Breathing is a process that we do not notice, but cannot do without. Healthy lungs easily provide the flow of oxygen necessary for the life of the body, causing its endurance and activity. Smoker's lungs with experience (from several months) work with difficulty and become vulnerable to serious diseases.
The long smoking period and the number of cigarettes smoked per day exacerbate the detrimental effect. The lungs are covered with poisonous resin, soot and heavy metals (lead, cadmium, chromium) accumulate inside them, which mix with the fluid of the alveolar mucosa and acquire the consistency of molten lead. With each cigarette, about 4000 harmful substances penetrate the human body, most of which are carcinogenic.
Photographs of the smoker's lungs with great experience can plunge an unprepared person into shock, since a healthy human organ turns into something lifeless, unnaturally shiny, dark gray, completely mottled with black dots.
Each subsequent puff puts the smoker's lungs under intense stress. Constant irritation with toxic smoke leads to increased production of thick mucus, clogging the bronchi. Pulmonary tissues lose their elasticity, ventilation is disturbed, as a result of which the normal course of breathing changes, shortness of breath appears. Unable to cope with the resin settling on the mucosa, the body connects the protective system in the form of a cough. In this way, he tries to get rid of harmful substances, but self-defense decreases with each passing year of smoking.
The most common diseases of smokers (bronchitis, inflammation and emphysema) become chronic. An x-ray of the smoker's lungs clearly shows changes in them. Unfortunately, this diagnosis is not always accurate.
Until recently, doctors were confident that x-rays were a reliable method to examine a smoker's lungs for a cancerous tumor. Now, scientists from many countries have come to the conclusion that the early stage of the disease is not visible, as evidenced by the increased mortality of smokers. To clarify the diagnosis, computed tomography or bronchoscopy is performed.
Since chronic diseases greatly undermine health, smokers need to periodically clean their lungs. As such therapy, doctors recommend a plentiful warm drink in combination with mucolytic drugs that contribute to the discharge of mucus. A similar effect is exerted by herbal preparations containing elecampane, stepmother, ledum and licorice. They can be taken in the form of decoctions or inhaled with them.
An excellent effect is the use of garlic, horseradish or ginger immediately after smoking. The substances contained in them dissolve the harmful mucus and remove it from the body. To enhance lung function, you can do breathing exercises that improve their ventilation and blood circulation.
But the best way to clear the smoker's lungs is to quit smoking. In this case, a natural cleansing of the body through coughing and mucus separation occurs for several months. Then the respiratory system returns to normal.