VSD is a disease that includes a set of symptoms indicating a malfunction of the vascular system.
In modern medicine, vegetative-vascular dystonia is considered as a combination of various symptoms, and not as a separate disease. The main feature is that its symptoms make the whole body unwell.
Before diagnosing VSD in a patient, the doctor must exclude other dangerous diseases.
Smoking is especially dangerous for VVD. Why and what this can lead to, we will consider in the article.
A smoker should know that smoking and IRR are incompatible. Nicotine loads the cardiovascular system, which already suffers a lot.
Where did the VSD come from?
Many experts agree that dystonia is a consequence of a psycho-emotional shock. After that, the general condition of the body worsens, which leads to a malfunction of all organs.
Reasons:
- Emotional overload.
- Long depression.
- Constant stress.
- Weak immune system.
- Physical overload.
- Insomnia.
- Spine problems.
- Smoking, alcohol and drugs.
General
Don't talk about how bad a habit smoking is. We have all heard and read many times that smoking leads to lung cancer. In addition, the condition of the skin, hair and teeth worsens significantly. With VVD, smoking is especially dangerous, as it significantly undermines the work of the whole organism. The chances of recovery in this case are practically reduced to zero.
Against the background of dystonia, which negatively affects the functioning of the nervous system, symptoms such as panic attacks, depression, and various phobic reactions may develop.
Smoking only exacerbates all of these manifestations.
Many smokers, in order to calm down, smoke cigarette after cigarette, which saturates the body with harmful substances, which in turn has a detrimental effect on the body.
Summarizing, we can say that smoking only aggravates VSD, which can lead to irreversible consequences.
VSD after smoking
Despite the fact that many smokers claim that quitting does not improve their condition in any way, but rather the opposite, this is far from the case. Of course, one or two days will not change anything in the body. You need to understand that you smoked for a long time and saturated your body with harmful substances. Accordingly, it will take a lot of time to remove them from the body.
Scientists have proven that giving up cigarettes improves the protective functions of the body, eventually bringing them back to normal. Symptoms of VVD after quitting smoking begin to gradually recede.
What is the danger of smoking in vegetative-vascular dystonia?
Smoking with a disease of the nervous system can be not only harmful, but also dangerous. This bad habit significantly worsens the condition of blood vessels, which in turn can lead to various diseases, as well as disrupt the functioning of the cardiac system as a whole.
Unfortunately, not all smokers can immediately pay attention to the symptoms of VVD. They are very similar to the negative manifestations of a heavy smoker. A person, perceiving such manifestations as a consequence of his negative habit, closes his eyes to them. They turn to the doctor, as a rule, in the later stages of the disease, when a long and intensive treatment is already required and, accordingly, a complete rejection of their addiction.
Smoking and disorder
Smoker with VSD should consider a number of factors:
- Nicotine causes tachycardia. A he althy non-smoker has a resting heart rate of 70 beats per minute. A smoker has a heartbeat of 80-90 beats per minute. This, in turn, prevents the heart from filling with blood to the full extent.
- Carbon monoxide, which enters the body with smoke, does not allow it to be saturated with oxygen. This negatively affects the work of all organs, and especially the heart.
- The big and often irreparable blow nicotine inflicts on the nervous system.
- Its large amount affects the reduction of the hormone that is responsible for blood thinning - prostacyclin. Thanks to it, blood pressure decreases, which eliminates the formation of blood clots. The hormone is also responsible for normal vasoconstriction.
- All smokers have high cholesterol. This in turn leads to the formation of atherosclerotic plaques that cause a heart attack or coronary heart disease.
- Also, nicotine replaces acetylcholine. It is a substance that controls the cells and tissues of the body. Nicotine is similar to it in the transmission of impulses, which leads the organs astray. As a result, the smoker has chronic overwork, feels irritable, the person begins to complain about memory, becomes inactive. The body stops recognizing acetylcholine and already needs nicotine, which, in principle, leads to addiction.
All these negative manifestations have a detrimental effect even on "he althy" smokers. And with vegetative-vascular dystonia, nicotine is not just unhe althy, but dangerous.
Negative manifestations after one cigarette smoked
One of the dangerous manifestations can be an increase in blood pressure, which can lead to a stroke. Even after one cigarette, the smoker begins tachycardia and vasoconstriction.
Smokers also often experience panic attacks and emotional arousal.
