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How can I quit smoking without using medicine or nicotine gums?
Query: Hello doctor, I want to quit smoking. Everyday something happens which makes me smoke another stick. I am sick of smoking but nothing is helping me out. I have already tried meditation to do some exercise and all but in the end, I cannot control and again I start smoking. I am not willing to have a... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. See smoking comes under the addiction to nicotine. Addiction has multifactorial etiology, for example, peer pressure, family history, personality factor, maladaptive way to deal with stressors, underlying anxiety, and depression. As far as treatment is concerned which i... Read Full »
I am a chronic smoker. Kindly explain my chest CT scan.
Query: Hi doctor, I am a smoker for 29 years, about half-pack a day. I just went through a chest CT scan yesterday. Can you help me to review the Dicom image files to see if everything is fine? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Review of given CT chest scan images (attachment removed to protect patient identity): There is no obvious focal lesion in the lungs. There is mild hyperinflated lungs with concerns for early changes due to emphysema. This is not a serious problem. However, you might like... Read Full »
Why does the throat hurt from smoking cigarettes?
Query: Hello doctor, Why does my throat hurt after smoking cigarettes for the first time? Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to iclinic.com. Since your throat is not used to the smoke, which contains a large number of chemicals, it got injured and started to pain. Chronic smokers will not experience pain due to a permanent change in the cells of the throat, which resist smoke-induced injury. Your throat wil... Read Full »
Why is there clubbing in a chronic smoker?
Query: Hello doctor, I am a 27 year old female with a weight of 130 lbs. Have a history of smoking slightly less than one pack a day for 10 years. Quit a month ago. I am concerned about finger clubbing. I have noticed a new curvature in my nail over the last few months that was not present before. It is mo... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. This is mild clubbing and it is normal in young females. It is due to estrogen hormone in females. Please keep yourself miles apart from tobacco and alcohol. To be on the safe side, have a chest X-ray done and send me here to look for any pulmonary cause, as you have 10... Read Full »
Will the toxins from cigarettes be passed on to partners during sex?
Query: Hi doctor, I am really concerned to let a 50 year old guy who smokes cigarettes and marijuana, and drinks every day be sexually intimate with me. He touches me, pokes me with his hands and fingers, puts his tongue in my mouth, ejaculates over me on my skin, etc. If he does all these to me, could h... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and understand your concern. Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide, as well as formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, and DDT. There is a chance of transmission of these toxins to you ... Read Full »