adaptation of the status of free nicotine, which increases blood circulation and increase oxygen reaching the body cells.
b. Do not worry if you cough more. Fine hairs in the respiratory tract usually paralyzed as long as we smoke now working again. Fine hairs are working hard to clean the smoke, germs, dead cells and impurities. After the airway clean again, cough will disappear forever.
c. Avoid wisely our smoker friends, they usually will persuade us to smoking again.
How to avoid smoking for good?
a. Change habits that usually accompanies moments of our smoking, for example, if smoking while drinking coffee, replace it by drinking fruit juice. When we usually smoke while wake up, so this time doing other activities, such as open windows and do breathing deeply. If you smoke after a meal, then take a walk after eating to avoid the desire to smoke.
b. Get used to exercise or start a program / hobby with family / friends who are not smokers, make this event a regular basis.
c. Avoid places that allow people to smoke, such as bars and discotheques, discotheque
d. Do not give up even if only to smoking one cigarette.
What if I fail?
this often happens. Some smokers have failed again and become heavy smokers. But these efforts will not be in vain. This is only a setback for moreover. Remember! if we had decided to quit smoking, we have won half of the fight against tobacco. So if at first we did not succeed then try again, hopefully we succeed.
More recently, taken from the daily Suara Merdeka newsletter dated January 18, 2011, Pennywort, wild plants that we often encounter in the streets, fields and embankment, turned out to have substance and a lot of vitamins and essential to our health.
argues that Centella asiatica contains potential compounds that can be used as drugs, which are:
Triterpenoids or asiaticoside catcher known as free radicals that can kill brain cells and revitalize the blood vessels, increase stamina, and vitality as well as antioxidants which help in the development of brain cells. In addition, mineral salts are also useful as forming red blood cells and is essential in mylenisasi brain and increased power of concentration.
