After quitting smoking, the body is always not right? Good news: These discomforts are normal
Lao Wu, who is in his 50s, is an old smoker. Because he smokes all the year round, he coughs when he smokes. For this reason, his family members repeatedly persuaded him to quit smoking, but in the end it all went to nothing. Once his wife was hospitalized due to illness, which made Lao Wu realize the importance of his body, so he made up his mind to quit smoking.
In the process of quitting smoking, although many times he became addicted to smoking, Lao Wu endured it. But recently he started to feel something was wrong with his body:
Insomnia at night is common, and then the temper becomes irritable, depressed and so on.
Later, Lao Wu consulted a doctor, and the doctor said that this was a normal "withdrawal reaction", as long as he survived, he would succeed in quitting smoking.
Hearing this, many smokers may be curious, isn't smoking quitting good for your health? Why is there still discomfort? How to get over the discomfort after quitting smoking? Let the editor tell the story below!
There are many harmful ingredients in cigarettes, among which nicotine is the main substance that induces smoking addiction. Once the human body inhales nicotine, it will stimulate our nerve cells, causing the nerve cells to secrete more dopamine, so people will feel happy.
Once a smoker quits smoking, the intake of nicotine will be reduced in the body, and the nicotine in the blood will be metabolized by the body, and the dopamine in the body will decrease. Coupled with some psychological dependence, the ex-smoker will There are "withdrawal reactions" like Lao Wu's irritability, depression, and even insomnia.
In the above, the "withdrawal reactions" that Lao Wu experienced after quitting smoking included depression, insomnia, etc., but not everyone's "withdrawal reactions" are the same, because everyone's physique is different. The time of age is also different. Common "withdrawal reaction" symptoms include the following:
- Dizziness
Because smokers smoke for a long time, their brains will be in a state of long-term hypoxia, and after smokers decide to quit smoking, their brains will slowly return to normal. It takes a period of adaptation for the brain to return to normal from a long-term hypoxic state. Therefore, ex-smokers will experience a "withdrawal reaction" called dizziness.
- Insomnia
When smoking, the harmful ingredients in cigarettes can inhibit the work of the brain. Once the ex-smoker quits the cigarette, the harmful ingredients will not inhibit the brain, and the brain will return to a normal state. In this process, the brain will be in an excited state for a short time, which will cause insomnia in ex-smokers.
- Mood changes
Smokers always have a kind of dependence on smoking. Once they quit smoking, this psychological dependence will make the ex-smoker feel irritable, and even irritability and anxiety.
- Increased appetite
Many people find that they have gained weight after quitting smoking, and some middle-aged people who quit smoking think that they have gained weight in their middle age. But in fact, it may be a "withdrawal reaction" after quitting smoking. After quitting smoking, the functions of the body are slowly recovering, especially the sense of taste and the digestive system will also slowly recover, so there will be an increase in food intake and weight gain.
The "withdrawal reaction" is the most obvious when you first quit smoking. As long as you persist, the "withdrawal reaction" will gradually disappear. If you want to survive this period of time better, you must know how to deal with the "withdrawal reaction".
·Change your living habits
If you want to survive the most difficult period of "withdrawal reaction", you may wish to change your existing living habits.
First of all, stay away from people who usually smoke together, and avoid all behaviors that can cause the desire to smoke. Secondly, it is necessary to change the way of smoking, such as the posture of holding the cigarette, the posture of smoking and so on. If there are emotional changes, you can choose to do housework, find someone to chat with, eat snacks, etc. to divert your attention.
·Conducting sport exercises
If ex-smokers want to get rid of the onset of smoking addiction, they can do some physical exercise appropriately. Physical exercise can not only divert your attention, but also control the weight gain caused by quitting smoking, make your muscles stronger, improve lung function, and improve insomnia symptoms after quitting smoking .
· Reasonable diet structure
After quitting smoking, you can try to adjust some of your own diet structure to make your diet scientific and reasonable. Ex-smokers may wish to eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, and eat less fatty foods or sweets. In addition, they also need to avoid irritating foods, which can quickly help you quit smoking.
Clarify the purpose of quitting smoking. If you quit smoking on a sudden whim, the failure rate can be said to be 100%, but as long as the purpose of quitting smoking is clarified, during the process of quitting smoking, any things that hinder smoking cessation will not be easily affected.
Seek help from others. Many smokers cannot quit smoking because they feel that they are the ones who feel uncomfortable about quitting smoking, and the family members around them cannot understand this pain.
But in fact, quitting smoking is not a matter of one person. You might as well find a trustworthy person around you to help yourself. When you want to smoke, he can stop you in time. When you feel down, he can relieve you. Let you not be alone on the road to quitting smoking, and it can also enhance your willpower.
With aids. Quitting smoking may not have such a high success rate simply by not smoking cigarettes, especially for long-term smokers. In fact, smoking cessation can also use some auxiliary tools, such as asking the doctor to prescribe some smoking cessation drugs, or drinking some health tea that nourishes the lungs, etc. If you want to satisfy your mouth addiction, you can choose to eat some chewing gum.
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