Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Cigarette Effects on Digestive Organs

Smoking is dangerous, not only because it relates to lung and heart health, but also interfere with other organs in the body, one of the digestive organs.

Tobacco is one of the causes of acid and gas production becomes excessive in the stomach. Akiabatnya perhaps you will feel nausea, abdominal bloating and pain, although you are never too late to eat.

"In patients with peptic ulcers or gastritis, immediately leave the habit of smoking because cigarettes would create a bloated stomach and also increases the occurrence of injury in the intestine or stomach," said dr.Ari Fahrial Sham, Sp.PD, digestive experts from the Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine University of Jakarta .

Cigarettes also become the biggest risk factor for pancreatic cancer. Research shows smokers likely to pancreatic cancer three times greater than non-smokers. "The majority of my patients with cancer are also smokers," said dr.Ari.

Why cigarettes are dangerous, the answer is probably already known to many people. This is because cigarette smoke contains around 4000 chemicals, including various toxic in very small doses, such as DDT, arsenic, tar, ammoniac, and much more.

"Cigarettes also contain carcinogenic substances or trigger cancer," added the doctor who became chairman of the Association of Physicians Internal Medicine advocating this.


source : http://health.kompas.com

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