Some people smoke a reason to keep up appearances, because if it stops the body will get fat.
But no matter how good appearance is meaningless when toxic smoke began to gnaw the organs in his body.
Since 1997 ago, the World Health Organization or WHO has released a picture that tells how severe organ damage that occurs in the body of a smoker.
Not only organ within, the surface of the skin also can be damaged over time.
Damage to various organs in the picture behind the attractive appearance of the smokers are as follows, as quoted from WHO.int, Friday (08/19/2011).
1. Psoriasis
Smokers are more susceptible to psoriasis, a type of inflammation of the skin that are chronic but not contagious. The disease causes intense itching exceptional,
with red spots and scales on the surface of the skin that can not be cured completely.
2. Cataract
Cigarette smoke triggers cataract in 2 ways, the first is directly irritate the eyes and the second by removing the toxins in the lungs into the blood vessel and then brought to the eye.
Smokers have 40 percent higher risk to suffer from cataracts and other eye disorders including macular degeneration.
3. Wrinkled
Wrinkles and other symptoms of premature aging more rapidly appear on the skin of smokers, as a result of the reduced protein, vitamin A and blood flow to the area.
The skin of a smoker is usually dry and stripes especially around the lips and eyes.
4. Deaf
Because cigarette smoke can form blockages in blood vessels, so blood flow to organs in the ears can also be affected.
As a result of hearing and deaf risk is reduced while the risk of infection in some parts of the ear will increase.
5. Cancer
More than 40 compounds in cigarette smoke is a carcinogen or cancer-promoting. A smoker has a 20-fold risk for lung cancer than nonsmokers.
The longer the smoke, the greater the risk of cancer in other parts, especially the nose and respiratory tract, oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, pancreas, breast and kidney.
6. Cavities or the date
Chemical balance in the oral cavity is disrupted by cigarette smoke, thereby triggering the formation of tartar that make teeth appear yellow.
Smokers are also 1.5 times more at risk to experience tooth loss, decay or rot.
7. Emphysema or shortness of breath
In addition to triggering lung cancer, smoking also causes some air pockets in the lungs had collapsed.
The result is shortness of breath due to the capacity to accommodate the oxygen is reduced, which in a certain severity level must be resolved by punching holes airway in the neck.
8. Bone
Carbon monoxide is incomplete combustion results in cigarette smoke or vehicle can be sabotaged function as oxygen-carrying hemoglobin.
Because the distribution of oxygen is interrupted, the bone susceptible to thinning and 5 times more risk of developing back pain.
9. Heart disease
An estimated 1 in 3 people in this world of death caused by heart problems, while cigarettes are one of the main triggers to the problem.
Related deaths due to heart problems, smoking kills about 1 million people / year in developing countries and about 600,000 people / year in developed countries.
10. Peptic ulcers
Toxins in cigarette smoke reduces the immune response to bacterial infection in the digestive tract, making it easy going injury and inflammation.
Also more difficult to neutralize stomach acid, but if it happens then an ulcer treatment becomes more difficult if it is exposed to tobacco toxins.
11. Fingers change color
Direct contact between the toxic tar in cigarettes with fingers while holding it may impact directly.
These impacts are easily recognized by discoloration of the skin or fingers that became somewhat yellowish brown.
12. Cervical cancer and miscarriage
In any part, the risk of cancer in smokers has increased even in the female reproductive system, especially the cervix or neck of the womb.
Disruption of blood flow in smokers causes the oxygen supply to the fetus is less, so the risk of low birth weight or miscarriage even higher.
13. Sperm defects
The number of sperm that have a normal form in smokers has decreased, so the quality is generally lower for could fertilize her partner. Even if successfully impregnated, the fetus is the result of fertilization of sperm of smokers tend to be more vulnerable to miscarriage.
14. Buerger's disease
Death of living tissue in some organs which then rot can also be caused by cigarette smoke.
Some of the toxins in cigarette smoke can trigger thromboangitis obliterans or Buerger's disease, namely the removal of platelets by inflammation in blood vessels. Decaying tissue occurs because blood flow to the part stopped.