The use of electronic cigarettes is increasing every year. Smokers of conventional cigarettes believe that they are less harmful to their health, but this is unfounded. Both affect the health of the heart, lungs and the rest of the body.
In addition to the harm to health, this new type of cigarette makes the fight against smoking more challenging, since these devices are more attractive to young people, a worrying fact in a country with 9.8% of smokers.
The truth is that all tobacco products are harmful and addictive! Find out more about the study carried out by the University of California on the consequences of electronic cigarettes for heart health.
What is the link between electronic cigarettes and heart health?
The University of California study provides useful and specific information on the subject.
Learn about the link between electronic cigarettes and heart health:
Increase in adrenaline
In situations of natural danger, whether it's a robbery, the presence of a wild animal or any other strong indication of danger, doses of adrenaline are released into the bloodstream to spur a run or escape from the situation.
This hormone causes the heart rate to increase and breathing too. Vapers, as electronic cigarettes are also called, activate this important hormone even if they don't need to.
By constantly releasing adrenaline, the heart can suffer damage and even develop diseases.
Increased cellular stress
The body naturally produces oxidants, also called free radicals, which are nothing more than small molecules responsible for killing certain types of cells in a natural process in the body.
External agents, such as the use of electronic cigarettes, can cause an unhealthy increase in free radicals, which in turn end up attacking arteries and veins, generating symptoms and health problems.
The most serious of these is narrowing of the arteries.
What are the other consequences of e-cigarettes?
In addition to the health risks for the heart and arteries, vapers also have other consequences for the rest of the body:
Lung inflammation
The use of electronic cigarettes has a considerable rate of inflammation in the lungs, as well as increasing the risk of pathologies such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and bronchitis.
In addition, the vapors inhaled by these devices contain toxic substances and, although they are not tobacco smoke, they also contain high doses of unhealthy materials.
Decreased immunity
Another study associates the use of e-cigarettes with risks of lower immunity in people who use them.
In the people studied who smoked e-cigarettes, it was found that more than 53 immunity genes taken from inside the nose were less active, which shows that e-cigarettes, as well as being bad for heart health, also lower immunity.
With lowered immunity, the risk of contamination by diseases is easier, which is already negative in general, and worsens in the case of smokers who generally have poorer health as a result of smoking.
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