Women and tobacco
Posted on July 12, 2008
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Smoking in women has increased steadily in recent years.
Stop smoking before 50 years reduced by 50% the risk of death in the next 15 years.
Tobacco leads among women:
hormonal cycles more irregular and rules often more painful.
A declining fertility and reduced chance of having a child: the time of fertilization is usually longer than women who do not smoke. The smokers are twice as long to become pregnant than non-smokers.
The risks of failure of IVF are 4 times higher among a smoker.
An increased risk of lung cancer, cervical and breast.An advanced age of menopause.
The association of tobacco and the pill increased more cardiovascular risks
The risk of venous thrombosis, the presence of blood clots in the veins, is multiplied by 40 in a woman aged 40 years and taking the pill.
Tobacco and pregnancy
The risks of making a spontaneous miscarriage is multiplied by an average 3 among smokers. It may be higher among large smokers more than a pack a day.
Smoking is the leading cause of premature birth. the risk of spontaneous abortion is multiplied by 2. The risk of pregnancy outside the uterus is multiplied by 2 Tobacco and repercussions at the FœtusFumer during pregnancy is harmful to the mother and developing baby’s future.
The consequences of this smoking of the mother on the fetus are manifold:
The nicotine passes through the placenta and is absorbed by the fetus, the so-called passive smoking in utero.
Carbon monoxide from cigarette smoke passes through the blood of the fetus and may partially depriving the fetus of oxygen
The passage of carbon monoxide in the blood of the fetus causes
a hypotrophie, decreased weight baby, the birth of about 200 grams to a minimum.
A decrease in the size and head circumference.
The risk of giving birth to a baby weighing less than 2.5 kilograms, is twice as high among smokers.
A low birth weight expose the newborn to complications.
Babies who have been in contact with tobacco during pregnancy their mothers are more likely to become smokers, and smoking early.
It is always possible to stop smoking during the grossesse.L ’stopping smoking significantly reduces the risk for both mother the child. the use of nicotine replacement is possible with the advice of a doctor.
The risk of sudden infant death syndrome is multiplied by three if the mother smokes during pregnancy or after birth.
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