What happens if you stop smoking and how does the body react?

The decision to quit smoking is stressful for a person. Everything that happens to the body after quitting smoking is manifested by severe symptoms from all internal organs. Such changes can scare anyone. The first few days without nicotine are especially difficult, when a withdrawal syndrome develops in response to the absence of the usual doping drug.

A smoker's diary can help patients cope with the situation, in which the addict himself describes in detail everything that happens to him in dynamics, understanding cause and effect.

Pros and cons of quitting smoking

Nature is so wise that it gives a person the possibility of compensatory recovery after illness, injury, stress. The regenerative potential of each is very high. Therefore, quitting smoking must be sure that, alone or with the help of specialists, they can get rid of a bad habit, regardless of the duration of their addiction to tobacco smoke and the severity of the damage to internal organs. The important thing is to want to do it.

Positive points

Complete rejection of tobacco greatly reduces the risk of numerous diseases: bronchitis, tracheitis, laryngitis, pneumonia, asthma, pneumonia, destructive pathologies of the bronchi. Varicose veins, thrombophlebitis, obliterating endarteritis, diabetic foot will recede. Cholesterol levels are normalized, along with it, the development of atherosclerosis of the large arteries that feed the brain and heart, kidneys and liver will slow down.

This will help prevent heart attacks and strokes.

Tobacco smoke is a powerful intoxicant. Cleansing organs and tissues of its metabolites will allow the body to initiate the self-healing process. The clean bloodstream will fill the cells with nutrients and oxygen, which relieve headaches, fatigue, irritability and balance blood pressure. Since there are about 90 carcinogens in cigarettes, blocking and removing them will become cancer prevention.

Surprisingly, such changes will begin in the first few hours without nicotine. His trace of reaction will still be there for some time, but for someone in a week, for someone in a month it will disappear without a trace. More difficult with the psychological attachment to the pleasure of belladonna poison.

Stress needs to be addressed consistently and wisely. You can not neglect anti-tobacco medicines, you need to organize rest, interesting free time. Sometimes it's good to put your feelings on paper.

It is so good to know that you have "earned" a trip or a trip to the theater by forgoing the purchase of tobacco products. Saving can be very useful.

Unpleasant details

It should be understood that it is very difficult to separate from the nightshade alkaloid due to the following points:

• The poison of pyridine increases the emotional background, which, in turn, helps to focus in difficult situations.
• The hormone of joy produced in response to the intake of nicotine relieves stress, helps to survive pain.
• The Nightshade alkaloid creates the illusion of peace, gives self-confidence, causes moral satisfaction.

Such positive effects are difficult to forget, even more difficult to part with them.

Acetylcholine receptors, accustomed to tobacco poison, require its presence. In protest, they trigger the withdrawal syndrome. If at the beginning of smoking the pleasure of a cigarette lasted for a couple of hours, then over time such an emotional increase lasts half an hour. Hence, it is necessary to increase the amount of doping.

Otherwise, the feeling of discomfort will significantly exceed the euphoria in strength and sharpness.

A sharp parting with a cigarette makes the discomfort unbearable. This is a real break. It is necessary to somehow compensate for the deficiency of nicotinic acid, a metabolite of tobacco poison, otherwise it is impossible to cope with irritability, which turns into aggression.

Also there is:

• Loss of attention.
• Craving for tobacco products.
• An intense feeling of hunger.
• Inability to sleep.
• Hyperhidrosis.

Only a specialist can help stop the withdrawal syndrome.

The body's reaction to the gradual and abrupt cessation of tobacco products

Each person is different, and so is their decision to quit smoking. Some prefer it now, others need time. The body reacts differently to the chosen method of quitting smoking.

If we are talking about a chronic user of the belladonna alkaloid, then saying goodbye to nicotine will not work quickly, it will be a slow and painful process. A novice tobacco lover has the option to simply stop communicating with cigarettes, her self-healing system will make it.

However, most often the reaction to the absence of habitual doping is manifested by withdrawal syndrome or withdrawal.

It is in fact a restructuring of the entire organism, accompanied by:

• Strong craving for tobacco.
• Unreasonable nervousness.
• Conditions close to fainting.
• Depression.
• Loss of strength.
• Minor mood.
• Anxiety for developing phobias.
• Bradycardia.
• Skin rashes.
• Aphthous lesions of the oral mucosa.
• Constant discomfort of the upper respiratory tract: shortness of breath, cough, sweating, rhinorrhea, lacrimation.
• Disorder of the digestive system up to colic.

Each of these symptoms can appear individually or as part of multiple disorders at the same time. The severity of the symptoms varies from person to person.

Sometimes there is no abstinence.

Stages of purification

The process of releasing nicotine from metabolites is complex, but it starts from the first minutes of quitting cigarettes, going through a series of stages.

