I quit smoking four days ago. I smoked between 10 and 20 cigarettes a day for about three years. I never smoked in my life before that, I started when I was about 32 years old. I’m still very active and play sports, most importantly I have a wife and a five-year-old son; so I simply do not want to hurt my body anymore. So I quit cold turkey, and I truly have no desire or craving to smoke. What’s bothering me is I came down with strep throat two days after I quit, along with tonsillitis and a bad sinus infection! My eyes hurt, along with my gums and teeth. I don’t know if any of this is typical or if anyone else has experienced it. Thanks everybody.
Thank you for your words of encouragement and knowledge. According to my doctor, smoking cigarettes literally cooks your gums, teeth, throat and lungs. He explained that the body becomes used to the coating of smoke/tar/toxins, and when you stop smoking the body has to readjust. When you smoke the blood flow is decreased throughout your body, which includes your oral cavities. Your mouth has some of the most sensitive parts in entire body, so when blood begins to flow there again to heal, every little thing feels amplified. My doctor stated that this was completely normal, and actually a very good sign that my body is healing and blood flow is starting to return to normal. Although it’s no fun right now, it certainly sounds like my body is healing.
I quit smoking four days ago. I smoked between 10 and 20 cigarettes a day for about three years. I never smoked in my life before that, I started when I was about 32 years old. I’m still very active and play sports, most importantly I have a wife and a five-year-old son; so I simply do not want to hurt my body anymore. So I quit cold turkey, and I truly have no desire or craving to smoke. What’s bothering me is I came down with strep throat two days after I quit, along with tonsillitis and a bad sinus infection! My eyes hurt, along with my gums and teeth. I don’t know if any of this is typical or if anyone else has experienced it. Thanks everybody.
Thank you for your words of encouragement and knowledge. According to my doctor, smoking cigarettes literally cooks your gums, teeth, throat and lungs. He explained that the body becomes used to the coating of smoke/tar/toxins, and when you stop smoking the body has to readjust. When you smoke the blood flow is decreased throughout your body, which includes your oral cavities. Your mouth has some of the most sensitive parts in entire body, so when blood begins to flow there again to heal, every little thing feels amplified. My doctor stated that this was completely normal, and actually a very good sign that my body is healing and blood flow is starting to return to normal. Although it’s no fun right now, it certainly sounds like my body is healing.
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