Smoking, How it Affects Our Health//done by @deinever

Good day Steemians, it's a great pleasure to be back on this platform with another educating piece. Today's write up will emphasize on Smoking, and how it affects our health. Smoking, apart from contributing to the tobacco epidemic we face everyday, is responsible for a heap of other harmful diseases that affects our health. Listed below are some of the health consequences of Smoking that may look strange to us, or we may be oblivious of.

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(1) DIABETES: Smoking result to type 2 diabetes and as well increases one's risk of complications from the disease, as it may result to poor blood flow to the leg and feet. Consequently, this can lead to infection and further deterioration can lead to amputating the limb.

(2) TURNING BLIND: Smoking is detrimental to the eyes, as it enhances the risk of age related macular degeneration, which is the leading cause of blindness in Adults over the age of 65.

(3) ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION: When we say erectile dysfunction,we mean a wide range of sexual adnormalities such as inability to achieve or maintain erection strong enough for a successful and satisfying sexual relationship. Male sexual function gets affected by smoking, as tobacco results to narrowing of blood vessels all over your body, especially, the vessels that supply blood to the Penis.

(4) COLORECTAL CANCER: Smoking is connected to enhanced risk of developing and dying from Colorectal Cancer, a condition which is formed in the intestine (colon or rectum).

(5) WEAKER BONE DESTINY: Smokers tend to lose or develop a weaker Bone density due to addictive smoking. This invariably put the smoker at risk of breaking some body parts such as the hip, thereby leading to Hip fractures.

(6) RHEUMATOID ARHTRITIS: This is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the joints in your hands and feets, and it is more common with Women. This condition result to painful swellings that can deteriorate to bone loss and joint deformation.

(7) INFERTILITY: Smoking just as it affects man's sexual functions/performance can also affect woman's ability to conceive, as it causes reduced fertility as well as problems during pregnancy.

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