Well I knew that smoking wasnt good in a number of ways but I just learnt that it affects healing. And this research backs it up... Effects of Smoking on the Wound Healing Process: The blood vessels become smaller due to smoking. These smaller blood vessels face hardship and take longer time to carry the oxygen, essential nutrients, and healing factors to the injury. Hence, the wound healing process takes longer time. When a smoker inhales carbon monoxide, a poison from smoking, enters his blood cells. It lowers the oxygen level in his blood. Oxygen is highly required for healing wounds. So, smoking delays the process of wound healing. Smoking also causes other kinds of problems; ◦Smoking causes infection in the wound ◦When a smoker receives a skin graft, there is every possibility that he may not receive it successfully ◦Smoking causes formation of blood clots near the wound ◦Smoking makes the stitches come apart. This results in scarring ◦Smoking deposits mucus in the lungs. This results in suffering from frequent colds and pneumonia ◦Smoking reduces the Vitamin C levels, which is essential for wound healing
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:48:28 +0000
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