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Smoking can affect the health of your baby
Over 10% of women smoke throughout their pregnancy, and some studies indicate that this percentage is 15% or more. Smoking is associated with an increased risk of premature birth and infant death. Research also suggests that infants of mothers who smoke during and after pregnancy are likely two to three times more likely to die of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) than babies born to nonsmokers. The risk of SIDS is slightly less for infants whose mothers stopped smoking during pregnancy, even if they started smoking again after delivery.
Of the women who manage to quit smoking during pregnancy, only one out of three stay quit after a year after delivery. Babies of mothers who smoke have the lowest risk of SIDS.
Smoking during pregnancy causes at least one in five babies born with low birth weight. This is because smoking during pregnancy reduces fetal growth. This often causes babies to have health problems as a result of low birth weight. Women who stop smoking before pregnancy reduce the risk of having an underweight baby at the same level of women who never smoked. Women who quit smoking during the first three to four months of pregnancy are less likely than their low birth weight babies compared with those who continue smoking. Read the rest of this entry »
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Snuff and pregnancy
Children and the elderly are most vulnerable to tobacco snuff. During pregnancy between 15% and 30% of women keep their addiction to snuff, conditioning adverse situations not only for themselves but also for the fetus. This last comes everything the mother takes: get oxygen and nutrients through the placenta and umbilical cord.If the mother smokes, the fetus will be exposed to toxins and poisons in the smoke of snuff (which contaminated blood from the mother [with a substantially lower level of oxygen] carries).
One of the effects of snuff on the unborn child is increased chromosomal instability detected in fetuses of smoking mothers, which is considered a predisposing factor to cancer.A study in the initial phase, conducted at the Unitat de Biologia i Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, published by the prestigious ‘Jama’ shows that the chromosomes of the fetuses of smoking mothers showed a significant increase of chromosomal abnormalities, compared with fetuses of nonsmoking mothers. Moreover, only in fetuses of mothers who smoke is detected the presence of lesions in a region of chromosome 11 (band 11q23) in which there are several genes that may contribute to the development of leukemia in childhood.
As another example, another scientific study shows that children whose grandmothers smoked while pregnant have twice the risk of developing asthma in childhood.As explained in this study, the dangerous effects of snuff may cross several generations, even if the damage is apparently not visible in the second generation. “This is the first study to show that if a woman smokes while pregnant, both her son and his grandson may be more likely to have asthma,” said the author of the study, published in the journal ‘Chest’, the doctor and professor at the University of South Carolina (Los Angeles, USA) Frank D.Gilliland. “The findings suggest that smoking can have a lasting impact on the health of a family that had never before understood.”
Another of the unfortunate consequences of this practice on the fetus is the considerable increase in the risk of preterm birth, abortion and infant death.Some studies also suggest that infants of mothers who smoke during and after pregnancy are likely two to three times more likely to die of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) than babies born to nonsmokers.
Furthermore, moms who smoke tend to have more complications during pregnancy. Babies of mothers who smoke tend to weigh an average of 200 grams less at birth than children of nonsmoking mothers. This weight reduction is associated with increased risks of death and illness in infancy and early childhood.The more a pregnant woman smokes, the greater the risk to your baby, even if you quit at the end of the first trimester of pregnancy or even after the second trimester, your baby’s development can be improved.
The placenta also can also be altered because of snuff: These complications include the “placenta previa”, a condition in which the placenta is located in a very low position in the uterus and covers all or part of the cervix and the “placental” in which the placenta separates from the uterine wall before delivery. In both cases, the life of the mother and child at risk during childbirth due to excessive bleeding, although in most cases it is possible to prevent the deaths with cesarean delivery. Problems with the placenta determine a slightly higher risk of stillbirth when the mother smokes during pregnancy.
But do not forget the responsibility of the parents once the baby is born, because the best education they can give a / an @ hij is the example and also the risks of illness linked to passive smoking are greater younger the age of the person. Once born, children whose parents smoke are exposed to all the effects suffered by a person in a smoky environment coughing, headaches, eye irritation, nausea, respiratory problems, and so on. In addition, the child is not aware of the danger of smoke snuff and not try to protect him. A child spending 80% of the time indoors and inhaling smoke generated a habit and then a dependency.
However, several studies have shown that pregnancy is a good time to quit, showing that changes and physiological and psychological status of the pregnant woman is an advantage to provide door to snuff.Still, an alarming percentage of ex-smokers who return to their habit after childbirth. Therefore, we appeal to all women ex-smokers to continue to maintain their status forever. Especially after experiencing the incredible feeling of creating a life that he should be all the best of it.
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The Smoking During Pregnancy
Smoking is a major public health problem. All smokers are at increased risk for lung cancer, other lung diseases, cardiovascular problems and other health problems. Smoking during pregnancy can endanger the health of the woman and her unborn baby. Currently, at least 10 percent of women in the U.S. smoke during pregnancy 1.
18 percent of women in the United States and other industrialized countries smoke 2. In developing countries is about 8 percent. Many of these women smoke while pregnant.
The statistics on what happens in the U.S. are strong. If all pregnant women stopped smoking in the United States, the number of stillbirths would drop by 11 percent and the number of deaths of newborn babies in a 5For percent, according to estimates by the Public Health Service of the United United 1 . Currently in the United States, at least 11 percent of women smoke during pregnancy. 2
Cigarette smoke contains over 2,500 chemicals. No one knows for sure what harm the developing baby, but it is believed that both nicotine and carbon monoxide can cause the pregnancy does not have the desired result.
