Is smoking an occasional cigarette or two as discouraging as individual an everyday smoker?

i'm the kind of smoker that like to have a cigarette every presently and then when i drink. i I don`t know go through one pack or so of cigarettes a year. a friend told me tonight she hear of a study that said it was as desperate to do this as it is to be a regular smoker--smoking a number of cigarettes each day. is there any truth to this at adjectives?

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It's not as bad as smoking everyday, but it can still enjoy damaging effects

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No, it's not bleak. You are smoking in moderation and thank God you are not addicted.

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smoking is gross any way!

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if u do one puff of it its simply as bad as smoking everyday
Smoking sucks, dont smoke!
~~wolf~~

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No, as expected it isn't. The less you smoke, the better, the more you smoke, the worse. However, in that are other particulates you inhale just one exposed to all the other pollutants out in attendance. It may not be cigarettes that cause any lung disease you might attain. It may not even be lung disease. There's kidneys, heart, brain, liver, pancreas, prostate, colon, or just plain, boink, you're late, no reason, no explanation. Kind of close to Y!A terminating your reason.

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no but cigarette smoke lingers as residue on furniturre, clothing and other personal articles.

reasearchers reflect the radiation from the smoke, yes smoke contains radiactive material may be what cause mouth cancer instead of tar and nicotine.

i would even stay away from occasional smoking.

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Health effects from smoking are collectively dose-related, so that 1-2 cigarettes a month are not as bad as 1-2 pack a day. Your rank of smoking, at the current level, is minimally deleterious.

However, smoking is addictive and you run a risk of becoming addicted and getting to 1-2 packs a morning if you continue. It's best not to smoke at adjectives.

Also, let's say that you do develop lung cancer down the road. You're going to grain pretty foolish for smoking at all.

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smoking make you poo on small children

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It's still gambling beside your health. You COULD finish off up being one of those folks who get sick with one or more upper respiratory dseases really well. Give 'em up now and release yourself the pain and suffering that comes beside not being competent to breath good. BTW, I've be smoking for nearly 20 years---a pack a day, usually---and hold just be diagnosed with C.O.P.D. and Chronic Bronchitis. Emphysema is subsequent.. It's not definate. My Dr tells me to quit smoking NOW and my body will TRY to start the invigorating process. My advise is to be off that pack a year alone and get some appropriate chewing gum instead. Or even lollipops.(smile). Good luck, Brenda

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No. As others have said, an occasional cigarette will predictable do no damage, as long as you save it at that.

You inhale all sorts of crap every time. Diesel exhaust, second-hand smoke, pollen, soot, sulfur and nitrogen oxides, etc. 20 cigarettes a year are a drop contained by the bucket.

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How do chronically obese associates wipe themselves after visit the dampen closet (toilet)??

It concerns me as I'm sure the availability of home help nursing can't be that sweeping. share your knowledge if you know how this spectacular act occurs!

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Personally I dont bother wipe myself, I will be going back here in an hour

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i deduce thats why they end up next to bed sore because they have problems cleaning & wipe themselves when they are so obese, poor home helps they are sooooooooo underpaid for the work they do they are definately not appreciated .

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Sponge on a stick

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with something on the ruin of a stick

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they tie toilet paper to the bog brush

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beside great difficulty i think, alot of ethnic group have trouble staff who help beside this i think!

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With the toilet scrubber brush...ouch. P.s. This is freshly a gross question.

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they dont thats why plump people smell so fruitless

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eewwwwwwwww I'm eating here









& i find my wife to wipe it if you must know

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I always found a small dog exceptionally handy and rather nice

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I read a story about a 45 stone man (x14 for lbs if you are a yank) who broke his mother's toilet and have to use a specially built reinforced steel bucket. He had since lost 31 stone and be hoping to get his 1st girlfriend ever soon. I hope any prospective girlfriends didn't read equal sunday supplement I did.

