Smoking women are prone to 6 gynecological diseases

Smoking is harmful to health. In addition to its effects on the respiratory tract, lungs, and liver, for women, smoking may also cause gynecological problems such as menstrual disorders and infertility.

1. Susceptibility to cancer

Women who smoke have a 40% higher risk of developing breast cancer than non-smoking women, a 14 times higher risk of developing cervical cancer, and a 28 times higher risk of developing ovarian cancer.

2. Cause dysmenorrhea

Compared with non-smokers, women who smoke 10-30 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. Menstrual disorders

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. Severe cases may even affect conception.

4. 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.

5. Affects conception

Nicotine causes dysfunction of the ciliary movement of the fallopian tubes, affecting the normal functioning of sperm and fertilized eggs; at the same time, smoking causes the body's immune function to be weakened, making the fallopian tubes or other pelvic organs susceptible to infection, all of which can lead to infertility or ectopic pregnancy.

6. Disaster to future generations

The toxic substances in tobacco are absorbed into the mother's blood, reducing the blood oxygen content in the mother's body and the blood oxygen content in the placenta, thereby affecting the development of the fetus. Therefore, pregnant women who smoke often experience fetal growth retardation, developmental deformities and low birth weight.

In addition, the incidence of congenital heart disease, anencephaly, dementia, mental retardation and mental illness has increased significantly. These children are not only physically weak, but also have a high risk of developing serious diseases within one year of birth and have a high mortality rate.