What causes smoke damage in the newborn?
Smoking nearly doubles the risk of low birth weight baby. In the United States in 2002, 12.2 percent of babies born to smoking mothers with low birth weight (less than 5.5 libras/2.5 kg) compared with 7.5 percent of babies born to nonsmoking mothers. 2 The low weight birth may result from insufficient development of the baby in the womb, premature delivery, or both. It has long been known that smoking slows fetal growth, and studies suggest it also increases the risk of preterm delivery (before 37 weeks gestation). Premature and low birthweight are at higher risk for serious health problems during the first months of life, permanent disability (including cerebral palsy, mental retardation and learning problems) and even death.
The more a pregnant woman smokes, the greater the risk to the baby of low birth weight. Also, if you quit at the end of the first trimester of pregnancy, have virtually the same chances that your baby is born with low weight a woman who never smoked. Even if she fails to quit in the first or second trimester, if at all during the third the baby’s development can be improved.
A recent study suggests that women who smoke at any time from the month before pregnancy to the end of the first quarter are more likely to have a baby with birth defects, particularly congenital heart defects 6 . The risk of heart defects seems to increase with the number of cigarettes a woman smokes.
Can smoking cause pregnancy complications? Read the rest of this entry »
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How to stop smoking and not die trying
Well, that I want to know me. Not that I smoke a lot depends on who I compare course, but if I smoke enough to be disgusted and its consequences and most of all of their dependency.
To me a packet of snuff lasts a couple of days more or less normal days, labor and without leaving home except to work. If we talked about beers or go out for drinks the issue is triggered and the statistics become confused, not know how much you’ve smoked and how much you’ve given to others.
But to me what I want is that, become a “social smoker” which is a variant highly prized among men, while rare, and instead is very common among women. Which is not the gene or whatever but the fact is I know many women (more than 20 and less than 80) than during the week do not remember anything about the snuff to even offer them and put you in disgust. However, as I put a beer or a glass (I think it would also work with a pencil) are able to get his fist in the mouth or metered package snuff fire at one side and vacuum on the other. Read the rest of this entry »
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Cigarettes have Become Extreme Anxiety (III)
The cigarette works as a staff that provides an alleged relief and immediate satisfaction or the illusion that everything can be addressed with little effort, for example an interview, warn psychologists who specialize in addictions.
Faced with the decision to quit smoking are doubts and fears. One of the most typical is the fear of suffering. It is common in people already tried to quit at some point, become discouraged by the mere memory of the suffering that brought this attitude.
This suffering, “explain the specialists-are linked to the withdrawal syndrome from the standpoint of organic cause of anxiety, nervousness, sleep disturbances, aches different, cough, etc..) Moreover, from the psychic sphere can be seen lounging on the cigarette as a staunch friend, a companion of loneliness and moments of anguish, a moderator of the dreaded emotional reactions such as anger and sadness. Read the rest of this entry »
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Weight Gain after Quitting Smoking is Transient
One of the classic excuses used by smokers to quit is not that “will get fat.” Which is true, but weight gain is totally temporary. A balanced diet and physical exercise causes weight gain that occurs in the first months of leaving the snuff is offset smoothly.
When a smoker stops, it is estimated that you can win approximately 2.5 kg, with women more likely, followed by children aged 55 years and smokers who consume more than 15 cigarettes a day. But this weight gain is temporary.
What happens is that the lack of nicotine modifies the thermoregulatory processes and the effect of deposit makes as much fatty substances in the body. This must join them to stop smoking that retrieves the smell and taste, you feel irritable generated from the craving for nicotine, it is for these reasons that food intake increases.
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4 Steps To Quit Smoking
Quitting frightening, and frightening because it is not easy. In fact, a large majority of smokers who decide to leave fail in the attempt. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), only between 0.5% and 5% of smokers who try quitting achieve lasting abstinence without help or external support. The secret?: Wanting to quit, set dates, changing habits and seeking help.
Smokers die younger on average 10 years and is an important cause of more than two dozen diseases. The good news is that quitting early can cause the body to “clean” and get rid of the evil that has caused the snuff. According to the study of an important English epidemiologist, who quit smoking before age 35 should have its normal survival.
But how? A large majority of smokers are afraid to fail, does not conceive life without a cigarette in hand, can not imagine taking a coffee without a few puffs. According to Dr. Sergio Bello, respiratory disease specialist and an expert on smoking cessation therapies, the most important quitting is to want to. Once it is COVENCO, seek outside help can be a great option.
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Dangers of smoking for women
As discussed earlier smoking is bad for your health and generates no reason to quit. In women, the cigar presents additional problems. In women, smoking can cause:
1 – Premature Menopause
2 – Increased risk of hip fracture
3 – worse health problems of diabetes
4 – Reduces fertility is harder to get pregnant
5 – In Beauty: smokers show signs of faster vejes looks dull skin, wrinkles faster, there are wrinkles around the mouth and stains your teeth, fingers and nails.
Problems with pregnancy
Pregnant women who smoke have more risk of:
1 – Placenta previa.
2 – Abruptio placentae. This can cause premature birth, stillbirth, and infant death.
3 – Premature birth of the baby.
4 – A baby of low birth weight.
5 – Damage to the developing baby’s lungs.