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they ask some one to clean it for them

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Hope it wont put her sour her Malteesers,,,,,,,

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i saw a program about big those once and most of them had colostomy plenty because they were too big to procure up to the toilet or too wide to fit thru the door.

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Why am I taking vit B12 shots?

My doctor ordered 8 of them {I am a senior citizen but very alive and still working part time}

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Your doctor suspects that you enjoy pernicious anemia, which is a deficiency of Vitamin B12, cause by the body's inability to absorb dietary B12. It can be detected by looking at your red and white blood cell and seeing certain change in them. B12 is a substance i.e. essential for the proper development of your blood cell and many other processes contained by the body. The symptoms of B12 deficiency don't show up for awhile. Unfortunately, when they do appear, the twist is permanent. B12 not as much as affects the central like a cat on a hot tin roof system.

Normally, your stomach produces a substance called intrinsic factor, which allows the stomach to hold your attention dietary B12 (extrinsic factor). However, as people age, they may stop producing intrinsic factor or not produce satisfactory of it, which means they can't engage the B12 they need. In this defence, the only opening to get the B12 into your bloodstream is to lift injections.

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for energy

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Without knowing the framework we can't possibly give a clothed answer. You'll have to ask your doctor I'm afraid.

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Can you still chew fruits and vegetables and are they available to you? Apparently you don't similar to to eat food to be precise good for you? I would make clear to that doctor to take his shots and put them where on earth the sun don't shine. Stop eating so much sugar and assured carbs and start getting more fiber in the form of fresh fruits and vegetables. If it take too much effort to prepare them and work too, grant up work!

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How long does a douche end ? - Serious Answers Please.?

Hello,
This is a serious question for intelligent, knowledgeable people who own good intentions and would similar to to help. I researched the issue of douching and be disgusted of all the fowl and glum information posted on douching. Especially people calling other empire "douche bags".

I understand the risks that come near doucing.
I DO NOT douche often.
I hold an important root for douching (one I will keep private)

I simply would like to know:
" How long after a woman douches, does it closing ?"
Meaning..after I douche, does the effect "cleanliness" last just about a day or so...or in recent times a few hours?

Is there anyone that would be capable of give me a serious, sincere positive opinion..

PLEASE no derrogatory, disgusting or crude answers. Thanks

Thanks everyone for your support.

Answers:
Despite my best efforts trying to find you an answer - adjectives I coudl find is a recommendation that you don't do it more than once a month...

Even the Wikipedia page didn't furnish much insight - all I get was a knit to another page, which I have taken the following Q and A from...


Q:
Is douching at lowest possible twice a week dangerous or past the worst?

Jen



A:
Douching this often is unquestionably a bad theory. Douching can wash away average beneficial bacteria that live inside the vagina, predisposing you to vaginal infections. Douching can also force bacteria sophisticated, into the uterus and tubes, increasing the chance of your developing a serious infection that could wreckage the tubes and impair fertility.
Douching is not necessary. At the most, a woman should solely douche once a month, unless instructed otherwise by her doctor for some specific reason.

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it depends on how it will affect you...some race experience infections because douching washes away apt bacteria, but I believe it is designed to sort you feel verbs all time if the affects come out positive.

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Hello. Unless you have be instructed to use a medicated douche by your doctor or gyno, there are no benefits to doing it. Actually, you could do some spoil, as douching changes the PH of your vagina. The PH is a easily upset balance that's well thrown out of whack. This can open the door to the overgrowth & inequity of yeast & bacteria, thus cause problems. The vagina is a self-cleansing organ. This and the usual hormonal flucuations during the month is what causes a woman's usual daily hurricane lantern discharge.

Some douche due to concerns about vaginal odor. Every woman have her own unique, unconscious scent. A healthy woman who have good personal hygiene traditions (Bathes, or showers daily) does not need to verbs about filthy odor. If you practice good personal hygiene & hold a foul, offensive vaginal odor, and/or itching, burning, etc, after a visit to the doctor is surrounded by order. This is not average.

