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Those who time and again have tried to quit smoking knows that the worst moments come in the first few days without cigarettes
The pains are few: mood swings, vomiting, black phlegm, headache, dizziness, insomnia, difficulty concentrating … to that the increasingly intense hunger sum and constant anxiety attacks and cravings.
But while the person goes through those situations, and your health will improve, as the scientific evidence shows that the benefits after leaving this bad habit begin within 20 minutes to put out the last cigarette, when the pressure blood and heart rate to normal, and the temperature of hands and feet.
The symptoms described have a motive. The brain is accustomed to a steady level of nicotine, and when it receives emerges discomfort.
However, once past a phase “accommodative”, which may take one to three months and discomfort yield profits grow increasingly. And the longer you stay away from the person smoked, the greater the health gains
The advantages are manifested in several ways:. Improves the function of the nose, trachea and lungs .
The heart, which is one of the organs most affected by smoking, begin to restore its role in quitting smoking, to the point that, five years after the last inhalation, the risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular diseases, which are non-smokers equals
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Process. How to quit smoking? For the physician Richard Hurt, addiction specialist at the Mayo Clinic (EE. UU.), No single recipe, as the vice acts differently in each one way.
is for why one of the tips Hurt is to know the level of nicotine addiction before starting the process.
In various Internet forums can be found the Fagerstrom test, which measures this dependence through questions like how long it is since you wake up smoking; If you have trouble not smoking in places where it is forbidden to do so, and if the smoker uses cigarettes even when they are ill.
“Nothing replaces the feeling of smoking. Some people just can with nicotine patches; others, with hours of therapy, “said Hurt in previous interview with The Nation
” Some works let them hit; others gradually. Of course, if you take the second option, you must be a date that vice is left entirely; if it is not more difficult, “he said.
La Mariana psychologist Porras was emphatic in stating that, although relapses are common, if the former smoker starts with the idea that will fall because it is losing. “Do not start thinking you will not achieve. That’s almost declare defeat. Rely on their strength and their ability to conquer the addiction, “he said.
The positive effects also come if you stop smoking slowly. The University of Tel Aviv (Israel) released in 2013 a study developed over 40 years with 4,633 smokers. The findings, published in the journal American Journal of Epidemiology, indicates that those who quit smoking altogether were most favored because the risk of death was 22% lower compared to those who continued to smoke at the same pace.
If you want to quit smoking and do not know how, the Costa Rican Social Security Fund ( CCSS) and the Institute on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (IAFA) offer free options.
To date, 14 hospitals operate clinics cessation of smoking, where it supports those who want to quit vice with group therapy, lectures, respiratory therapy, nutrition and, if necessary, medication.
In 2014, these specialized centers benefiting 840 people.
Luis Garcia, medical clinic at the Hospital de Alajuela, said few would give up the program. “For many people, it is very difficult to stop. We do see a few defections, but in each class, there are many success stories that confirm that it is not impossible. “
Company. To quit smoking, support is key, but not everyone needs support. According to Porras, some require congratulations for every day spent without smoking, but in other cases, this causes increased anxiety.
“If the person is very close, the best It is ask. Some say that it is enough not to smoke them at par, others will want to do sports to channel stress; all handle it differently, “Garcia
And if the person does not smoke, Hurt gives you the best advice:” If you are a teenager, one of his stupid decisions is not to start smoking. If you made it to age 22 without smoking, hardly will. I congratulate you, your health is better this way. “
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