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Smoking after birth
Smoke from cigarettes, or other type of snuff, is not healthy for a baby or after birth. Babies and children exposed to smoke are more likely to suffer from colds, lung problems and ear infections. The young become passive smokers. Pregnant women who do not smoke should avoid secondhand smoke. Regular exposure to secondhand smoke, even second hand, can be harmful to the baby. For this reason, pregnant women, but do not smoke, I will avoid environments where smoking is permitted.

Want to quit smoking?
There is no bigger motivation for a pregnant woman than having a healthy baby without any problems. If you think about it, sure you will overcome the temptation to smoke. Other than that you need to make some decisions and get rid of all cigarettes, lighters and ashtrays. Then, away from the places and people who smoke. Ask for help and support your husband, partner and friends. Ask your doctor’s permission to use chewing gum, medicines and other products that can help you quit smoking. Do not get discouraged if you can not avoid smoking. If necessary, call on a few programs that offer public services. Think that if your baby is born with a problem is likely to feel guilty. The psychological consequences will be worse for the mother who smokes.

We all know that smoking is hazardous to health. It is one of the unhealthy habits you may have. However, although we are all aware of the damage it causes to health, many people insist on continuing this habit that in many cases, has already become a habit. The snuff is harmful not only to who smokes and also who is at his side and in the case of pregnant women, the fetus is forming and growing in her womb. If you are pregnant and have not stopped smoking, you can hurt not only you and your baby.

The lung is the organ that suffers most from the effects of smoking, because it absorbs all the chemicals that exist in cigarette smoke. Some of these chemicals that make blood vessels that supply blood to the uterus, they become closer, what to do with your baby gets less oxygen and nourishment from the blood, it should receive. As a result of this weakness, the baby may have some risks more or less serious:
- In spite low birth
- From birth prematurely
- From stillbirth
- Of dying from sudden infant death syndrome
- In developing respiratory and allergic diseases such as asthma sufferer 1 in 3 infants.
- De born with a malformation due to decreased levels of vitamin B12 and C.
Some studies show that a powerful chemical that causes cancer, called NNK, is transmitted to babies of mothers who smoke. Others have also linked smoking during pregnancy, the mother has a baby likely behavioral problems and learning disabilities. It has also shown that cigarette smoking, cigars, or pipes during pregnancy, can also cause extra-uterine pregnancy, or a natural abortion.

If you smoke and want to be pregnant, you should stop smoking before trying to conceive. If you are already pregnant, quit the cigarette as soon as possible. If, in extreme cases, you can not quit, cut down the number of cigarettes to under 3 per day. This can reduce the risks. If you are pregnant and want to quit smoking for your baby but do not get it, get help and support to your doctor. The use of smoking cessation products, such as the nicotine patch, the nicotine gum, etc., Is only permissible under the medical leave.

Periodontal disease, also known as periodontal, periodontitis or pyorrhea. it is an infection caused by bacteria that affects the gums, the lining of the roots of the teeth and causes wear and resorption of bone in which the roots are inserted.
It is the leading cause of loose teeth or loose teeth in adults because the root loses anchor, is loosened and then those teeth fall out.

Causes of Periodontitis

* Among the main causes of tooth loss is periodontal disease and cavities as possible to believe, in many cases it occurs as a result of improper dental hygiene. Brush teeth 4 times a day is not enough to prevent gingivitis or periodontitis, it is necessary to know how to use the brush and floss to prevent plaque formation. Read the rest of this entry »