What causes passive smoking
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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Bad habits, of course, the matter is purely personal. For example, smokers, after reading a lot of literature about the dangers of smoking, watching a lot of films and programs about its devastating consequences for the body, can continue to smoke, and not realizing that they are simply crumbling their health.
However, do many smokers think about the surrounding people who inhale poisonous fumes, just passing by or in a smoke-filled room? Probably, few ... But after all, passive smoking causes irreparable harm to a person.
"Everyone knows about the dangers of second-hand smoke and its effects on the cardiovascular system of man. Even minimal doses of nicotine affect the health of cells and cause irreparable harm to a person. However, the mechanism that provides this action is still incomprehensible, "says the author of the study, Dr. Kaya.
"We investigated the effect of passive smoking on the body at the level of three parameters: the average volume of platelets, carboxyhemoglobin and lactates (lactic acid salts). We did this in order to further understand how the mechanism of inhalation of tobacco smoke operates and to analyze the process of its harmful effect. We also looked for a link between these three parameters. "
The average platelet count is an excellent indicator of platelet activation, which has increased.
Scientists suspect that carbon monoxide (CO) is the main cause of cardiovascular disease.
Carbon monoxide interacts with hemoglobin in red blood cells. The blood accumulates lactate, when the supply of oxygen into the blood cells is limited.
Scientists conducted a study, of which 55 were non-smoking healthy men aged 26 to 30 years.
The volunteers took a blood test for the average volume of platelets, the interaction of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin in red blood cells and lactate.
Analyzes were conducted before and after putting men in a smoking room where they spent an hour.
This is what scientists have discovered: all the indicators originally taken from the experimental subjects were statistically higher.
During the analysis, it was found that staying in a smoked room for about an hour increases the activation of platelets.
According to experts, this can be the very mechanism by which the risk of thrombosis in healthy non-smoking people increases.
It is likely that the long-term effects of passive smoking on a healthy body can have even more devastating consequences.