Even after one puff, it mayarrhythmia and dizziness appear.
A smoker suffering from dystonia should be aware that the symptoms of VSD are significantly aggravated by smoking.
Subsequently, the smoker is in a vicious circle, which leads to the exhaustion of the nervous system. Stress and tension make a person smoke cigarette after cigarette, which further worsens the course of the disease. Over time, the "snowball" grows, and it becomes simply unrealistic to stop it.
How does smoking affect the heart with VSD?
As we found out earlier, nicotine affects the walls of blood vessels, carbon monoxide limits the flow of oxygen into the body. As a result, all the resources of the heart system gradually begin to deplete.
One of the dangerous symptoms is increased blood clotting, which can inevitably lead to a stroke, myocardial infarction or pulmonary infarction. Elevated levels of nicotine lead to an increase in cholesterol levels, and this, in turn, leads to the formation of atherosclerotic plaques.
Experts say that the combination of VSD and smoking sooner or later leads the smoker to a hospital bed in the cardiology department.
Diseases of the respiratory system
Very often, dystonia leads to respiratory distress. A smoker feels several times stronger all the negative symptoms of this disease:
- Lack of oxygen.
- Heavy breathing after smoking a cigarette.
- Dizziness from lack of oxygen.
Due to nicotine abusea disease such as bronchial asthma may develop.
Relationship between smoking and panic attacks in VSD
We all know about the negative effects of nicotine on the body. But not all smokers understand how serious the problem can be.
Not many people know that most cases of panic attacks are associated with such a bad habit as smoking.
Smoking during VVD and panic attacks greatly increases the chances of a heart attack and is strictly prohibited.
If you do not go into the details of psychopharmacology, it can be noted that nicotine increases the level of adrenaline and glutamate. This is what leads to the “narrowing of consciousness.”
This condition is especially aggravated with a sharp rejection of cigarettes. The condition may be similar to when a person smokes a cigarette with narcotic ingredients or, as the people also call it, “weed.”
Properly selected drugs will help get rid of not only PA, but also bad habits. First of all, anti-anxiety drugs are prescribed. They will help the smoker not only get rid of the main problem, but also facilitate the course of VSD. At the next stage, the patient should be prescribed drugs aimed at combating smoking. Effective and less traumatic for the psyche will be the method of gradually reducing the dosage. A sharp rejection of nicotine will lead to destabilization of the work of all organs. In order for the body not to experience such stress, you can resort to a patch, nicotine pills or electronic cigarettes for help. Theseaids will provide only a small amount of nicotine in the body, gradually reducing its level.
The help of a qualified specialist will not be superfluous. High-quality psychotherapy with the study of all problems will help to quickly and least stressfully cope with the problem of smoking, neurosis, PA and VVD.
As with PA, VVD, smoking in neurosis is especially contraindicated. Many smokers are under the delusion that cigarettes help them cope with stress. Nicotine only masks the main symptoms of the disease, driving them inside.
Reviews
According to reviews, VVD and smoking are incompatible things. The disease after prolonged abuse of cigarettes acquires an aggressive form, and for medical reasons, they must be abandoned. With the rejection of a bad habit, the sense of smell is aggravated, the work of taste buds improves.
Get rid of a bad habit
Getting rid of smoking, especially if you have been smoking for more than one year, will be very difficult. But what you get in return is incommensurably more. One of the main benefits is he alth. How to make it as safe as possible for the body?
The first thing that can help is a mental attitude. A person must himself be aware that quitting a bad habit is necessary first of all for him. Auxiliary means can be chewing gum, tablets, patches, sweets.
If you have VVD, neurosis, PA while quitting cigarettes, it is best to seek help from a specialist who will prescribe the right treatment.
When quitting smoking with VVD, the help of a psychologist or psychotherapist will be important. It all depends on how the disease proceeds and what consequences it brings.
If the cause of VSD was the refusal of cigarettes, then the symptoms will disappear after one month.
Things to remember when quitting cigarettes:
- Drink as much pure water as possible to remove toxic substances accumulated during smoking from the body.
- Do not drink coffee or alcohol during therapy. These substances dull the sense of control.
- Stay outside more.
- Exercise regularly will help a lot. They help fight insomnia and reduce the symptoms of VVD.
If smoking is the cause of VVD, quitting such a bad habit should be done immediately. Learn to enjoy life as it is. Love and take care of yourself.
