At the age of 60, is it dangerous to quit smoking suddenly and not smoke at all?

In fact, there is still a saying circulating in the street that the elderly are prone to illness, such as cancer, after suddenly quitting smoking, so some people argue that the elderly have been smoking for many years and do not need to quit smoking. The idea is still open to question. We all know that smoking causes cancer.

Smoking all the year round, in particular, will make people suffer from a variety of cancers, such as lung cancer, esophageal cancer, renal cancer, bladder cancer and pancreatic cancer, and will also increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Quitting smoking at any age is a very good start. But there are indeed some cases around us, that is, some elderly people will get sick after quitting smoking for a period of time, such as cancer, such as myocardial infarction, and some other diseases.

This situation can be explained. In fact, quitting smoking is rare. There is a joke: quitting smoking is actually very simple, and everyone will quit many times. Then, as an old man, especially a heavy smoker who smokes all the year round, he suddenly decides to give up smoking completely, which often proves that he has felt some physical discomfort, such as dyspnea, such as repeated expectoration and hemoptysis, such as chest pain and palpitation. But at this time, it may be too late to give up smoking forcibly. Smoking for many years has done great harm to your health. Although I quit smoking, after a period of fermentation, I will still find physical diseases when I check up. Do you think so?

In addition, it is not ruled out that you will get some diseases with your age, and sometimes the possibility of coincidence exists.

But we can't take this example to prove that quitting smoking is bad for our health and will induce diseases.

There are some old people who have smoked all their lives and still died. This is also an example that many people use to prove that quitting smoking is unnecessary. As long as it comes to quitting smoking, there will be various comments at the bottom of the article. For example, an old man in our village smoked all his life and finally lived to 100 years old. This situation is normal. Dr. Xie's grandfather also smoked for decades and finally died. We must admit that some people have strong genes and many pathogenic factors, which are not reflected in these people. In addition, many such elderly people often smoke Chinese cigarettes instead of cigarettes, and many industrial factors have also joined in, which will reduce the possibility of inducing cancer. Moreover, many such old people have suffered a lot when they were young, and their perennial labor has created a very resistant body.

But these examples are also special cases, and we can't take special cases to prove the universality of some problems. If you can have a look in the respiratory wards of major hospitals, or take a walk in the thoracic surgery wards, you will find that many patients with serious lung diseases are inextricably linked with smoking. These are all big data and research results.

When did the benefits of quitting smoking appear? In fact, according to the current research, there is a timetable for physical changes after quitting smoking.

● After quitting smoking for 20 minutes, the heart rate will drop.

After quitting smoking for 8~ 12 hours, the level of carbon monoxide in the body will decrease obviously, and the oxygen in the blood will increase obviously.

After 48 hours of quitting smoking, people's sense of smell and taste will be significantly improved. You should know that adult smoking can damage nerve endings and affect people's sense of smell and taste.

● Two weeks to three months after quitting smoking, the risk of heart disease will be significantly reduced, because blood circulation has improved, blood pressure and heart rate have decreased, and function is slowly recovering, which can reduce the risk of heart attack.

● After quitting smoking 1~9 months, shortness of breath and cough will be significantly reduced, and energy will become more and more abundant.

● After quitting smoking for one year, the risk of heart disease will be reduced by half.

● After quitting smoking for 5 years, the risk of stroke will be significantly reduced. After quitting smoking for 5~ 15 years, the risk of stroke will be the same as that of non-smokers.

● After quitting smoking 10 years, the risk of lung cancer is the same as that of non-smokers.

● After quitting smoking 15 years, the risk of heart disease is the same as that of people who have never smoked.

Then, at the age of 60, what problems may arise for the elderly to quit smoking? If quitting smoking is so simple, everyone can quit smoking. The smoker's body has adapted to smoking psychologically and physically. If you want to give up completely, there will be some problems. Common ones are:

● Headache, dry mouth, sore throat, constipation and nausea. ● Cold symptoms. ● Numbness of hands and feet is mainly the problem that blood circulation begins to improve. ● Many people who quit smoking will increase their appetite and gain weight, which is very common among smokers. ● Some people who quit smoking will have a strong nicotine craving because of their physical dependence on nicotine, and there will be serious emotional changes in the process of quitting smoking, such as irritability, depression and irritability. ● A large proportion of smokers will have symptoms such as anxiety, depression and insomnia during the process of quitting smoking.

If the 60-year-old man is healthy, then quitting smoking may have a good effect on these possible side effects. However, it is unrealistic to say that there is no risk if patients with hypertension, coronary heart disease or diabetes have these conditions.

Therefore, if the elderly around 60 like to quit smoking, it is best to quit smoking step by step, for example, smoking 20 cigarettes a day, which can be gradually reduced to smoking 6 cigarettes and eventually become a complete non-smoker. Sudden quitting smoking too fast will produce some withdrawal symptoms. Once the elderly are induced to have physical abnormalities, then we lose the purpose of quitting smoking.

In addition, if the elderly want to quit smoking, they must be psychologically prepared, psychologically realize the benefits of quitting smoking and the disadvantages of smoking all the year round, accept the possible side effects of quitting smoking, and be psychologically prepared, so as to quit smoking better.

Summary For a 60-year-old man, he has probably smoked for many years, and it is good to realize the harm of smoking and want to quit smoking, but please be prepared psychologically and physically, because the longer he smokes, the greater the staged effect he may have after quitting smoking, and his body will have some abnormal feelings and emotional changes, so if he is not prepared psychologically, he is likely to have physiological changes due to these problems.

Because I want to quit smoking, but if I don't do it right, it will eventually affect my health. That's not our original intention, is it?