Colds Pneumonia Asthma

[Abby]

Quitters with 6 months or more? 

 

Have you all noticed a huge difference in the amount of times you get sick and the severity since you have quit? 

 

 

 

 

[Abby]

My apology , this includes everyone because I know for myself I noticed a huge change in my asthma just within a few short weeks of quitting , and by six months I went fom three inhalers to just a rescue inhaler. I was always sick with upper respiratory infections and by quitting smoking and as well being on  new medication I have had not one cold in a year now . I know quitting smoking made a difference .   

[BAT]

My allergies got worse right after I quit but have improved dramatically since then. I used to get sick with a bronchial infection regularly when I smoked, but now that I think about it, I've not gotten sick since I quit  :)

[Sunnyside]

I have been sick since I quit. :)

[Runfree]

huh, I don't recall having a cold since quitting.  :huh:

[Doreensfree]

I can only remember being ill once since my quit...I was always getting colds...now you come to mention it....

[Sazerac]

Rarely do I get a common cold now, with little coughing (if any).

My body is able and willing to fight it off quickly.

In smoking days, Colds were Bronchitis,  big Meds including Cortizone and wretched weeks.

 

I found this article on the website of Dr. Michael Klaper,  who is an advocate of Prevention and Nutrition based medicine.

He is a consultant for NASA.

 

"SMOKERS, PLEASE NOTE:

 

 

The most common and serious cause of bronchitis is cigarette smoking.

Smokers keep a continuous thermal and chemical burn percolating in their lung linings.
As a response to the smoke assault, the bronchial tube linings secrete a sugar-rich mucus,
which accumulates overnight and pools in the bronchial tubes.

The microbes flourish and then digest the mucus, altering its color and, in the morning,
the bronchitic person typically sits up coughs out this colored phlegm – the classic “smoker’s cough.”

Chronic bronchitis in smokers never completely clears from the lungs as long as the person continues to smoke.

Over the years, the constant inflammation and infection fosters scarring

and permanent narrowing of the bronchial tubes.
Breathing out through narrowed bronchial tubes creates a back-pressure

which, in turn, blows out the lungs’ microscopic air sacs (alveoli)
where oxygen enters the blood.

 

This results in emphysema, a dreadful disease that steals your breath and eventually, your life.
Of course, the smoke of any burning leaves is also filled with carcinogens and, thus,
cigarette smoke spawns the lung cancers to which so many smokers fall victim."

 

edited to add

this line,

"Smokers keep a continuous thermal and chemical burn percolating in their lung linings."

gives me the shivers...

[babs609]

I didn't often get sick when I was a smoker, but when I did...the hacking cough lingered for weeks.  You know the kind:  Cough till you can't breathe, dry cough, non productive, gonna pee my pants kind of cough

 

I still don't get sick often...just once a year but now it's a cold...a regular sniffles, a little bit of a cough, and it's DONE

 

Love it

 

still hate having a cold..but not nearly as bad as I used to

[MarylandQuitter]

Yes!  A cold used to linger on for two weeks or better and now it's 2, maybe 3 days at the most.  I used to get little colds often and now, I don't think I've had one in almost two years now.  *knock on wood!!!! lol

[Sirius]

Haven't been tracking this but I don't believe I've come down with colds near as often.

[Abby]

Copd , Heart Disease , Cancer, Stroke . IMMUNE SYSTEM?

 

The most common thoughts and fears about smoking are copd, heart disease , lung disease and stroke but what damage can smoking do to our immune system and what role does our immune system play to help fight colds and cancer .

Quote: "If your immune system is Superman, smoking is kryptonite. Smoking weakens your immune system. The chemicals in cigarette smoke are an ongoing source of damage to cells throughout the body, and your immune system must continually work to fight off this damage. Eventually, immune system cannot keep up with all the damage caused by the smoke. In fact, new research shows that once weakened, the immune system may not even be able to send out tumor-fighting cells to battle the beginnings of lung cancer. So smoking cigarettes could simultaneously cause lung cancer and weaken your body's ability to fight it. " Dr Oz.