22 October, 2007

How to Quit Smoking?

Quit SmokingIf people are not deprived of force will and firm decided to quit smoking, the doctor is usually not required. But some people deal with it is not by force. In these cases, you need a course pharmacological treatment.

Knowledge about the dangers of smoking is usually limited to hackney phrases that drop of nicotine kills horse, and the fear of dying of cancer. The latter is not without solid reason: cigarette smoke contains about three thousand known constituent elements, 16 of which can lead to the development of cancer. Nicotine, in turn, cause severe dependence. In just a few weeks since the start smoking, most people observed that cigarette becomes almost a prerequisite for maintaining good feeling. In the event of termination income of nicotine to the smoker's body develops phenomenon abstinence (physical and mental), facilitated or removed after taking regular doses.

Systematic smoking is a major cause of diseases of blood vessels. Under the influence of nicotine occurs narrowing of blood vessels and changes in their walls, which contributes to the development of atherosclerosis and so on. Narrowing (obliteration) receptacles, as a result of their enhanced the spread of the inner lining, has resulted in the remotest parts of the body from the heart, and, above all, the lower limbs, starting bad blood supplies, and could eventually lead to gangrene. Indeed, the very heart of a smoker works literally "to wear": each cigarette increases the heartbeat at 18-20 strokes per minute, and the number of cardiac cuts for the day increased to 15-20 thousand.

The frequent consequence of chronic nicotine poisoning becomes a so-called "smoker's bronchitis, which could in time lead to the development of lung emphysema. In addition, smokers, people are much more vulnerable to diseases such as otitis, conjunctivitis, larynx, pharyngitis, flu, stenocardia, stroke, a variety of ulcers, cancer.

The result of prolonged use of tobacco products can be a loss of sense of taste and ability to differentiate odors, visual impairment, and the deterioration of the skin, broken teeth and gums. Smokers often threaten women's menstrual irregularities and infertility. (Address to women smokers)

There are many different techniques designed to help people quit smoking. Physicians recommend using them in combination, which allows greater effect. If people are not deprived of force will and firm decides desist from smoking, the doctor is usually not required. But some people deal with it is not by force. In these cases, it needs to turn to a course specialist or drug treatments. The following are the most frequently used method.

Psychotherapy
In the first instance it is necessary to "wants" Do smokers want to stop smoking, or want to "quit". Often, treatment failures occur because there is no well-informed human desire to quit. Psychotherapist must determine whether this and determine what stage smoker. Psychotherapy or other psychological measures should be used to bring to a state of "smoker's desire to quit."

Hypnosis
There are two effects of hypnosis techniques, they can be used singly or in combination. On one of methodologies hypnotherapeutic immerses the patient into a state of deep relaxation, and the claim that smoking is harmful and unpleasant for the organism is introduced into the unconscious. If successful holding of treatment upon return from the deep relaxation smoker traction is not to smoke. A proposed three or four such sessions initiated Hypnotherapy. Success in this case, accompanied only 10-30% of patients treated.

On the other techniques in the patient's doctor immerses hypnotic state during which hypnotherapeutic talks to the subconscious part of human psyche, where you can say there is strengthened and harmful habit. Very often the initiation of smoking occurs at the age where "membership" in the group requires the ability to smoke. Nicotine, creating a feeling of well-being, masks sadness, guilt or fear that hide into the unconscious and can remain undetected drug reactions and medication errors. Consequently, it is necessary to determine the existence of the patient psychological effects, which need to handle before quit smoking of cigarettes.

Treatment for nicotine substitutes
These alkaloids, as lobelin and cytisin have on the vegetative nervous system, as well as the metabolism in the body act, like nicotine.

At the same time, a smoker's taste "disappear" to cigarettes. But with the cessation of smoking in the human body begins to lack of livelihood for some useful compounds that have previously absorbed through the cigarette smoke.

Ensuring supply the required quantity of elevated body substances in special supplements helps reduce some deficits in the body. Therefore, it would be useful introduction supplements intravenously, which would be a better alternative to slow intestinal absorption.

Diet
Specially formulated diet for the withdrawal of toxic substances from the body helps the body rid itself of nicotine, affecting the nervous system and settled in the fatty layers.

Physical exercises
Very important is the introduction of a special exercise program to control breathing and increase oxygen absorption. Smoking reduces the amount of light and oxygen consumption organism, which improves the increase in human feeling. Such techniques as Chi Kung, Tai Ji, yoga exercises and basic aerobics, are most helpful.

Breathing exercises
Until recently, most accepted methods of recovering the work of the lungs and blood, and on the use of the body's oxygen saturation considered yoga and Chi Kung. These techniques are now very useful if their use. However, most recently in the world of medical practice has proved to be a brilliantly new method, developed by Russian doctor Buteyko and bearing his name.

Method for Buteyko breathing differs from traditional yoga. He encourages shallow breathing, which eventually changes the balance of the body's acidic and eliminates the cravings to smoke. This technique is becoming increasingly popular and accessible to the same training it takes only a few sessions. Studies previously showed tremendous potential of this type of treatment.

Massage
Massage, particularly manual lymph drainage massage and facilitates removal of tissue nicotine, which in turn helps to restore the body's work.

Acupuncture
When combined with other methods using acupuncture is extremely useful in getting rid of dependence. Even used by itself, this method has shown good results. Acupuncture can be general or be auriculotherapy (acupuncture point in the active auricle of the ear).

Nicotine fill substitutes.
Nicotine plaster, bubblegum or implants help in cases with a lack of sensitivity to other methods, but it should not be forgotten that they continue to use nicotine in the body, affecting the nervous system and not freeing of dependency. If the patient is not relieved of the reasons that caused addiction, then it is a simple replacement of one compound to another. Once the deadline effect substitute, dependence on cigarettes returned.

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