The reason is that smoking increases the carbon monoxide in the blood, so the hemoglobin can carry less oxygen. This reduces the supply of oxygen, which oxygen-consuming processes such as wound healing, of course, difficult. Smoking also increases blood pressure and pulse, and therefore charged the heart. During anesthesia and surgery to create the circuit anyway, this is even more pronounced in smokers with significant impact on the supply of oxygen, which is reflected inter alia in a higher postoperative complication rate.

Lower complication rates with nicotine replacement preparations

Nicotine replacement therapy with patches or gum can hinweghelfen nicotine addicts stop smoking in a over the initial withdrawal symptoms, thus facilitating the renunciation of cigarettes. Thus, in a recent study (see British Journal of Surgery 2009, Volume 96, reducing page 451-461), the complication rate after surgery from 28 to 14 percent and thus halve the incidence of problems with wound healing, when the study participants four weeks tasks prior to surgery with the help of nicotine replacement drugs, smoking. Already 24 hours after quitting smoking the carbon monoxide from the blood begins to disappear, said Koehler. In addition, the nicotine content of substitutes is lower than that of cigarettes, so that the heart and circulation of patients are less polluted.

Adjusting the medication dose during smoking cessation is required

Smoking affects the degradation of drug substances in the liver – so patients should tell their doctor if they want to quit smoking so that it can adapt it if necessary, the dose of their medication, advises Koehler. Some asthma sprays need to be dosed higher, for example, during the weaning phase. In contrast, insulin acts as a smoking cessation more than before, so that it can occur in diabetics Unterzucker.

While we are awake and are moving, will take place in the body, numerous processes. Among other things, certain nerve cells send signals to the muscles so that they expand or shrink, for example. In the phase of sleep, the body comes to rest. Sometimes it happens that nerve cells still make a sudden impulses that lead to a spontaneous contraction of the muscles in the leg creates a contraction.

If you are under stress and tension is often affected by these involuntary muscle contractions as people who are relaxed. But even they can lead to leg spasms. Enabling factors for the occurrence of convulsions may also overwork, lack of fluid and quantity is too small to be of the mineral magnesium in the body. The latter is sometimes reflected by nocturnal leg cramps. Connect the leg twitching, and frequently they are observed not only to fall asleep quickly, there may be a disease and it is safe to ask a doctor for advice.

The interesting consequence of daily drinking from a pint of beetroot juice is that this is the oxygen consumption at a moderate training reduces much clearer than any other known resources – including intensive physical training. Obviously this is due to the fact that beetroot juice) is particularly rich in nitrate (NO3, which is degraded in the body to nitrite (NO2) and is thereby releases oxygen. This extra oxygen, the person must not take it so through respiration, thus reducing its oxygen debt in the event of moderate physical exertion, and hence the oxygen demand.

Even people who have lost due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is already half of their lung function, can often still retain a sufficient physical capacity when they exercise regularly. It begins with 20 minutes cardio three times a week, says Schultz. And in an individual exposure area, which was previously determined, ideally with a personal exposure study. All the six weeks training will be extended to 5 minutes each, until each workout lasts 40-60 minutes. Recommended for endurance sports, such as for example, every Cycling, Nordic walking or jogging. This occurs twice per week strength training, best equipment at the gym. Endurance and strength training can also be combined on the same day. Who does not like going to the gym, you may put at home exercise with small weights. What matters is only that the exercises are performed on all the major muscle groups also true. Overall, it is therefore quite a simple concept of training, however, requires a consistent, regular implementation.

Restrictions less if the body is trained

Through regular, physical exercise strengthens the circulation and the blood is able to absorb more oxygen from the lungs. Also invigorated the muscles of oxygen can better handle. Those who exercised regularly observed after a few weeks a clear success and gains in quality of life, says Schultz. Especially in patients with COPD affects the lungs much less heavily impaired, if their body is well trained. In severe COPD, regular cardio and strength training can actually make the difference between care and an independent life!

These are important for cancer cells because the tumors have to be well supplied with blood, in order to grow. In experiments on mice, scientists have been able to demonstrate at Qinghua Sun, develop that both healthy animals as well as medically predisposed individuals more blood vessels when they inhale diesel exhaust.

