What are the harms of smoking to women?

In our daily life, there are many female friends who always like to smoke for a long time. They always think that smoking can make them relax. In fact, this idea is very wrong. Smoking is harmful to the body. Especially for some pregnant women, the harm of smoking is particularly great. It is easy to cause respiratory diseases. Let’s take a look at the harm of smoking to women.

What are the harms of smoking to women?

1. Lead to premature aging

Nicotine in cigarettes can stimulate spasm and contraction of microvessels, resulting in insufficient blood and oxygen supply to the skin, affecting normal metabolism and accelerating aging. The skin of women who smoke tends to be drier, rougher, less elastic, more wrinkled, duller in color, and more haggard, which often makes them look much older than their actual age. The skin of women who smoke appears older, has more wrinkles and a grayer color than that of women who do not smoke. Especially the wrinkles on the upper and lower lips and corners of the eyes and mouth increase significantly.

2. Menstrual disorders and dysmenorrhea

Nicotine in tobacco can reduce the secretion of female sex hormones, thereby interfering with physiological processes related to menstruation, delaying menarche, menstrual disorders, early onset of menopausal syndrome, amenorrhea or scanty menstruation, and in severe cases even affecting conception. In addition, compared with non-smokers, women who smoke 10 to 30 cigarettes a day have twice the risk of dysmenorrhea. Women with a smoking history of 10 to 20 years have almost three times the risk of dysmenorrhea as non-smokers. Smoking can cause blood vessels to constrict, reduce blood flow to the endometrium, and cause dysmenorrhea cramps.

3. The rate of malformation in infants born has increased significantly

The rate of malformations in babies born to smoking women is 2-3 times that of non-smoking women, including 73% suffering from congenital heart disease, and the risk of leukemia is twice as high. In addition, the incidence of anencephaly and dementia has also increased significantly. Among the children born to smoking women, the rate of mental retardation and mental illness is also more significant.

4. It can easily cause miscarriage

Pregnant women who smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day have a miscarriage rate more than twice that of non-smoking pregnant women; the incidence of premature birth in smoking women is twice that of non-smoking women. The more a pregnant woman smokes, the more likely her children will be arrested for violent crimes in the future, according to new research.

5. Reduce milk secretion

Smoking can reduce milk secretion, and nicotine can also enter the breast milk through the blood. Women who smoke 10-20 cigarettes a day can separate 0.4-0.5 mg of nicotine into 1 kg of breast milk. This is a serious threat to the baby's health.

6. Susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis

Women who smoke are almost twice as likely to develop early-onset rheumatoid arthritis as nonsmokers. Dr. Kenneth Sager of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and his colleagues analyzed the health records of more than 30,000 women aged 55-69 and found that current smokers were almost twice as likely to develop early-onset rheumatoid arthritis as women who had never smoked.

7. Increased risk of stroke and cancer

Women who smoke 1-4 cigarettes a day are more than twice as likely to have a stroke as non-smoking women. Those who smoke more than five cigarettes are more than five times more likely to have a higher risk of developing the disease. In addition to the high risk of stroke, women who smoke are also more likely to develop cancer. According to statistics, women who smoke have a 40% higher risk of developing breast cancer and a 28 times higher risk of developing ovarian cancer than non-smoking women. The chance of developing cervical cancer is 50% higher because smokers' uteruses lack Langerhans cells, which enhance the function of the immune system when the human body is threatened by a virus or chemical product.

8. Susceptibility to AIDS

It mainly manifests itself in the impact of smoking on the immune system. Smoking can significantly reduce the number of activated immune cells CD4 and lymphocytes. Smoking can affect the vagina, cervix and immune system, reducing immunity. Therefore, under the same circumstances, smokers are more likely to contract AIDS than non-smokers.

The above is an introduction to the dangers of smoking to women. After understanding it, we must realize that smoking is very harmful to the body, so female friends who have the habit of smoking should try to avoid it. In fact, we can do more meaningful things in daily life to distract our attention and reduce smoking. We must maintain good living habits in order to reduce the occurrence of diseases.