Time for failure	Changes in the body
Half an hour	Tachycardia passes, blood pressure begins to normalize, the kidneys work more intensively, preparing to remove toxins.
A couple of hours	The kidneys remove the metabolites of pyridine poison from the blood.
half day	The blood is saturated with oxygen, carbon monoxide is removed from the lungs. The kidneys continue to remove the nicotine and a withdrawal symptom develops.
Day	The nightshade alkaloid is completely removed, there is no substitute for it, and abstinence occurs.
In a few days	The lungs begin to remove tar and toxins from the cigarette. A cough appears - a natural reaction to the accumulated soot.
The third day	Lung cleansing continues. A strong feeling of hunger develops, as the poison from tobacco has stopped blocking the satiety center of the brain and is restored, causing a person's appetite. In addition, blood pressure has returned to normal, which causes tinnitus due to the saturation of neurons with oxygen and blood flow to the brain.
Fourth day	Circulation returns to normal. The mucous membrane of the digestive tract regenerates, the pancreas begins to function normally. The sticky sputum comes out.
Fifth day	An intense wet cough with rusty sputum of soot continues, the taste is restored.
Sixth day	An excruciating cough and irritation from a lack of nicotine. There is a desire to return to the cigarette.
A week	Metabolites and toxins are removed. Organs and tissues have partially recovered or are starting to do so. The liver re-synthesizes endogenous nicotine, the physiological need is satisfied. The exhausting cough persists.
eighth day	The gustatory and olfactory receptors are also restored, the food acquires meaning, it becomes tasty. A person eats a lot and gets better. The vessels are not yet stable, the changes in blood pressure are disturbing. The nervousness gradually disappears.
Ninth day	The stomach has restored secretion. The intestine is in the process of doing this, pain in the lower abdomen appears, problems with stools. At this time, aphthous stomatitis, herpes, acute respiratory infections can develop.
Ten days	The cough continues. Immunity begins to recover. The emotional state is difficult. You need help and support from your loved ones.
11-14 days	Vascular tone is restored, blood flow is normal, due to active oxygen saturation, dizziness and hand tremors occur. The lungs are being cleaned. There are sleep problems.
Second half of the month	The mucous membranes of the bronchi regenerate, the cough subsides, the immune system works at full capacity, the skin acquires a normal shade, the pressure is normal, there is no dyspepsia. Many people decide that everything is over and you can try a cigarette. If this happens, it all goes back to the first days of withdrawal.
next three months	Starting from the second month, the work of the body is leveled. The systems work in harmony. Toxins are eliminated in all natural ways. Hair, skin, nails improve a lot. The lungs continue to recover. Metabolism and blood pressure normalize, weight stabilizes. But abstinence still makes itself felt.
half a year	The hematopoietic system was completely restored. Cough stops. Sleep is normal. The liver was regenerated. To speed up the cleansing of the lungs, physical exercises are linked.
ten months	This is a milestone where breakdown is possible due to the fact that: smokers begin to dream of cigarettes, in the morning there is a strong desire to sip a tobacco product, sleep is disturbed. So there is a restructuring of brain activity without nicotine. Here the ligaments are restored, the voice acquires its usual timbre. Teeth whiten, bad breath disappears.
Year	Almost all organs and tissues are updated. The lungs may still be on the mend. Potency is excellent, reproductive function is normal. Hardly any desire to smoke. The "tobacco diseases" disappear.
Two years	The lungs have healed. The brain eats well. The body is so pure that if you accidentally smoke a cigarette it will be perceived as being smoked for the first time. You can plan a pregnancy.
Five years	The risk of stroke is compared with non-smokers.
Decade	The likelihood of developing lung cancer is the same as if you have never had a cigarette in your mouth.
Fifteen years	The risk of heart attack is compared with non-smokers.

Many changes in the body are not subject to recovery and over time become triggers for cellular malignancy.

These include:

• Destruction of the alveoli of the lungs, unable to get rid of resins and carcinogens.
• A long-term non-regenerating burn of the oral mucosa, capable of transforming into lip hyperplasia and cancer.
• Toxic damage to the oropharynx resulting in cancer of the larynx, throat.

Warning: what not to do?

It is not recommended in the first three months of separation from a bad habit:

• Taking medications without vital necessity.
• Stop smoking during menstruation - real weight gain is guaranteed.
• Leave the diet unchanged. The body needs vitamins and minerals.

Quit smoking calendar

To help all those who decide to get rid of nicotine captivity, psychologists recommend keeping an appropriate diary of their feelings, emotions, thoughts.

The structure of these records consists of several sections:

• The first is dedicated to the changes that occur in the body every day. It describes in detail the symptoms of disappearance of tobacco intoxication related to each system: nervous, cardiovascular, digestive, pulmonary, endocrine, reproductive, genitourinary. In addition, the emergence of new symptoms, both negative and positive in the dynamics, is noted.
• The second is for emotions, thoughts. Here, a sensory analysis of everything that happens to the patient is performed, self-hypnosis, self-control are used.
• The third section is physiology. What the patient is attracted to, what you want to eat, where he hurts, what kind of sleep, what the skin looks like, the degree of shortness of breath and the severity of the cough. Everything that worries him at the level of physiological transformation.
• The fourth section deals with doctors' recommendations and how they are implemented.
• Fifth - recipes of traditional medicine and their use.
• The sixth is the physical exercises, what works and what doesn't, the result.
• The seventh section is the help of loved ones. Their advice, requests of them. Planning strategy and behavioral tactics for the future.

Many who have parted ways with a harmful addiction emphasize the usefulness and need for such a diary.

How to speed up cleansing?

Although the body is a self-regulating system, there are ways to speed up the recovery process from nicotine intoxication:

• Sport. Movement is life, so measured physical activity is shown to smokers from the first day they part with a bad habit. Running, for example, will strengthen the contractions of the diaphragm, stimulate lymphatic flow, that is, it will help remove poisons from the body. The cardio load will also affect the blood. Breathing exercises will saturate the lungs with oxygen and help cleanse them of resins, carcinogens, and toxins. Feeling much better.
• Cleaning medicines. Ascorbic acid, B vitamins, folic acid compensate for the lack of trace elements and biologically active substances necessary for normal metabolic processes. Help them with this: chromium, zinc, nickel, selenium, manganese. The amino acids will support the synthesis of immunoglobulins. Vitamin A will act as an immunostimulant.
• Foodstuffs. Cranberries, ginger, spinach are natural stimulants of hematopoiesis and of the blood supply to the lungs in the healing process.

Here are many helpers who can ease the difficult process of saying goodbye to nicotine, restore health, and extend life.