Diesel exhaust particles are very small, they have a diameter of less than 0.1 micrometers, with a micrometer is a thousandth of a millimeter. Because the particles are so tiny, they’re taken with the air not only in the respiratory system, but can penetrate through the walls and in the organism. Because they migrate through the body, they are addressed not only in the lung damage, but wherever they go – more or less randomly -. In the study, the researchers have been working with a diesel particulate concentration equal to that, which is found in the average city in the air to breathe. These particles amount is sufficient to encourage the formation of new blood vessels and thereby increase tumor risk. In the journal “Toxicology Letters” will be published the results of the investigation.

In one experiment, the two psychologists who volunteers to look at a clock with hands moving rapidly to and checked their line of sight with a camera. It has been shown that test participants who read a significantly premature time. The perceived time of them has been lying about 39 milliseconds before those to which their views on the clock actually come to rest. This suggests a forward-looking interpretation of visual signals connect through the brain.

Thus they are heard, many people raise the voice and speak very loud. This is due to the stressful period, for example, hoarseness or a feeling of pressure in the neck. To spoken to force healthier manner and to lend, should be aware of abdominal breathing in an upright posture to be set. The emphasis of words or sentence parts of the abdomen is tense, which can be practiced by loud repeatedly “PST” is said. Who also speaking at the shoulders a little to the rear moves prevents a pressed respiration, which is unnecessarily kraftraubend.

Experts from the VBG advise to speak slowly and very clearly to reduce risk of accidents. The listener can usually understand as well as with raised voices presented words.

Various factors affect the vocal cords, including smoking and consumption of alcohol. Equally critical is the räusper. In many cases, helping a small sip of water against the unpleasant feeling in the throat. Is it not by the drink away, can be briefly gehustet. Is the voice of an infection or incurred by hoarseness chipped, so conservation is the top priority. Whisper Quiet is in such a case is recommended. If an uncomfortable feeling in the throat or hoarseness for more than 14 days, it is advisable, for safety’s sake an ENT doctor to consult.

For a long car trip, for example, the holiday should be tablets, syrups or creams on the advice of pharmacists to provide a cool place, such as a portable cooler without cooling. Not capable of glove boxes, dashboards or Hat racks. For air travel, however, drugs were better than in their hand luggage in the cold repealed. Depending on the destination country should medications for safety reasons, but only in limited quantities are carried.

Moreover, the package inserts of drugs to consider, since in some cases, sunlight can be problematic. Various substances – including antibiotics (tetra-or doxycycline) and St. John – lead to an increased sensitivity to light, which makes it under UV radiation burning the skin, may occur.

39 patients have Been investigated, with knee osteoarthritis (Osteoarthritis). Researchers have kept then for two-month observation period divided into three groups. A group has twice weekly 45 minutes each lasting strength of the thigh muscles completes, the second group twice a week for each 16 minutes long a vibration training carried out. In addition, trained volunteer’s daily information about their pain noted. No exercises have the remaining study participants.

It has been shown that in both trained groups, the force has increased, the disease-related pain has decreased. By contrast, in the control group showed no change. Her research findings have the experts now in the specialist magazine “Kat Rheumatol published.

They have the workings on a tiny protein structure, as a “Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR 9), in effect, and are investigated. These receptors sit on the surface of immune cells. Where there is an infection, the receptors recognize typical patterns in the genome of the pathogen and then solve defensive reactions. They are capable of viruses and bacteria on them.

Based on these findings could potentially new anti-infective agents and vaccines are manufactured. The research findings are presented in the magazine “Journal of Immunology” have been published.

The sunburn is a light-related injury of the skin, which by an overdose of UV light from normal light sensitivity is caused.

Children need necessarily a particularly good strong sun and need sunscreen.

Causes of sunburn

A sunburn develops when the pigmentation of the skin, usually the UV-A radiation and energy-rich UV-B radiation block should not be enough. This is particularly so for very fair-skinned people or when intense sunlight of the case. Most frequently, sunburn from the sun too long baths, an underestimation of solar radiation through reflection, for example on cloudy days or in the shade and using sunscreen with at low sun protection factor