Stop Smoking and Artery Becomes Younger

If it stops smoking, the artery becomes younger


　The artery which is hardened with smoking, gradually recovering flexibility by the fact that it stops smoking was shown in the Irish research. So far, when the artery one becomes time hard, it assumed that it does not return to the origin. It returns to a state where the artery is normal until, because for a while period is required, if it stops smoking, you say that quicker one is good. Hardening the artery comes and rise of the blood pressure and, is connected to the risk increase of heart blood vessel obstacle such as the heart seizure and stroke.

　But Azra Mahmud of Dublin university [toriniteikaretsuji] which continues research concerning the change of the blood vessel with smoking, as for the latest research which is reported with the medical magazine “Hypertension” March edition, the hypertension those which deal with 554 people remedy has not been received. 268 people there is no smoking experience, 150 people the smoker and 136 people were the original smoker, as for the inside 22 people of the original smoker stopping smoking, under 1 years, as for 40 people 1~10 year, as for 40 people were 10 years or more.

　The result of research, being in direct proportion in length of the period when it elapses from prohibition of smoking it became clear for flexibility of the blood vessel to have recovered. When hardness of the artery is appraised with the method of being called “artery wave analysis”, after the smoker and stopping smoking, in it could recognize significant arteriosclerosis each subject under 1 years. Those where you could see big recovery were the subject who 10 years or more elapses from prohibition of smoking. Mahmud, if smoking period excels, have assumed that with the expectation where also the period when it requires for functional recovery is long, furthermore it is necessary to repeat verification.

　As for arteriosclerosis while the person who is thought the thing which is not improved is many, as for the latest result when it is interesting from scientific viewpoint, the American Jones [hopukinsu] university (Baltimore) as for Roger Blumenthal doctor appraisal. It points out also the possibility where it can recognize similar improvement dangerous factor of other heart blood vessel type such as diabetes and hypertension (the risk factor) concerning.

　In another research by the team of the American Michigan University medical department, aging of the skin with smoking was shown, like inside the arm reaching to the part where the sunlight does not hit. Yolanda R which leads research. according to Helfrich doctor, you say that it was found that it is correlation in the number of smoking of the result and 1 days which compare the photograph of the skin of the armpit concerning 77 people who include the long-term smoker and the non smoker boxes and the number of smoking years and the damage of the skin. This knowledge was published to the medical magazine “Archives of Dermatology” March edition.