smoking risks for women
smoking risks for women
I’m 19 and on birth control. Can I smoke ciggarettes since the risks are usually for women over 35?
You shouldn’t smoke in the first place. Do you even know that the hell you’re doing to your body? Would you like to see gruesome pictures of your organs after you smoke?
http://kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/tobacco/images_58379/1088439702291.lungs.jpg
http://www.uoregon.edu/~jkullman/Doc2_files/image010.jpg
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http://library.thinkquest.org/trio/TTQ03034/mouth_cancer_cr.jpg
http://tobacco.health.usyd.edu.au/site/supersite/resources/images/legss.jpg
and this is everything that gets affected..
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smoking risks for women
Tobacco Use and Reproductive Outcomes if a woman Smokes
Women who smoke have increased menstrual and reproductive risks. These risks are caused due to nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide, cyanide, and several other chemicals, carcinogens present in the cigarette smoke. When a woman smokes, she exposes these chemicals to the fetus and this increases the chance of miscarriage, abortion.
Despite the harmful effects of smoking on reproductive health, about 22% women continue to smoke, putting themselves and their baby at risk. But the good news is that by stopping smoking before and during pregnancy, women can greatly reduce the health risks associated with cigarette smoking.
Tobacco Use and Reproductive Outcomes in Women
Here are consequences of smoking on reproductive health of women:
Delayed Conception/Infertility : A woman who smokes and plans a pregnancy has a risk of delayed conception when compared to a nonsmoking woman. Smoking decreases the probability of being pregnant to about one-third per cycle. Several studies have also showed that smoking women have infertility problems.
Low-birth weight of the baby : Babies of women who smoke have low-birth weight when compared to the babies of non-smoking women. Low birth weight is very dangerous for the baby as it can cause neonatal morbidity and mortality. A smoking woman’s baby’s deficit in birth weight is about 5% on an average.
Ectopic Pregnancy : Smoking increases the risk of ectopic pregnancy, in which the fertilized tissue is implanted outside the womb. Ectopic pregnancy puts the life of mother at risk and endangers subsequent fertility. The risk of ectopic pregnancy is double in woman who smokes when compared to nonsmoking woman.
Premature rupture of membranes : Smoking women are at risk of premature rupture of membranes i.e. Abruptio placentae (separation of placenta from uterus) and Placental previa (the placenta is abnormally located, which may result in hemorrhaging during delivery. Due to premature rupture of membranes, the woman has a risk of carrying the baby for shorter time period than the normal gestational period.
Placenta Previa: The risk of placenta Previa, a condition in which the placenta is prematurely separated from the uterus wall, is high in smoking women. This condition can result in stillbirth, or early infant death.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): Babies of women who smoke have a high risk of SIDS and this risk is higher if the infant is exposed to postnatal smoking. Along with this, smoking women have high risks of stillbirths, neonatal deaths and prenatal mortality.
All the above reproductive health risks are in addition to other health problems such as cancer, pulmonary disease, cardiovascular diseases etc. In view of the several health risks, it is very important for a woman to stop smoking. The good news is that when women stop smoking in the first trimester, the reproductive health risks are greatly reduced.
The fact that pregnancy is a strong motivator for quitting smoking should encourage women to take up quit smoking programs. According to studies, women who quit smoking during pregnancy do not smoke even one year after delivery.
Quitting smoking not only ensures the baby’s health, but it also improves the health and extends the life of women. Hence, women should put in their complete efforts to quit smoking for a better future and a healthy family.
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Marijuana Benefits/Risks For 29 yr. old woman with Pseudotumor Cerebri?
My wife has been suffering with pseudotumor cerebri since 1998 and smoking marijuana is the only thing that seems to keep her cerebrospinal fluid build up under controll. She has been prescribed Diamox and other diurhetics to help controll her csf build up. She has also had about 13 Lumbar Punctures (If I remember correctly) and nothing else but the marijuana seems to help keep her csf at a manageable level. anyone with some insight to this problem please feel free to comment or suggest a different course of action.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
If it seems to be helping her I don’t see it having any real problems with her especially if she has already been smoking for a while.
The Risks of Smoking and Drinking
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