smoking effects heart

You cannot subject your body to the effects of smoking and "try and keep fit". This does not make sense.Google smoking and the effects on the cardiovascular system. I have never smoked, cannot be around 2nd or 3rd hand smoke due to a heart ailment that makes my heart ACT like it has a mouth around the exhaust of a car....or a cigarette. Advice: quit smoking.There are plenty of excellent assist aids and programs to help you.Good luck. Joan.

Loss of coordination and distortions in the sense of time, vision and hearing, sleepiness, reddening of the eyes, increased appetite and relaxed muscles. Heart rate can speed up. In fact, in the first hour of smoking marijuana, a user’s risk of a heart attack could increase fivefold.

We are not experts here on "smoking weed", you'll need to look elsewhere. But, we all know smoking anything is bad for your health and especially bad for you heart. Recommendation: stop smoking. You didn't say how you know you have SVT, was it diagnosed by a doctor?

I am not overweight, but do have some cardio risk factors, i.e smoking, high blood presure and high cholesteral, also a family history (father) of heart disease. Should I continue the Herceptin? Have frequent MUGA tests? See a cardiologist? Thank you for any guidance you can provide.

I don't know that there are any doctors on this board, it is a smoking addiction board, but I don't need a medical license to tell you this, of course it does! Smoking affects every part of your body. Do a google search....put in "smoking effects" and see what you come up with. I guarantee it will make you quit today. Smoking causes heart disease so it would make sense that when you smoke, your blood pressure rises.

I used to go nuts when I tried to give up, like you, getting angry at everyone/everything. Five years ago, I had my first heart attack and decided to investigate the effects of smoking. I found it causes so many damaging effects to the body, it was frightening. Everything from the Liver to the Lungs. I also learned that statistics show 1 in every 2 smokers get a chronic illness related to smoking by the age of 40. That's just the flip of a coin.

I was diagnosed w/SVT 3 years ago. I would end up in the ER with a heart rate of 215 but would restart my heart with adenocin.I quit smoking also 3 years ago as well. I go to an arrithymia specialist and you might want to go to one as well. I was put on Lopressor to slow my heart rate down and honestly i like how the medication works, no side effects. I've had my heart ablated twice and now has since had a pacemaker and and had my AV node ablated.

What are the side effects of smoking when pregnant? Did any of u girls smoke when u were pregnant? I'm 16 weeks and trying to quit but it a lot harder than I thought .

How much propranolol are you on? I have been on it for more than a decade and never really noticed any problems. Any medication has a huge realm of possible side effects. If you weren't this way before, ask your md to try another beta-blocker. There are lots of choices. It depends to a certain extent WHY you are taking it as to what are the other reasonable choices. Good luck, sometimes the best cure is simply stopping taking a medicine that is turning you inside out.

There have been hundreds of studies to prove all the terrible effects smoking had on the unborn baby. Low birth weight, increased risk of miscarriage to name just two. If you measure babies heart beat before and after smoking you can see that it raises their heart rate. Same as it does the adult who is smoking. Imagine holding a cigarette to a brand new baby's mouth, would you do it? ...... no.

But i stopped for almost a year with no problems. never really a big user. but recently i smoked alot over the past week. and i stopped smoking and drinking all together a day or two later because i was feeling really wierd. i get butterflyes in my stomach, sometimes randomly feel dizzy, disconnected from people and things.. i feel the best when i wake up in the morning and then it kinda starts through out the day.

Google how smoking effects your baby. One was it increases the risk of sids (sudden infant death syndrome). That alone should be enough for someone to quit but a lot of moms turn a blind eye to the negative side effects. Best of luck quitting! !!

Also quitting smoking may not be the problem, but it would have nothing but positive effects on your health. Quitting smoking will also help make doing excercises easier, therefore improving your heart rate. Win-win situation there. Hope that helps.

Ok well I am smoking again it is under a 1/2 pack a day.Question is I bought the patch. How is that working for anybody who is using it? What are the side affects.Does it work?Plus I heard that it can give you a heart attack if you smoke on it.

I have been smoking marijuana for about two years with no negative effects on my body. The past three times that I have smoked I have had a "bad reaction" in which my entire body shakes uncontrollably (even my teeth), my heart feels like it's going to beat out of my chest, and I feel cold and disoriented. What causes this? What can I do to avoid it? Is it safe to continue smoking? I haven't since the last time that it happened.

I am nervous for my health, but do realize that for the most part I never get these tics or nervousness in my heart. My heart rate usually does not increase and I do not have shortness of breath.

If you occasionally heavily binge drink(once a month or less) and this has temporary effects such as increased heart rate during drinking, muscle aches and mild stomach irritation for the next few days, is this likely to have long term effects? Also, does passive smoking from other peoples cigarettes on nights out cause any long term damage?

Hello dear and welcome to the medhelp forum. Marijuana or weeds smoking can cause multiple effects and interactions in the brain when it binds with the specific receptors. It can influence memory, thinking, and ability to concentrate, sensory perception and cause incoordinated movements. This interferes with your ability to solve problems, and effect can last even for weeks after the acute effects wane off.

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