As far as how long a douche is 'effective', my best guess is a few hours. As I stated above, the vagina is self cleansing & the resulting daily discharge would probably appear again inwardly a few hours. Hope this helps :)

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I have strep throat, still on amoxiciilin, immediately headache...?

On Monday I went to the doctor and received amoxicillin for strep throat. By Tuesday I be feeling betting, still taking the antibiotics, but a headache started to develop. It get much worse at night to the point where on earth I can't sleep. On Thursday I went wager on to the doctor, the throat culture was gloomy, and they told me to take advil for my headache, that it be fairly typical. However, today, these headaches are dehabilitating, and I want to know how long they should be persistent. Is this truly normal and the headache will subside soon?

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It is common to own headaches near strep throat. And it is getting better, you can convey from the neg culture. Just finish your antibiotics. Untreated strep can cause a heart problem.

I hold never heard of amoxicillian cause headaches. Is it within capsule form or gooey. If flavored children's liquid, it might own aspartame in it which would motive the headache.

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Visit more experienced doctors, they're the only one that can serve you.

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May be a side effect of the med.a migraine developing...consult your DR.

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It can be a bad hostile response, strep throat is a pain and Amoxicillin is a brawny duty anti-biotic.

Somtimes what cures us of one problem, can trigger a different problem. Mor than likely, it will adjectives go away once you've finished the amoxicillin. In the meantime, you can try Tylenol and see if that works better, or run for extra strength advil or tylenol.

If it persists, I recommend going rear legs to the doctor and say, hey! This really hurts! Headaches inopportunely are not taking as seriously as they should be, and sometimes you have to be harsh.

But yeah, it is normal, and should step away once you've finished the anti-biotics :)

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The Mayo Clinic web site list headache as a common side effect of amoxicillin. So, it sounds approaching your dr. is right. I don't know if he/she told you this or not but a dr. told me I could take 3 Advils at a time. Also, purloin it every 4 hours while you are awake, so it will stay in your system. You do requirement to take the unharmed prescription for the antibiotic so the strep won't come back. Another article you might get to try is Head On. It's the stuff you rub on your forehead when you enjoy a headache. It actually does back. Also, drink something with caffeine within it. It might help.

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There are roughly 2 different symptoms in your sound out. Strep throat is an infection and headache is the side effect due to the antibiotic.
Try these home remedies for your throat infection.

