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Dad & SMOKING
hey okay so my dad is 58, and he quit smoking in thesummer of 2005. He had smoked for 40 years and i was proud when i FINALLY MADE him stop. cause i know how hard it was for him.
I was wondering if his health a little bit better than when he smoked. Any ways to make his lungs cleaner or something? cause even if he stopped, he'd been smoking for 40 Years. and like a lot each day.
Thanks!
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This info is from a piece called "Why people smoke", its very interesting and helpful :-) It should also help your dad to keep motivated.
"How Quickly Do the Benefits of Quitting Start?"
* "Just 20 minutes after your last cigarette, your blood pressure and
pulse rate drop to normal and the body temperature of your hands and
feet increases to normal."
* "A mere 8 hours after your last smoke, the carbon monoxide level
decreases and the oxygen level in your blood increases to normal."
* "Just 24 hours after your last cigarette, you substantially lessen
your chances of having a heart attack."
* "Two days after your last cigarette, you will notice that your
ability to taste and smell is enhanced."
* "Three days later, your breathing should be noticeably better
because your lung capacity will be greater."
* "Your circulation will improve and your lung functioning will
increase up to 30% within two weeks to three months after quitting."
* "Between one month and nine months, the cilia in your lungs will
regenerate, allowing your body to clean your lungs and reduce
infection."
* "One year after quitting, your risk of coronary heart disease is
half that of a smoker."
* "Five years after quitting, your risk of stroke is reduced to that
of a nonsmoker."
* "Ten years after quitting, the lung cancer death rate is about half
that of a continuing smokers. The risk of cancer of the mouth, throat,
esophagus, bladder, kidney and pancreas decreases."
* "Fifteen years after quitting, your risk of coronary heart disease
is that of a nonsmokers.
(U.S. Surgeon General's Reports (1988, 1990)
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excersizing. excersizing will make him breathe harder, making his lungs better. walking, etc.
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unfortunately, no. he is at the age where lungs stop repairing themselves (this happens at the ages of 1 to about 25), so he will be stuck with the lungs he has.
but his health will definitly not deteriorate, but he is very liable for getting lung cancer.
you never know though what medical treatments might be invented in the next twenty years. i would check with a doctor and ask about it.
BUT there are things called stem cells, and they are usually gathered from an umbilical cord at the birth of a child, and most often hospitals dont tell you that they have someones stem cells. these cells can grow into anything. i will use lung cancer as an example.
when cancer is detected, all the stem cells in the lungs are killed. then the stem cells that were gathered from a family member's umbilical cord are placed into the lungs, and they grow themselves into new healthy tissue.
I have no idea how much this procedure costs, but you can check if you have any stem cells with the hospital you were born at. usually the stem cells are from the patient's children, so it is quite possible that either your's or a sibling's will be used. this ensures that the stem cells wont be rejected by the patient's body. (its because you and your father have the same genetic make up, so it wont be considered as a foreign body and thus rejected).
anyways, i would definitly look into stem cells.
i'm sorry its so long, but i hope i helped!
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i agree with tina. it will take time for his lungs to get clean .
your amazing how did you make him quit!
ive been trying for a year now to make my mom quit
anyways good job for you and your father <3
best wishes
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Well, it's been about a year, and a half, two years. They're somewhat cleaner, but not like fully. It'll take a long time for his lungs to clean themselves so immeadiate change is never gonna happen. But congrats to you & your dad.
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