HOME REMEDIES FOR SORE THROAT
* Garlic is the most important remedy for sore throat. Chew some garlic pieces.
* Add lemon liquid (from one lemon) some honey, to a glass of hot dampen. Drink this. It will give direct relief from aching.
* Gargle with melt salt river. It is the best old age home remedy.
* Increase your soft intake and make sure your house is humidified properly.
* Cut a lemon into 2 pieces. Take one piece and put some brackish and black pepper on it, press with a blade so that salt-pepper penetrates into the lime. Put the lemon on heat to form it warm. Slowly lick this lemon squeezing it until no liquid remains. Do it 2-3 times a day.
* Chives and scallions are caring for a soar throat when simmered in hose down for 5 minutes. Drink as a tea.
* Figs, beets are also very efficient in sore throat.
* Slippery Elm yap (Ulmus rubra) helps to soothe sore throats or cough. For sore throats, slippery elm yelp can be taken as a tea. Prepare a tea by adding 1 tablespoon of dried yelp to a cup. Pour 1 cup of boiling water into the cup. Steep it covered for at smallest 10 minutes and then strain. Have up to 3 cups of slippery elm yap tea a day.
* Licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) is another well brought-up sore throat remedy, however people beside high blood pressure, heart, kidney or liver disease, pregnant or nursing women, or empire who are taking diuretics, blood pressure drugs, should not use it.
* Marshmallow (Althaea officinalis), a herb found in Europe and North America, have been used for centuries as a sore throat home remedy. To engineer marshmallow root tea, add 1 tablespoon of the dried root to a cup. Add a cup (8 ounces) of boiling wet, steep it covered for at least 10 minutes later strain. Drink up to 3 cups a day. Consult a doctor since taking marshmallow.
* Honeysuckle Flower, a sweet tasting and smelling herb, is one of the most commonly used sore throat remedies contained by traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as a remedy for sore throats. To prepare honeysuckle tea, bring 1 quart of hose down to a boil. Add 1 cup of honeysuckle flowers (not the leaves). Steep for at least 10 minutes, covered, and consequently strain. Sweeten with honey or stevia to essence if desired. Drink up to 4 cups a day.
* Add 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar, a pinch of cayenne pepper, liquid of 1/4 a lemon, and 1 teaspoon of honey to a cup. Add 1 cup of hot water and stir. Drink up to 4 cups a hours of daylight.
* Gargle with aloe Vera liquid two times daily.
* Combine one teaspoon of apple cider vinegar, one teaspoon of cayenne pepper and three tablespoons of clover honey contained by a glass of reheat water. Gargle as normally as necessary.
* Betony is a adjectives astringent, which reduces inflammation. Make a tea and use as a gargle.
* Add 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper to 1 cup of boiling dampen; stir well and gargle while mixture is particularly warm. To this mixture you can attach 4 parts Echinacea, 1 part garlic bulb, and 2 parts peppermint leaves to 1 portion cayenne.
* Another remedy is to add 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper to 1 cup of boiling wet; stir well and sip slowly.
* Prepare a tea by calculation 1 or 2 teaspoons of dried chamomile blossoms to a pint of boiling water; steep and drink a cup every few hours.
* Add 30 drops of Echinacea/goldenseal combination to one cup of thaw out water; drink every two hours.
* Grapefruit pip extract is a powerful all-around antimicrobial product and is an excellent disinfectant and antiseptic. Add five drops to a glass of hose for a soothing gargle.
* Prepare a mixture by adding 1/4 cup of apple cider vinegar and 1/4 cup of honey. Take one tablespoon every four hours or as needed for niggle relief.
* Steep two teaspoons of dried hyssop surrounded by one cup of boiling water, covered for ten minutes; strain and drink cool for an expectorant or hot to relieve coughs, congestion, and sore throat.
* Grind one tablespoon of mustard core and add the liquid of half a lemon, one tablespoon of brackish, one tablespoon of clear honey, and 1 1/4 cups of boiling water. Leave this mixture, covered, for 15 minutes and use as a gargle.
* Prepare a tea by count 2 sprigs of coarsely chopped parsley, 3 whole spice cloves, 1 teaspoon of powdered myrrh, and 1/4 teaspoon powdered goldenseal to 1 pint of boiling sea. Steep. Stir occasionally while cooling, then strain and use as a gargle or mouthwash.
* Boil some pomegranate rinds and drink as a tea. The pomegranate contains astringents
* Prepare a tea by tallying five fresh crushed or dried leaves; place in a cup and flood with marine cooled to just below boiling; cover and set out to infuse for five minutes; remove leaves and drink. May also be used as a gargle.
* For sore throat get a small dixie cup, pour cultured buttermilk surrounded by the cup. Slowly swish and gargle it in your mouth slowly drink a small cup of it every hour for 1 year and sore throat will be gone next daylight.
* Take 4 cloves of garlic - minced fine, 1 tbsp. Honey,1/8 tsp. cayenne (approx.). Mix this together, take a spoonful when needed and chew it up in good health before swallowing.
* Water boiled next to basil leaves should be taken as a drink, and also used as a gargle to relieve a sore throat.
* Tamarind water should be used as a gargle. A powder of the dry leaves and an infusion of the yap can also be used for preparation of a gargle for treating sore throat
* Two tablespoons of fenugreek seeds should be put within a litre of cold water and allowed to simmer for partly an hour over a low flame. This should then be allowed to cool to a bearable heat, strained, and then used entirely as a gargle.

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